CASPERVEK. “LAS AVENTURAS DEL PRÍNCIPE ACHMED”
CINEMA
, CONCERT
, FAMILY ACTIVITY
DATE // TIME
28th January, 2024, Sunday // 12:00am
SPACE // DURATION
Auditorium // 65'
TICKET
€6 / €4,00 with AZ card (Tickets purchased before December 28th will receive a 50% discount)
REDUCED RATES
Ticket sales only in person at AZ Info: €4,50 for professionals in the sector, persons over 65*, under 30* or with a disability over 33%* (show ID card or proof of disability when buying a ticket) / €4,50 Groups of 8 or more/ €3 person in a wheelchair and companion. All tickets purchased before December 28th will receive a 50% discount.
Silent movie with live music for adventure and shadow play.
A wicked African sorcerer uses a magic horse to hoodwink the great Caliph and kidnap his beautiful daughter, Dinarzade. At that moment, her brother, the brave Prince Achmed, will set off on a great adventure to rescue his sister, which will take him to all the corners of the earth. He will be forced to deal with terrible dangers but he will also find love.
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The Galician ensemble Caspervek puts live music to “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” (1926), the oldest cartoon feature film in the world that still exists. The director, Lotte Reiniger, created a technique of silhouettes out of manipulated cut-outs made from cardboard and thin lead plates under a camera. The German filmmaker needed three years to make this film aesthetically based on the ancient Wayang shadow theatre.
Caspervek’s score for “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” is one of the band’s greatest successes (European benchmark for films/concerts) and one of the most interpreted over the years with performances in Spain, Slovakia and Latvia. The score breaks away from its usual style to delve into the sounds of the different regions appearing in the film. Brais González has composed an arrangement for orchestra of this work, where the east African rhythms, oriental melodies and typical Arabian harmonies stand out.
ARTISTIC INFORMATION
Title: Las Aventuras del Príncipe Achmed
Director: Lotte Reiniger
Composer: Brais González Pérez
Since its foundation in 2023, Caspervek Trío has offered over 300 performances in more than a dozen European countries. The group has composed Soundtracks for thirty classic films from the silent period, ranging from the great masterpieces of German Expressionism to Buster Keaton films, including American adventure films. Among other places, Caspervek has performed at Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Capitol Multiplex Cinema, Estonia’s National Art Museum (KUMU), Latvia’s Baltais Fligelis National Auditorium, Budapest’s Flux Gallery and Copenhagen’s Lytgen Station.
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