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Hispania Clásica, known from 1914 to 1996 as Conciertos Daniel, is a classical music concert promotion agency active in Europe and in the Americas. The agency's primary base is in Madrid, Spain.
2008 is Hispania Clásica's centennial year. It was founded in Berlin in 1908 as Konzertdirektion H. Daniel by Cuban-born impresario Ernesto de Quesada.[1] As World War I was beginning in 1914, de Quesada moved his agency to Madrid and renamed it Conciertos Daniel.[2]
Ernesto de Quesada's youngest son, Ricardo de Quesada,[3][4] heading the agency in Madrid after the death of his father in 1972, reorganized the agency in 1996 and renamed it Hispania Clásica; he has recently (2007) retired. One of the founder's grandsons, Enrique de Quesada, Jr. in Caracas, Venezuela,[3][5] is the agency director for Latin America. Hispania Clásica also has offices in Mexico City and in Bogotá, Colombia.
Carlos Izcaray, the young Venezuelan cellist[6] and conductor who was a subject of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International concern in 2004,[7][8] and who was a 2007 fellow of the elite American Academy of Conducting under the direction of David Zinman at the Aspen Music Festival and School,[9][10] is one of the Hispania Clásica artists.[11]
Hispania Clásica is a member of the European Association of Artist Managers (AEAA), which was founded in Paris, France in 1947.[12]
Artists
The many, many artists[2] who have worked with the agency during its first ten decades include:
References
- ^ Ricardo de Quesada. "Ernesto de Quesada López Chaves: Founder of Conciertos Daniel". Hispania Clásica. http://www.hispaniaclasica.com/Artists_eng/papa_eng.htm.
- ^ a b Hispania Clásica. "Conciertos Daniel 2008 - 100º anniversary". http://www.hispaniaclasica.com/Artists_eng/conciertosdaniel_eng.htm.
- ^ a b Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. "Booking information for Latin America and Spain". http://www.philadelphiavirtuosi.com/danielSpalding.html.
- ^ Hispania Clásica. "Brief biography of Ricardo de Quesada". http://www.hispaniaclasica.com/Artists_eng/RIcardo_eng.htm. "Born in Madrid, he and his family left Spain during the Civil War and initially settled in Mexico, where he went to grade school in "Colegio Cristóbal Colón", studying privately at the time violin. Every Summer, after 1949, he and his parents spent their holidays in Spain at their property located in the base of Peñon de Ifach in Alicante."
- ^ Hispania Clásica. "Director for Latin America, Enrique de Quesada, Jr". http://www.hispaniaclasica.com/Artists_eng/Enrique_eng.htm.
- ^ Nic & Birte Moller, Curaçao. "Art in Avila: Carlos Izcaray, cello". Art in Avila. http://www.avilahotel.com/artinavila/Carlos_Izcaray.html.
- ^ José Miguel Vivanco (April 9, 2004). "Letter to President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías". Human Rights Watch. http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/04/12/venezu8423_txt.htm.
- ^ Amnesty International (May 12, 2004). "Venezuela: Human Rights under Threat". http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engamr530052004.
- ^ Aspen Music Festival and School Profile (July 15, 2007). "Carlos Izcaray, conducting fellow and cellist". Aspen Daily News. http://www.aspendailynews.com/archive_20677.
- ^ Kyle MacMillan (July 25, 2007). "Learning to wield a mean baton". The Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/watercooler/ci_6417345.
- ^ Hispania Clásica. "Carlos Izcaray". http://www.hispaniaclasica.com/Artists_eng/Izcaray_Carlos_eng_06.htm.
- ^ Association Européenne des Agents Artistiques (AEAA). "Members list by agency name". http://www.aeaa.info/members.php?ACT=byagency&Letter=H.
- ^ Howard Taubman (May 10, 1947). "Lady Who Has Lived". Liberty (additional reprint). http://www.hispaniaclasica.com/prensa/Galeria_Maryla_Jonas.htm. "The extraordinary story of Maryla Jonas, who crossed hell and high water to Carnegie Hall."
External links
- Conciertos Daniel / Hispania Clásica Artists.
- Conciertos Daniel / Hispania Clásica Photogallery.
Categories:- Music promoters
- Talent managers
- Arts managers
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