Cultural Activities in Tenerife
Museos en Tenerife
Culture loving visitors have a long list of both private and public art galleries and museums at their disposition: history, archaeology, anthropology, ethnography, science, crafts, fine arts and natural sciences.
Senderismo
We suggest different routes to discover the most interesting places in Tenerife,setting out with your own means of transport. We recommend you set out early in the morning with a road map of the island.
Adeje
The island of Tenerife, has surprising beaches, throughout its extension, white sand beaches, of volcanic sand, natural swimming pools next to the sea, nudist beaches, moved away, immersed creeks in the nature. Everything a paradise to enjoy the sea and the sun, all time.
Cocina tradicional
The island cuisine is one of the aspects of our culture that visitors generally know least about. It is however, highly interesting and can provide some very pleasant surprises for anyone who fancies a change from their usual diet or the dishes on offer at many international restaurants, whilst they are on holiday.
Parque Nacional
A network of National Parks in the Canary Islands attempts to conserve the most typical ecosystems. The Teide National Park, in the centre of the island of Tenerife, shelters the best example of Canary Island vegetation.
Deportes
Tenerife is the ideal place for all kinds of water sports, from spear fishing, fishing with a rod or deep-sea fishing to windsurfing – major international competitions are held in the area of El Medano – and the full range of water sports, al of which can be enjoyed all year round: sailing, diving, surfing, water skiing, canoeing, jet skis, etc.
El Cine de Terror
The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2005 will be hold under the motto: The Great Comedy, inspired in the great musical comedies of Broadway offering an important variety of costume elements and atrezzo and, therefore, a wide range of possibilities when making the disguises and carnival fantasies.
Tradicional
The traditional architecture of the Canary Islands, the architecture of stately homes and more humble houses for the people, takes its inspiration mainly from the traditional architecture of Andalucia and Portugal, although it also has a strong personality of its own.
The Sculpture, the Painting, the Music, the Literature of Tenerife, constitutes an appraised treasure, because that represents the culture and the own identity of the island.
In the different towns and municipalities from the island, celebrations throughout the year are made, that count on the participation, as much of local people, like of visitors, since several of them, are declared of cultural interest.
Listado de direcciones y telefonos de los centros de información turistica en distintos puntos de tenerife...
La historia de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (OST) arranca en 1935, cuando nace la Orquesta de Cámara de Canarias, que posteriormente cambiaría su nombre al actual.
Durante mas de medio siglo, los diferentes directores (como el maestro S. Sabina y A. Alfonso), e instrumentistas de la OST, realizan una importante labor de difusión musical en el archipiélago canario, y conforman una de las orquestas estables que se ha mantenido en España desde los años 30 hasta la fecha.
Toda esta labor viene a culminarse a finales de la década de los 80, cuando la OST obtiene el reconocimiento internacional de crítica, público y de los propios solistas que actúan con ella.
Bajo la dirección de Víctor Pablo Pérez, la formación tinerfeña ha conseguido un sonido excepcional y una cohesión entre las diferentes secciones de instrumentos que ha sido alabada por figuras como el pianista polaco Krystian Zimerman, que de la orquesta y su director ha dicho: "...hay directores que no tienen una carrera al galope, y están dentro de este grupo que yo respeto especialmente. En este apartado está Víctor Pablo Pérez, al que pondría en el mismo grupo de Esa Pekka Salonen o Simon Rattle, personas que están dedicadas por entero a la música, que no viven de ilusiones vanas y cuyo ego no está reforzado. Para mi es ésta una experiencia que quiero preservar...y tocaron estupendamente bien, por cierto, como hacen siempre".
La violinista coreana Kyung Wha Chung afirmó, tras un concierto con la orquesta tinerfeña que "...los componentes de la Sinfónica poseen una calidad y entusiasmo contagiosos". Expresiones parecidas han sido difundidas en distintos medios de comunicación por solistas de la talla de Mischa Maisky, Schlomo Mintz, Vladimir Spivakov o Dimitri Bashkirov que han participado en diferentes programas con la orquesta.
