MUSIC
Saturday, 28 February 2026.
Auditorium> 7:00 p.m.
“COR DE LA CANYADA”
Organised by: Department of Culture.
Free admission until full capacity is reached.
COR DE LA CANYADA
It began its journey in 1998 under the direction of Julio Hurtado Llopis.
Since then, it has exchanged visits with the choirs ‘Gaudeamus’ from Figueres (Girona), ‘Coral L'Horta de Sant Marcel.li’, ‘La Nova Armonía’ from Sallent (Barcelona), ‘Joventuts Unides’ from La Sénia (Tarragona), ‘Coro Alcazaba’ from Baza (Granada), Cor Societat Cultural Alaior (Menorca), Orfeón Condado Paradanta de Mondariz (Pontevedra), Aita Donostia (San Sebastian), Pedreguer (Alicante), Cor Ciutat d'Eivissa (Ibiza), and Coro Gaztelumendi Abesbatza de Larrabetzu (Bilbao).
Beyond our borders, it has participated in the III Euro-Brazilian Education Meeting held in Natal (Brazil) and in the 30th World Conference on Music Education organised by ISME in Thessaloniki (Greece) and in the II Spain-Germany Choral Meeting at the Cervantes Institute in Frankfurt.
Every year it organises Summer Festivals and Christmas concerts in La Canyada (Paterna).
It has been actively collaborating in numerous solidarity projects and charity events in favour of organisations such as Intermon, AFAD de Paterna, Proyecto Hombre, Casal de la Pau, Junta Local contra el Cáncer, Unicef and Valencia Acoge, among others. It also performs in various hospitals and nursing homes.
The choir has also promoted the creation of a children's choir school, with its Compasillo choir.
Its current director, Christian García Marco, maintains the founding principles of Julio Hurtado and has imbued the choir with his personality and his unique way of understanding music and life.
Cor de La Canyada is, above all, a group of friends who enjoy music, feel it and convey their joy to the audience at every concert.
Director: CHRISTIAN GARCÍA MARCO (1987)
He holds a diploma in Music Education and a degree in History and Music Sciences. A student and disciple of the music pedagogue and teacher Julio Hurtado Llopis, he trained in the field of choral conducting with David Azurza, Elisenda Carrasco, Nicole Corti, Josep Ramón Gil-Tàrrega, José Luis Martínez, Roberta Paraninfo and Basilio Astúlez, among others. He has also participated as a chorister in several editions of the Europa Cantat festival.
He currently works as a music teacher at the Les Carolines school in Picassent (Valencia) and conducts the Allegro ONCE Valencia Choir, the Cor de La Canyada Choir, and the Escola Coral de L'Eliana Choir. He is the principal accompanist for the Stma. Trinidad Choir of Valencia, conducted by Carmina Moreno Llabata. Since 2023, he has been president of the FECIJ-CV (Federation of Children's and Youth Choral Organisations of the Valencian Community).
