Grenada... There are too many memories and mixed feelings what we lived there, especially for me. This was one of the Spanish cities that I was able to explore the most, and we were there for three days and two nights. There were several musical presentations, walks, Sierra Nevada, the Alhambra, my album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran 😅 and this concert, the longest of the whole tour and where we shared the stage with another choral group. It is not our favorite concert of our tour, but it was as unforgettable as all the others.

I kidnapped my mom for these carnivals and brought her back to the city from our concert on Saturday to give me lots of love and spoil her daily. I think she was a little tired, and we went to many places and ate very well, but on Sunday I was thinking that I needed a perfect ingredient to make this little vacation unforgettable, and that's when I remembered my dad's best friend, who I mentioned a couple of weeks ago was a special guest at the anniversary of the Orchestras and Choirs System. I wrote to her, told her that my mom was in town and we decided to treat ourselves to a special moment.

For the last couple of years I have been fortunate to live in an area that I consider privileged. I don't know if my closest friends and the neighbors of the area consider it that way, because nothing surprises them, but I, who come from another town in the interior of Venezuela where everything is small and the neighbors are few, am aware of the greatness and significance of the center of the capital. These pictures are of the National Pantheon, one of the many emblematic places near the capitol.

I know I often say the same thing about all our concerts, but wow, singing Gustav Mahler's second symphony this weekend was a dream experience. I couldn't help but hold back tears at this extraordinary finale, the last three minutes in particular being an ode to the afterlife. The orchestra was impeccable, the sound of the choir more professional than ever, you can appreciate it in this short video I share above, and the direction of Christian Vásquez was the secret of success; years go by and this man gives himself more and more to music.

Hello friends of architecture! Today I want to share with you the beauty and magic of a place that was really made with all the affection, good taste and an unparalleled nationalistic feeling, a palace that captures my attention since the day I met it and that its imposing and elegance is as high as the injustices and frauds that have been lived here, possibly since its facilities were inaugurated. This is the Legislative Palace of Venezuela. Not easy to photograph from the outside, it is in the middle of busy pedestrian streets, but on this occasion I had the privilege of entering.

In all my years as a chorister I have never felt another ending as powerful as that of Gustav Mahler's second symphony. Its fifth movement called “Resurrection” is the only one where the choir participates, after about an hour of orchestral music. You will not believe that our participation is only 15 minutes, but those fifteen minutes are worth waiting for, since the most powerful ending of choral symphonic music is developed in that moment, in a song where life after death is exalted.