Maria: “To heal you have to name what happens to you. I did it with ‘Robina’ “| Music | EUROtoday

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‘Stupor’. It is the title of one of many songs of Robina (Robí), the second report of Maria (Maria Bertomeu, Oliva 1998). It is a brand new voice of the Valencian Country. Stupor. It can be the sensation that this report produces for bravery, honesty and sincerity in addressing the topic of emotions and psychological well being. It is a poignant and on the identical time heat disc, based mostly on the Valencian folklore that Maria, with a pure and versatile voice, infiltrates with sounds of her technology with out dropping her root, at all times clear and patent. Divided into three chapters, rupture, empty and love, love and heartbreak mark the hopeful path of acceptance to herself. It is offered at Tradicionàrius on March 21 as a part of the Barnasants pageant.

ASK. How is a report born like this?

RESPONSE. The start line is the final music, ‘Forgive Maria’. It is a subject that got here out in remedy. From right here I went again to my ideas, placing them so as and chapters. It is the benefit of remedy, which lets you do what prices, observing, defining and detecting. You cannot heal in the event you do not identify what occurs to you. It’s what I did with the disc.

P. So, on this music do you discuss to Maria Youngneta?

R. Yes, I discuss to myself once I was a lady. I’ve not had a memorable childhood, and that’s the reason the piece is a music to the woman I used to be. The psychologist requested me to watch pictures of once I was a child, and in lots of I’m unhappy, not wealthy. I’ve at all times been embarrassing, introverted, severe. I communicate on behalf of the individuals who damage you and who’ve by no means been requested for forgiveness, and I apologize for all these individuals.

P. Does the music heal then?

R. My first psychologist made me the Tomatis Music Therapy, which consists of listening to the identical music by various the frequencies. You hearken to classical music, particularly Mozart, for the consequences of its musical construction within the mind, and likewise Gregorian. The music saved my life.

La Maria to the October Cultural Center of Valencia.
La Maria to the October Cultural Center of Valencia.Mònica Torres

P. Do you remedy issues or be taught to reside with it?

R. The drawback will not be solved, you be taught to handle it. It is a report that talks about this. Now I settle for myself, moderately I assume that I’m, and that leads you to respect and deal with you effectively. Costa. You have to think about your self as a pal of yours, a pal wouldn’t say sure issues regardless of how a lot you probably did unsuitable issues, you wouldn’t deal with it badly.

P. They handled her as loopy when she was younger as a younger man?

R. No. It can be true that I have never talked about it to date. At that point my dad and mom helped me loads. Mileurists have been all my life, my mom was unemployed, and earlier than I used to be not effectively seen going to remedy, however they understood me and so they paid me.

P. He has been finding out music from a younger age.

R. Yes, I began with sax in six years, however it was unhealthy. A pair I had was a dolçainer and advised me that I had a singer-songwriter, and from there I began finding out folks. I did not know him, however I noticed my voice match. When I sing conventional music, I discover myself as if I used to be dwelling, it’s a style through which I really feel comfy, in tessitures, shades and molds which might be my. When I get off the people I’ve to assume way more.

P. The naturalness of his voice, not unimaginable, is likely one of the belongings of the report.

R. The voice is labored however has come out naturally. On a vowel stage I’ve labored with specialists, I’ve sought my tuning, my resonance, my melisms. I used to be completed a examine of what my voice is like (resonance of head, face, and so on.) and it has helped me to squeeze, climb up and never be aphidized. I do know my physique and my voice. Generally the voice goes with out many results. There is a small distortion and frequency assets, as an experiment, however by no means results that change it.

When I sing conventional music I discover myself as if I used to be at dwelling, I really feel comfy in tessitures, shades and flourishing

P. There are two compositions, ‘Empty, the u of crying’ and ‘consecration’, transferring, the place he sings nearly a cappella.

R. They are bare as a result of the second chapter talks in regards to the vacuum and wished to convey a way of vacancy, which is why he solely sees and guitar. And I wished to shut the identical chapter, bare, with voice and piano. It is a really crying chapter, introspective, and that is achieved with little instrumentation, which ends up in a closed room. The letters requested.

P. On the opposite, to ‘Whoever has invented love’, with a mendacity and candy letter, there’s a very poignant electrical guitar.

R. Of course, I present that I’m indignant at a break, it needed to be clear. I’ve had a number of breaks, however I communicate of the Generalitat of the ruptures.

P. There can be a break in ‘Deliqui’, and extra instrumentation, even digital.

R. It is a music of indignant, content material and rested. It’s time for the void after the breakup, once you at all times ask why, why do you must occur? … I will likely be alone, you’ll not discover anybody, I’m a shit. You go down. You are unhappy. ‘Deliqui’ is that.

P. It sounds modern and within the time it’s rooted within the songs of Valencian kinds, even in ‘Empty, the one in every of crying’ makes use of quintilles.

R. The complete type music, just like the jotes, is fashioned with quinters. Usually heptasyllables, though I don’t regulate. It is the construction of singing with ababa rhyme. And I make fandangos, Malaga, a havanera that ends in Chacarera, however the patterns of palms on the report are as new. I base myself on folks, however I do not precisely recreate it.

P. There are many maries on the report.

R. My two uelas (grandmothers) are known as Maria. UELES present you. If you may create a girl that was not good however a private instance, I’d combine my two ueles. I’m not a believer however it appears superb that the 2 are known as Mary. It is a really robust identify that I did not like as a toddler, however it doesn’t go modern. I wish to do issues that I can really feel inside twenty years, just like the identify Mary.

P. He talks about grandmothers greater than grandparents.

R. Uelos are one other technology, like UELES, however they know why they’ve completed issues as they’ve completed and perceive higher than you do it in a different way, they higher perceive the wrestle of ladies, the feminist wrestle. They have suffered roughly the identical issues. My uelas consider that the issues I do, even when they haven’t completed them, may also help me to be a full girl. And it isn’t mine, when I’ve sought data I’ve at all times seen the identical.

P. He studied on the Catarroja Conservatory.

R. In Dana I’ve not misplaced anybody expensive however I’ve pals sure. The Catarroja Conservatory has been buried. Patches are actually being made, so it’ll occur once more. If an issue will not be solved in root and no legal responsibility choices are made and the individuals who have shit it don’t go away, we are going to shit once more. And it’s a very unhappy and onerous feeling of explaining who has suffered the loss of life of household and pals.


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