Javea Grapevine Issue 173 - 2015 | Page 44

| Jávea Grapevine No.173 2015 Young Musicians’ Concert At the beginning of December, the Asociación de Profesionales y Amigos de la Música (APAM - who organise the Concurso Internacional de Piano “Villa de Xabia” every year), put on a superb concert featuring young talented local musicians (pictured below & over the following pages). Musical Director Natividad Ballarín & local Entrepreneur Monica Suarez Penoucos organised the event in the beautiful Jessica Bataille Studio. Surrounded by interior design objet d’art the large centre stage was encompassed on three sides by the audience. Each mini-space creating its own ambience much aided by the excellent accoustics. The concert began with very professional performance by Ana Marco on piano. Miriam Llerena was mesmerising on several percussion instruments closely followed by Carlos Mulet who gave a passionate performance showing how very different the same Percussion instruments can sound with different emphasis. Rounding off the evening, Pascual Safont delivered a polished piano recital. All in all an excellent event and it fully justifies APAM’s belief in the importance of Music in Education. you can follow APAM on Facebook From Left to Right: Monica Suarez Penoucos, Miriam Llerena (percusión), Ana Marco (piano), Pascual Safont (piano), Carlos Mulet (percusión) & Nati Ballarín