Toni Verd, Kiko Barrenengoa, Elisabetta Monacelli and Paula López in concert.
We like creative people to live in this house, to flood this space with their music, their poetry and their colors. We met Manuel Santiago and his painting through Facebook, we no longer remember how or who we contacted. Manuel came to one of our concerts accompanied by two musicians, Elisabeth Monacelli and Toni Verd.
Later Elisabetta would tell us that Manuel, an artist who retired from the circuit of the galleries For 10 years, she had been looking for a different place to present her work. One day Manuel said to her: “Elisabetta, you have to come and see this, I've already found it,” he was talking about Can Monroig. Shortly afterwards, she brought us her painted books. The conversation lasted for hours, talking about art, listening to their suggestions, looking at the drawings of their parents page by page painted books.
Painted books by Manuel Santiago
Manuel opened his secret books to the public Can Monroig accompanied by the music of Elisabeta Monacelli, Toni Verd, Victor Mardarás, Kiko Barrenengoa and Daniel Hernandez….the experience was unique.
Elisabetta and Kiko in the cistern of Can Monroig
Each musician composed his own music inspired by one of Manuel's painted books. Each of them played in one corner of the house. If you have ever been here you will know that it is a house with different levels, some of them in the basement, all open and communicating with each other. The music floated throughout the house, at times all the instruments played together, interacting with each other. Elisabetta's more classical cello, Daniel's electric guitar, Kiko's violin, electronic music played by Victor with toys, various gadgets such as an old record player and Tibetan bowls or Toni's toy xylophone. It was an electrifying experience, we were left wanting more and that is good.
Elisabetta
After this, a concert in Can Monroig was pending. Alens, the group they are part of, but it was difficult, some of them spent the summer outside Majorca, perhaps it was not the time for that either.
Toni Green
Toni suggested playing solo, later Kiko, Paula and Elisabetta joined.
Some of them are members of the group Alens, where they play relaxed, poetic, minstrel-like music. We could call it folk but we don't like labels and as Elisabetta says, they are not necessary. Music is just music.
We have already said that we do not like labels, so we will not say what the concert is about and we will also let ourselves be surprised.
To further confuse you, we share a video from Toni Verd's punk era in “los crudas”, which is, to say the least, surprising.
We forgot, Manuel, Kiko, Elisabetta, Victor and Toni are teachers at a school that we should call “alternative” but as we definitely hate labels, we will say that it is the school we would have liked to attend as children, it is located in Mancor del Vall and it is called Sa Key. There they teach their students music, recess is not held in the playground but in the forest and of course the end-of-year parties have original music composed by Toni and the other teachers.
Definitely, let us be surprised.
Toni Verd concert, Kiko Barrenengoa, Elisabetta Monacelli and Paula López in Can Monroig, Saturday, August 17 at 9:00 p.m.
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