Denia at the foot of the Tenor Cortis is rendered in 125 anniversary of his birth

The 12 August 1891 aboard a ship destined for the Spanish coast who started from Oran after the death of his father, was born Antonio Stack Corts, who years later would be remembered by lovers of opera as the Tenor Antonio Cortis .

This year 125 met the birth of one of the great musical exponents of the history of Denia, the city wants to value her figure through the celebration Tenor Cortis yearWhich kicks off this April and will last until April 2017.

It all started with a proposal from the association Amics de l'Opera I Les Arts in Valencia, Reminding the City Council this important event, which has been taking shape to have a program of events for the next twelve months that include lectures, school campaigns, publications and lots of music to remind the important Dianense Tenor.

The Mayor of Dénia, Vicent GrimaltAnd the councilman of Culture, Rafa Carrió, Explained during the presentation of the program to take forward this ambitious project have joined various municipal departments and musical organizations in the city to promote the figure of Cortis in all sectors of local society.

A year full of events

Among the events planned for next year highlights Concert Choir of Dénia the 18 June, where they will perform pieces of Tenor, and concert of the Holy Blood of Artistic Agrupació Musical de Dénia, To be held on July 13 and will feature the participation of soprano María Monzó, tenor Néster Martorell, baritone Javier Galán and choir Navarro Reverter.

The 12 August, the day of his birth, there will be a floral tribute the square that bears his name, and then a concert with tenor José manuel More and Florencio Sáez pianosta be held. Also during this year two important musical events will be dedicated to Cortis: in August XXVII International Music Week and 2015 the concert series Dénia Clàssics.

Life Tenor Cortis also reach schoolchildren in the city's campaign to encourage reading to be taken from the Public Library for next year and includes the reissue of a story about the Tenor Cortis and a show for students secondary in which they approach the world of voice.

From the department of culture they continue working so that this program is extended throughout the year with appointments that are pending to confirm.

You can see here the schedule of the Year Tenor Cortis.

exhibition tribute to tenor Cortis

Culmination of celebrations Tenor Cortis yearIn March 2017 it will inaugurate a exhibition tribute to tenor in the Center d'Art L'Estacio for which the department of culture has enjoyed the cooperation of Dianense Javier Pérez Carrió, who during this time has been searching half the world through internet material related to the work of Cortis in major cities like Chicago, Barcelona or Milan.

unpublished scores

Coinciding with the celebration of 125 birth anniversary of Tenor Cortis, the band Denia has recovered some scores that were donated to them in the year 1991, when the centenary of his birth, a total of 24 scores of operas made was held by Cortis that They were never performed.

Currently these scores are held by the musician Conservatory Concha Ballester, who has been charged with the task of analyzing what it would be possible to orchestrate for them to be interpreted in one of the concerts scheduled for this year.