Inma Shara
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Inma Shara (Inmaculada Lucia Sarachaga, born 1972 in Amurrio, Spain) is a Spanish orchestral conductor. Inma Shara is a Spanish cultural and political personality who,under the patronage of the Swiss watch manufacturer Vacheron Constantin, has appeared as guest conductor with some Spanish and eastern European orchestras and youth orchestras, generally in programs of music from cinema.
[edit] Biography
Born in Amurrio, Imaculada Lucia Sarachaga studied in Vitoria and at the Madrid Royal Conservatory.[1] She exlapined she changed her name to Inma Shara in order to make it easier to pronounce in other languages.[2]
According to her website, she has conducted the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the Rome Symphony Orchestra, the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, the Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, the Parma Symphony Orchestra, the Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Valencia, The Majorca Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras in Granada, Cordoba an Madrid. [3] In 2010, selected by the Spanish Government, she conducted the European Union Youth Orchestra during the Expo in Shanghai. [3]
In December 2008 she conducted the Brandenburg State Orchestra in a concert at the Vatican chaired by the Pope Benedict XVI, in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[2][3]
Shara has been active as a policital activism, performing in concerts for the victims of terrorism in the Basque Country[4] and in Madrid. Her activism and her opinions about the traditional family and against abortion have attracted the attention of conservative media over her figure and career.
She has been awarded the European Prize to Excellence and is an Honorary Ambassador of the "Spain Brand". [3] However she has received criticism over her poor musical preparation and conducting technique and against the nomination of Shara as an Ambassador of Spanish culture.[5][6][7]
She currently is working on several recording projects of music for children for the label Sony Music. The first, "La Isla de los Sonidos" was released in late 2010.
[edit] References
- ^ "Cine en Concierto - Inma Shara [Otros"]. http://www.cajastur.es/tiquexpress/espectaculo3233.html. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ a b Itzulpena Euskaraz (Inma Shara Euskonews). "Inma Shara Euskonews". http://www.euskonews.com/0230zbk/elkar_es.html. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d Inma Shara. "Inma Shara (official website)". http://www.inmashara.com/. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ Luis María Anson. "Inma Shara frente a la cicatería". http://www.elcultural.es/version_papel/OPINION/20280/Inma_Shara_frente_a_la_cicateria/. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ Miqel Rodrigo. "Recogida de firmas contra el nombramiento de Inma Shara como embajadora honoraria de la cultura de la marca España". http://myblogmusicabanda.blogspot.com/2011/06/recogida-de-firmas-contra-el.html. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ Rodriguez. "Inma Shara o como morir de la pena (in Spanish)". http://pensamientodisperso.blogspot.com/2009/12/inma-shara-o-como-morir-de-la-pena.html. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ Saiz, Juan Angel (4 November 2009). "Inma Shara: Una experiencia mística" (in Spanish). http://scoremusica.blogspot.com/2009/11/inma-shara-una-experiencia-mistica.html. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
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