What: Santiago Kodela @ St Ann's Church of Ireland
When:
Bringing together musicians from Romania and Ireland, the InTERRActions project features four concerts showcasing recent compositions from both countries, alongside beloved works from the global classical repertoire.
The ensemble includes flutist Matei Ioachimescu, pianist Horia Mihail, violist Andrea Banciu, cellist Adrian Mantu, and pianist Aileen Cahill, offering audiences a vibrant and diverse musical experience that bridges traditions and contemporary expressions.
Curated by Diana Gheorghiu – composer (RO) - A graduate of the National University of Music Bucharest, she is an internationally commissioned composer and cofounder of the Icon Arts Transilvania Academy and Festival. Diana curates award-winning cultural programmes in jazz, classical and contemporary music.
About UCIMR: Founded in 1995, the Romanian Association of Music Performers (UCIMR) is a nonprofit organization of public interest that promotes classical and contemporary music, nationally and internationally. With over 10,000 members, UCIMR supports a wide range of performing artists—from instrumentalists and singers to dancers—through cultural projects that encourage artistic innovation and international collaboration.
Organized by UCIMR.This tour is cofinanced by the Romanian Cultural Institute through the Cantemir Programme - a funding framework for cultural projects intended for the international environment.
The Contemporary Music Centre is delighted to collaborate on InTERRActions, which also marks 10 years of partnership for CMC and ICON Arts Academy and Festival on the Emerging Composer residency programme.
Programme
Selected works by Romanian and Irish contemporary composers - including Doina Rotaru, Șerban Marcu, Mihai Murariu, Santiago Kodela, Laura Heneghan, George Păiș and Anda Ștefania Baciu - are presented alongside iconic pieces from the classical repertoire.
Santiago Kodela is a Dublin-based Argentinian Classical Guitarist & Composer working in the areas of concert, solo, chamber, and choral music. His works explore the ethereal aspects of sound and harmony, exploring intensely the areas of iso-rhythms, metric modulation, and chord harmonisation.
As a performer, he began his guitar studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música “Manuel de Falla” (Argentina) under the tutelage of María Catalina Bello. After years of outstanding academic performance, he relocated to Europe to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance at the Royal Irish Academy of Music (Ireland). Guided by Marion Hyland, he excelled in the performance of classical guitar. A recipient of the Gaiety Bursary (2016), he performed the legendary “Concierto de Aranjuez” with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by Gavin Maloney.
In 2018, Santiago completed a Master’s Degree in Music and Media Technologies (Trinity College Dublin) where he specialised in Audio Production and Contemporary Music Composition. Guided by composer Dr. Ann Cleare, he composed, performed and produced “Two Lords”, a classical-guitar quartet suite released internationally via Navona Records (2019).
Santiago Kodela toured extensively around both Argentina and Ireland and has taken countless masterclasses with some of the world’s top performers, names that include artists such as Berta Rojas, Xuefei Yang, Walter Malosetti, Odair Assad, and Craig Ogden, among others.
Current endeavours include release of chamber music, composition of solo classical-guitar works, and production of choral music. In addition to performing, Santiago continues to work and craft his passion for choral music by focussing on the composition and production of new essays and pieces.
