“I’ve gone from being in the middle of a
bad humanitarian crisis to being here, where I have a chance of a normal life
and wonderful artistic opportunities,” he says. “The change is enormous.” Magallanes’s
musical talent has caused him to be plucked from the obscurity of a rural
Venezuelan town and handed a place at Dublin’s Royal Irish Academy of Music
(RIAM), via his current stint in Barcelona. This remarkable journey was made
possible, in great part, by the Latin Grammy-winning Venezuelan pianist,
Gabriela Montero, and her Cork-born husband, the baritone singer Sam McElroy,
who have taken him under their wing. More… 
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Venezuelan voice on his way to the Royal Irish Academy
“I’ve gone from being in the middle of a
bad humanitarian crisis to being here, where I have a chance of a normal life
and wonderful artistic opportunities,” he says. “The change is enormous.” Magallanes’s
musical talent has caused him to be plucked from the obscurity of a rural
Venezuelan town and handed a place at Dublin’s Royal Irish Academy of Music
(RIAM), via his current stint in Barcelona. This remarkable journey was made
possible, in great part, by the Latin Grammy-winning Venezuelan pianist,
Gabriela Montero, and her Cork-born husband, the baritone singer Sam McElroy,
who have taken him under their wing. More… 
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