La crítica tampoco ha sido parca en elogios hacia la OST en sus giras por Madrid, Zaragoza, Cataluña, Sevilla (Expo 92), o cuando ha participado en festivales internacionales como los de Canarias, Santander, Cuenca, Granada, Alicante, Castell de Peralada, o Quincena Musical Donostiarra.
Una muestra del trabajo de la Sinfónica de Tenerife se encuentra recogida en una serie de grabaciones, editadas en veintiún discos compactos, que le ha valido el reconocimiento de la crítica internacional.
Tiene en su haber el "Premio Ondas 1992" a la mejor grabación de música clásica (obras de Gerhard), así como el "Diapason DŽ" (mayo 94) por la grabación de la Zarzuela "Doña Francisquita" de Vives y nuevamente "Diapason DŽOr" (junio 95) por el registro de "El Barberillo de Lavapiés" de Barbieri.
También se le ha concedido el Premio C.D. Compact, a la mejor producción española del 95, por las "Sinfonías 1 y 3" de R. Gerhard, disco que ha obtenido, en el MIDEM de enero de 1996, el premio CANNES CLASSICAL AWARDS.
La temporada oficial de la OST está formada por unos ochenta conciertos, en los que se desarrollan 32 programas diferentes, además de un Ciclo de Música de Cámara. Junto a esta actividad, se ofrece un Ciclo de Jóvenes Intérpretes, en el que cada año participa un grupo de prometedores músicos canarios, cuya trayectoria y capacidad actuales, revelan una importante proyección futura. Asimismo participa en la temporada de ópera que organiza la Asociación Tinerfeña de éste genero, y en distintos recitales líricos.
Entre los solistas que han actuado con la OST destacan, aparte de los ya citados, Roberta Alexander, Plácido Domingo, Alfredo Kraus, María Orán, Edith Mathis, Silvia Marcovici, Arleene Auger, Tom Krause, Lluís Claret, Philippe Entremont, Myung Wha Chung, Cecile Ousset, Joaquín Achúcarro, Andrei Gavrilov, Elena Obraztsova, Simon Estes, Ivo Pogorelich, Ernesto Bitetti, Patrick Gallois, Emanuel Ax, Federica Von Stade, Grigorij Sokolov, Midori, Brigitte Fassbaender, Gil Shaham...etc.
There are various modalities for the acquisition of localities. The most comfortable option is the hotline 902 317 327, which is active in an extensive schedule: Monday through Friday from 10 to 14 and 17 to 19 hours, and Saturday from 10 to 14 hours.
You can call this phone number, the user can obtain information or purchase locations for the cycle, concert or show desired, avoiding movements, possible clusters or long waits. Once acquired locally, may contain the entry into the Auditorium box office, the date and time that it has communicated by telephone.
The second option is the direct sale of tickets for what has been provided a temporary ticket office at the office of Green Cross Street, until they produce the definitive transfer to Auditorium. With the same timetable established for that call, and be accessible on the purchase of the localities directly, consistent with the box office opening date of each of the concerts or shows.
In addition to direct service box office, has enabled a temporary ticket office in the Hall Auditorium until its final location. The box office will run two hours before the events, only days concert or show. It may withdraw the tickets once acquired through the telephone line, or buy tickets for that day in the event that there are free locations.
In the case assumption locations available for some of the concerts Payment of the OST, can always be purchased on the Tuesday before the concert.
Since April 2004 has been launched to purchase the system through the Internet and Multi-CajaCanarias ATMs, which will further facilitate the acquisition of localities Auditorium.
The Park Ethnographic Pyramids of Güímar is a historical monument of great archaeological value. It may observe staggered six Pyramids which are currently under study by archaeologists from around the world. It has magnificent facilities, such as: Chacona House-Museum, where displays different cultural parallels the Old and New World. Auditorium with a capacity for 164 people, where they planned a documentary about the pyramids, the Tent of Navigation where visitors can look at reproductions of papyrus rafts, exposure Easter, on the mythical island, with photographs of actual size the mysterious moai, and a leisure centre with Cafeteria and Gift Shop . It has wonderful gardens of native flora.
In addition organize presentations, exhibitions, conferences, business meetings, etc.. These are held events as the day of the child, workshops, conference and a monthly FERC.
