Jeanine De Bique and Aaron Wajnberg debut at LIFE Victoria with a program on musical dream and Caribbean tradition
Soprano Jeanine De Bique and pianist Aaron Wajnberg will make their debut at LIFE Victoria next Monday, February 16, at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, at 8:00 PM. The program offers a musical journey through the universe of dreams, understood not only as a nocturnal manifestation but also as a profound expression of desire, faith, beauty, and loss.
The recital begins with The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation by Henry Purcell, a lament of great dramatic intensity where anguish and hope coexist, and continues with songs by André Previn set to texts by Toni Morrison, exploring dreams, memory, and identity. In the second part, Les Illuminations by Benjamin Britten transforms Arthur Rimbaud’s visionary poetry into a powerful soundscape, culminating in traditional Caribbean songs such as Evening Time or Rosebud, which evoke the dream of collective memory and assert tradition as a living space of identity, ritual, and remembrance.
Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique, trained at the Manhattan School of Music, is developing a distinguished international career with a season marked by engagements in Switzerland, London, and the United States, among others. Alongside her, pianist Aaron Wajnberg, praised for the expressive depth and clarity of his musical vision, is considered one of the most significant pianists of his generation and regularly performs in some of the leading international venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Kölner Philharmonie, and BOZAR.