THE SHOW
“TO EXPERIENCE COLOUR IS TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENCE”
FABIAN ARCINIEGAS - CLAIRE HARRIS
ARTISTS:
FABIÁN ARCINIEGAS
SINGER, GUITARIST
and
CLAIRE HARRIS
PIANIST
RUNNING TIME:
90 MINS (FLEXIBLE PROGRAM TIME)
As a teenager, Fabián decides he wants to become a singer.
He lives with his parents, brother, and sister. His dad is an alcoholic, and when he’s drunk, he listens to a variety of music that includes Salsa, Mexican rancheras, Puerto Rican boleros, Argentinian tangos, and Cuban trova. But what Fabián loves is rock music, specifically Guns n’ Roses and Metallica. When he starts voice lessons with the idea of becoming a famous rock vocalist, his voice teacher, an operatic soprano, makes him sing classical music.
From this moment on, he starts a journey that will lead him to places he never dreamed of but ends up lost trying to find his true voice as an artist.
For singer, performer, and writer, Fabián Arciniegas, colours are the composition of life. Everywhere we look we find light illuminating the different shades and colours making our world. To experience colour is to experience difference.
This show invites the audience into a personal exploration of the journey of a classical singer through storytelling and the songs that represent his path as an artist. In Colores, Guns n’ Roses is unapologetically mixed with Mariachi music, and we listen to the music of classical and contemporary composers, including Bizet’s Carmen, Astor Piazzolla Tango, and Stephen Sondheim. Fabián takes us with him on his trip – sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always vibrant to find his voice by mixing all the colours in his life in collaboration with Canadian-New Zealand pianist Claire Harris.
ARTISTS
He brings audible discipline to every line and breathtaking vocal control fueling each syllable with feeling” Garth Thomas, Indie Pulse Music “He takes us on quite a ride and his control is absolute” Anne Hollister, Indie Source
Fabián is a versatile Colombian-Canadian singer-actor. He has the privilege of bringing to life a wide range of repertoire from Baroque to Contemporary.
Deeply committed as a chamber singer, he discovered a passion for new composers. He has successfully toured in Canada and internationally as part of the series Crossing Borders with the soprano Maureen Batt and the pianist Claire Harris, featuring living Latin American and North American composers.
Claire holds a Masters in Performance from the Royal College of Music, London, UK. During her studies, she was awarded the Violette Szabo GC Memoriam Prize, the Soirée d’Or Award and the John and Marjorie Coultate Award. She also won the Accompanist Prize in the national Maggie Teyte Competition. Prior to moving to Toronto, she was a staff accompanist at the Royal College of Music, London, as well as working with companies including English Touring Opera, the Rossini Young Artists’ Festival, and the Academie de La Roche D’Hys annual opera workshop. She has performed at prominent venues including Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall, and Wigmore Hall in London. Claire is currently Associate Music Director with Opera by Request, Toronto. With this company, she has been Music Director for productions of Don Pasquale, Don Giovanni, Hansel and Gretel, Madame Butterfly, and Cosi Fan Tutte.