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Luis Santana, baritone
Victor Carbajo, piano

1. Three melodies. Poems by Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)

• The doves
• Chinoiseries
• Seguidilla

2. The cuckoo sings at night. The three-cornered hat

3. Selection from El amor brujo . Gregorio Martínez Sierra (1881-1947)

• Song of the love-sick
• Danse rituelle du feu
• Chanson du feu follet

4. Sonnet to Córdoba. Poem by Luis de Góngora (1561-1627)

5. Song of girls. Ventura de la Vega (1807-1865)

6. Songs of youth

• Giant Waves . Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-1870)
• My God, how alone the dead are left! Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-1870)
• Prayer of mothers holding their children in their arms . María Lejárraga (1874-1974)

7. Two Andalusian songs

• Your little black eyes . Cristóbal de Castro (1874-1953)
• The bread of Ronda . María Lejárraga (1874-1974)

8. Murcian Seguidillas. Notes on the Murcian Seguidilla from Spanish Folk Songs. Seven Spanish Folk Songs:

• The Moorish cloth
• Murcian seguidilla
• Asturian
• Jot
• Nana
• Song
• Pole

9. Christmas Carols . Piano Transcription by Víctor Carbajo

• Pastors come
• A wonder never seen before
• Tonight, one must be born.
• A shepherd is carrying a turkey.
• Bring on the boot
• In the portal of Bethlehem
• Down the street
• Old women's milk
• A bored shoemaker

Luis Santana (Zamora, 1977) is one of the most respected baritones on the Spanish operatic scene. He began his musical studies at the age of five and has studied with renowned teachers such as Juana Peñalver, Consuelo Barrio, María Teresa Manzano, Miguel Zanetti, Pedro Lavirgen, and Teresa Berganza.
He has performed in the most important theaters and concert halls in Spain and in cities such as Rome, Milan, Naples, Paris, Bucharest, Donetsk, Lviv, Lisbon, and Vienna. He has been conducted by renowned conductors such as García, Roa, Frizzi, Osa, Wilson, Alapont, Lencko, Vasilencko, Diadura, Monsalve, Abelló, Sainz Alfaro, Ortega, Popa, Mesa, Todorov, and many more. He specializes in the Rossini repertoire and Spanish art song, making him a complete and versatile artist.
In addition, she has established collaborations with Montserrat Martí Caballé, Cecilia Lavilla Berganza, Simona Todaro-Pavarotti, Pilar Jurado, Lola Herrera, Charo López, María Luisa Merlo, and Carlos Hipólito, among others. She holds the "Prokofiev Artist" gold medal from the composer's birthplace, as well as the silver medal from the Friends of the Lleida Opera.

Víctor Carbajo (Madrid, 1970) is a composer and pianist. He studied music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in his hometown, where he graduated as a Higher Professor of Harmony, Counterpoint, Composition and Instrumentation, with the End-of-Degree Prize for Composition in 1993.
His activity as a pianist is very prolific. He regularly accompanies renowned figures of Spanish opera such as Luis Santana, Montserrat Martí Caballé, Cecilia Lavilla Berganza, Simona Todaro Pavarotti, and Ainhoa ​​Arteta on their tours in Spain and abroad. He has performed as a soloist and accompanist in concert halls such as the National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, the Palau de la Música in Valencia, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, ​​and the Olympia Theatre in Paris. As a composer, his music has been performed in Spain and other countries such as France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.
He combines his work as a pianist and composer with his teaching position at the Katarina Gurska Higher School of Music.