Luis González Garrido & Karen Kuronuma

After first meeting during their studies at Musikene (San Sebastián, Spain), they later developed this joint project, with an initial residency in Paris in March 2024 and a second one in Essen in August 2024.

They have performed at festivals such as SummerWinds in Germany and the Festival Jeunes Talents in Paris, France.

In these times of turmoil, pandemics and wars, traveling to discover new cultures and new horizons seems like a dream. With this recital, González Garrido and Kuronuma invite the audience on a journey through two cultural worlds that are different yet deeply rooted in the artists themselves: Japan and Spain. They carry the listener back to their places of origin.
The first stop of this musical journey will be Japan, where the audience can enjoy colorful traditional melodies that inspired great artists of the 20th century such as Debussy. The second and final stop will be Spain, with music from the past hundred years, strongly influenced by folklore.

In this recital, we return to the roots of these musical traditions, seeking their connection with emotion, rhythm and song — the very qualities in popular music that captivate us, and that we also find within “classical” music.

Concert duration: 60 minutes. Possibility to adapt to larger formats.