Latin Grammy Awards try a taste of reality

Cultura
Friday, September 21, 2001
Festival Internacional Tamaulipas arranca Oct. 12
BY JAVIER BARROSO
Times staff writer
El Festival Internacional Tamaulipas
2001 se llevará a cabo en todos los
municipios del estado, incluyendo
Nuevo Laredo, del 12 de octubre al 23
del mismo mes. El festival tendrá
presentaciones para todos los gustos,
desde una ópera de Verdi hasta un
concierto de música tropical cubana. El
festival es un esfuerzo para traer a las
diferentes ciudades del estado de
Tamaulipas presentaciones culturales
de gran calidad.
Esta es la tercera ocasión en la que
este festival se lleva a cabo. En esta
ocasión, el Instituto Tamaulipeco para
la Cultura y las Artes tuvo un vínculo
estrecho con los organizadores del
Festival Internacional Cervantino, por
lo cual habrá una gran gama de
presentaciones culturales y artísticas
de diferentes países.
En total son 31 los países participantes
en el festival, incluyendo: El Salvador,
Colombia, Bolivia, Haití, Panamá,
China, Nigeria, Mauritania, Malta,
Malasia, Rusia, Inglaterra, Argelia,
Ecuador, Canadá, Guatemala, Cuba,
Estados Unidos, Italia, Suiza, Australia,
Argentina, Hungría, República Checa,
España, Corea, Francia y México.
Este año, el festival servirá como un
homenaje al Maestro Mario Kuri Aldana
quien es un compositor musical
reconocido internacionalmente. Kuri
Aldana compuso canciones populares
como “Página Blanca”, que es muy
conocida en México. El Maestro Kuri
Aldana es también reconocido por su
música mexicana de concierto, las
partituras de esta música han sido
publicadas en México, Argentina e
Inglaterra. Como parte del homenaje,
se editarán un libro y dos fonogramas
sobre la obra del maestro.
Una de las mayores presentaciones
para el festival será la de la ópera “La
Traviata” de Giuseppe Verdi. Esta es la
historia de una cortesana, Violeta,
quien tiene una gran pasión para vivir
la vida y una gran capacidad para
amar. Esta ópera se presentó por
primera vez en 1853 en el Gran Teatro
de la Fenice de Venecia y hasta la
fecha es una de las óperas más
representadas en todo el mundo. “La
Traviata” será presentada en los
municipios de Ciudad Victoria,
Tampico, Matamoros, Reynosa y
Nuevo Laredo.
El director concertador de la ópera es
GUIDO MARIA GUIDA
Director concertador
JOSE ANTONIO MORALES
Director de escena
el Maestro Guido María Guida, quien es
una de las personalidades más
importantes en el círculo de la ópera.
Guida ha dirigido orquestas en
festivales internacionales en diferentes
lugares del mundo como Alemania,
México, Corea del Sur y Estados
Unidos, entre otros.
El director de escena es el mexicano
José Antonio Morales, nacido en la
ciudad de México. Morales ha sido
bailarín de flamenco, coreógrafo,
libretista, director de teatro, radio y
televisión, así como creador de
diversos espectáculos.
El elenco de la ópera incluye a la
soprano rusa Olga Makarina, quien ha
sido reconocida por representar
extraordinariamente a Violeta, el
personaje principal de la ópera.
Makarina tiene un master en piano y
voz del Conservatorio De St.
Petersburg, y se ha presentado en
teatros en diferentes partes del mundo.
El elenco también incluye a sopranos y
tenores mexicanos como lo es la
soprano Yvonne Garza, originaria de
Monterrey y el barítono Jesús Suaste.
“La Traviata” se presentará en Nuevo
Laredo el domingo 21 de octubre a las
7 p.m en el Teatro de la Ciudad. El
precio de los boletos es de 350 o 150
pesos.
Otras de las grandes atracciones del
festival de este año es la presentación
del grupo mexicano de boleristas “Los
Tres Reyes”, ya que después de 35
años sin grabar, vuelven a los
escenarios con una nueva producción.
“Los Tres Reyes” inagurarán el festival
con su presentación el viernes 12 de
octubre a las 8:30 p.m. en el Teatro de
la Ciudad.
Otras personalidades internacionales
en el ámbito de la música y el teatro
también se presentarán en el Festival
Internacional Tamaulipas 2001 como el
guitarrista español Paco Rentería, el
bailarín de flamenco Antonio Canales, la
Opereta de Budapest, el grupo tropical
cubano
Manguaré,
el
Ballet
Contemporáneo de Corea, Eugenia
León, varias obras de teatro, y
exposiciones de pintura, entre otras
actividades.
Cerca de la mitad de los espectáculos
tendrán entrada gratuita y se llevarán a
cabo en diferentes plazas y explanadas
de Nuevo Laredo, así como en la Casa
de la Cultura.
Para mayor información acerca de las
presentaciones y para ventas de
boletos favor de acudir a la Casa de la
Cultura de Nuevo Laredo ubicada entre
Héroe de Nacataz y Juárez de lunes a
viernes de 3 a 7 p.m., o llamar al
teléfono (8) 712-2941 en Nuevo
Laredo.
(Times staff writer Javier Barroso can
be reached at 728-2570 or by e-mail at
javier@lmtonline.com)
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Laredo Morning Times
Television
Latin Grammy Awards try a taste of reality
BY NEIL STRAUSS
c.2001 New York Times News Service
LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of top
music executives and artists gathered in
the international ballroom at the Beverly
Hilton Hotel last Monday for a formal
dinner and pre-party for the Latin
Grammy Awards, which were to be
broadcast live the next night on CBS.
The dinner doubled as a celebration
honoring Julio Iglesias, who had been
named man of the year by the Latin
Academy of Recording Arts and
Sciences, the branch of the National
Recording Academy that runs the Latin
Grammys.
