The Timple House-Museum, in Teguise, hosted the show Domini last Friday night, a musical journey through the roots and variants of Santo Domingo in the Canary Islands. The project, conceived by Pablo Díaz, Félix Morales, and Jonatán Rodríguez, completely filled the allowed capacity, gathering an audience eager to discover a proposal as novel as it was interesting.
Throughout the concert, the three musicians explored the links between Canary Islands sound tradition and diverse world cultures, using instruments of very different origins and eras: the pandero cuadrado, recorder, Arabic oud, quiternan, drum, or symphony, among many others. Domini thus presented itself as an experience that intertwines stories, identity, and sonic experimentation, reclaiming the universal character of the archipelago's popular music.
The audience followed the development of the performance with great anticipation, captivated by the instrumental variety - unknown to many - and by the way each piece was contextualized. Félix Morales, a musicologist and multi-instrumentalist linked to folklore since childhood, offered detailed explanations that allowed attendees to symbolically travel to the place of origin of each work performed.
The artistic trio was completed by Pablo Díaz, a flutist trained in Tenerife, Paris, and Madrid, with experience in classical music, jazz, and roots music, and Jonatán Rodríguez, a stage creator and composer with a career spanning over three decades dedicated to traditional music.
The show managed to take the large audience on a true musical journey without leaving the concert hall, guided by the mastery of the performers. The pieces, carefully curated and documented, left a mark that will undoubtedly endure in the memory of those present.
Among the attendees was Benito Cabrera, commissioner of the Casa-Museo del Timple, who congratulated the musicians on a project he described as "magnificent, culturally rich, and educational." For his part, Andoni Machín, councilor for Culture and Festivals of the Teguise City Council, presented the trio with the concert poster.
A prolonged standing ovation brought the curtain down on a show that, for its artistic quality and its ability to unite tradition and modernity, will remain in the public's memory for a long time
