Pianist Steve Barakatt, composer of the anthem of Unicef, an organization for which he was an ambassador, and of ten albums, is going to visit Spain and he does it in a mini-tour of four concerts which begins this Saturday , On April 22, at the Vicente Espinel Theater in Ronda (Málaga) and where he will present Néoréalité.

This city was expressly chosen by the Canadian pianist and composer “because of its beauty and the communion it feels with Andalusia due to its Lebanese origin and the Phoenician past shared by the two cities”, reports the organization in a press release.

Thus, Steve Barakatt presents the Neoreality World Tour in Spain after its “successful” passage in some of the best concert halls in Europe, Asia and North America and the first of its tour in the United States at the prestigious Carnegie New York Hall, pointed out.

As they said, the premiere in Spain represents “an important step” for Barakatt, with more than 30 years of career and with 500 concerts behind him with more than a million spectators on five continents since 1995.

“It makes me very happy to perform in Spain, an inspiring and dynamic country that I really love and appreciate”, underlined Barakatt, who has already passed or will pass before the end of the year by Portugal, China, Japan, Canada, South Korea and Morocco. . “It is a privilege to perform in these prestigious Spanish concert halls, recognized for their exceptional acoustic quality and for an audience that loves good music,” he said.

The Vicente Espinel Theater in Ronda will be joined by the Teatre Auditori de Granollers (Barcelona) on April 23; the Teatre-Auditori Sant Cugat (Barcelona) on April 27 and the Adolfo Marsillach Auditorium Theater in San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid) on May 7.

During these concerts, the composer will present his latest album, which gives its name to the tour, Néoréalité; as well as her most recent single, not included in the album, ‘Motherland’, a song composed to commemorate the anniversary of Lebanon’s independence and released on November 22, 2022, a true tribute to the land where her father is born and the one who could never come back.

Both works have been released worldwide by Universal Music and have already surpassed 1,500,000 views on YouTube, they said.

“Neoreality is an album about human fragility and the fine line between the contrasts of life, between happiness and unhappiness, stability and chaos”, underlined the composer. And it is that Barakatt offers live “a magnificent musical journey through his most acclaimed compositions”.

He will perform a piano concerto with various compositions from his latest album, the best of his previous albums and some of the best-known hymns he has composed, such as the Unicef ​​anthem, released from the International Space Station in 2009 . .

Originally from Quebec (Canada) and of Lebanese origin, Steve Barakatt has earned notable international recognition for his hundreds of productions featuring the best artistic talents, major labels and renowned recording studios throughout the world. world, according to the organization.

His “successful” career as a concert pianist has taken him to five continents. He has sold over five million albums worldwide and his music catalog has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube.

For more than three decades, he has presented more than 500 concerts in the most emblematic places in the world and is the most recognized composer of official anthems in the world, in addition to Lullaby of Unicef; “One more heart, one more dream” by Saemangeum MegaCity; the official anthem of the National Order of Quebec, ‘Devenir’; and others for the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac and the 66 Royal Golf Clubs around the world.

Add to that compositions for many other prestigious organizations and TV events such as the FIFA World Cup and the F1 Grand Prix. In 2018, he was decorated by the Prime Minister of South Korea and was recently made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec by the Premier of Quebec.

In 2020, he became a Universal Music MENA (Middle East and North Africa) artist and his musical catalog is represented worldwide by Universal Music Publishing Group. His tour is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.

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