In a big night intended as a warm-up to
an even bigger night, a dozen stars of
Latin music, including Celia Cruz, Arturo
Sandoval, Alejandro Sanz and Jon
Secada, performed in tribute.
Iglesias ended the night with a
message of brotherly love, telling the
audience that he hoped in the future the
Chinese, the Scandinavians and all the
other regional music traditions of the
world would “have a point of access to
this class of awards,” which currently
only includes the annual Grammy
ceremony and the Latin Grammys, now
in their second year.
Unfortunately, universal brotherhood
wasn’t the universal plan for the next
day.
What had seemed so important 12
hours before — a night of winners and
losers, of accolades and network
AP Photo/Frank Micelotta, ImageDirect
TRIBUTE: Enrique Fernandez, senior vice president/executive director, Latin
Recording Academy, left, and Michael Greene, president and CEO of the Recording
Academy, right, present Julio Iglesias with his award at the 2001 Latin Recording
Academy Person of the Year Tribute Sept. 10, 2001, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
television exposure — suddenly became
irrelevant as, no doubt, the narcissistic
ambitions of so many others across the
country did.
The Latin Grammys were canceled,
and there are no plans to reschedule the
ceremony or even announce the
winners.
Instead, on Friday, the Recording
Academy decided to make use of the
musicians stuck in town and announced
a last-minute benefit for the Red Cross
and the New York Disaster Relief Fund.
And so, that night, executives and
musicians met once again in the
international ballroom of the Beverly
Hilton for a radically changed Latin music
event.
Unlike the Monday night event, there
was no formal dress, no special tables
for the powerful, no fancy meal, no
corporate sponsorships and no red
carpet lined with flashing cameras.
Instead, in a room colder, less crowded
and barely decorated, several hundred
people gathered as equals to listen to
music and grieve together.
“Four days ago I was here, with a red
carpet and hundreds of media and
cameras,” said the Colombian singer,
songwriter and guitarist Juanes, one of
the Latin Grammys’ biggest contenders,
with nominations in each of the four
major categories.
“But that day felt so empty. Today was
10 times more emotional than the
Grammys would have been.”
If Black Tuesday has brought any good
to the country, it has been in the setting
aside
of
longstanding
and
counterproductive schisms and rivalries:
not just between Democrat and
Republican or rural and urban, but in
other areas of life. On Monday, for
example, it would have seemed
inconceivable for the main event of Latin
Grammy week to begin with “America
the Beautiful” and end with “The StarSpangled Banner,” but Friday’s charged
performances did.
In addition, no one ever would have
guessed that Michael Greene, the
president of the Recording Academy,
would ever be host of a benefit for the
city of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Greene
has been in a dispute with the mayor that
kept the Grammys out of Manhattan for
the final years of his term.
Networks to unite to air telethon to help the victims of terrorist attack
BY DAVID KRONKE
c.2001 Los Angeles Daily
News
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La polifacética cantante Astrid Haddad presentó un singular espectáculo la
noche del 15 en la explanada de la Delegación Cuauhtémoc del DF.
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood
has emerged from its shock over
the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11
and will respond with an
unprecedented live benefit to be
telecast Friday on the major TV
networks.
“America: A Tribute to Heroes,”
featuring Tom Cruise, Julia
Roberts, Tom Hanks and many
other top names, will air from 9
to 11 p.m. Friday on four
networks — ABC, CBS, NBC
and Fox, it was announced
Tuesday.
The show will be broadcast live
on the East Coast and tape-
delayed on the West Coast. A
spokeswoman, who did not wish
to be identified, said the show
will be broadcast from Los
Angeles and New York but no
exact location will be revealed
for security reasons.
All cable and broadcast outlets,
including radio stations, are
invited to air the event, which the
producers described as an
“uplifting evening filled with
music, memories, hope and
inspiration.”
Any outlet that agrees to air it
on the West Coast must also
agree to carry it on tape-delay,
the spokeswoman said.
Only radio stations can
broadcast the special live on
the West Coast, but “America:
A Tribute to Heroes” will also be
streamed live on the Internet.
(Some satellite TV services
transmit East Coast feeds of
cable networks.)
Participating film stars will
include Jim Carrey, George
Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Robert
De Niro, Clint Eastwood, Will
Smith and Robin Williams.
Among the featured musicians
will be Bruce Springsteen, Neil
Young, Stevie Wonder, Paul
Simon, Sheryl Crow, the Dixie
Chicks, Faith Hill, Billy Joel,
Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi and Tom
Petty.
TV celebrities appearing will
include Calista Flockhart,
Dennis
Franz,
Kelsey
Grammer, Amy Brenneman,
Ray Romano, Conan O’Brien
and Sela Ward. More names
are expected to be added
before the Friday program.
The networks haven’t said how
the funds will be dispersed.
Viewers will be told how they
can donate on the show,
organizers said. The four
networks will pay for the event
and all of the stars are donating
their time.
The idea for the special was
first broached last weekend.
Those involved — who aren’t
clamoring to take credit for the
benefit,
though
Jeffrey
Katzenberg of DreamWorks
SKG and Jimmy Iovine of
Interscope Records have helped
assemble talent — have had to
scramble to assemble the show
in such a swift fashion.
Celebrities will discuss the
heroism of those on the streets
of New York and at the
Pentagon near Washington,
D.C. The real-life heroes will not
appear in the live portion of the
broadcast.
Originally, the WB network
was planning to introduce its
new falllineup of situation
comedies Friday. A spokesman
said itwas likely that plan would
change in the wake of this
special event. (WB and UPN
broadcast
network
programming from 8 to 10 p.m.,
and are contacting affiliates
regarding the 10-to-11 p.m.
hour.)