< strong > City of the Arts music building will have the name Jaime Ingram < / strong >
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"I'm filled with emotion to announce that as a tribute to the invaluable contribution of Master Ingram, the new music building of the City of the Arts will have its name. It will be a space intended to perpetuate his legacy, serving as a centre for the development of new musical expressions, education and growing of emerging talent," stated Giselle González Villarrué, Minister of Culture at the National Theater on Thursday, August 3.
The news was timely during a musical tribute by the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) through the National Symphony Orchestra and with the participation of Pianist Tanya Aparicio and David García who have been an excellent sample of experience and outstanding talent to honor the path and inputs of the great Panamanian musician and recognized "master" Jaime Ingram.
It should be noted that Aparicio was a student of Jaime Ingram while David García was a student of Margarita Troetsch, who was also a student of Ingram, and his legacy and influence continued to extend to new generations.
Under the leadership of Jorge Ledezma Bradley, the National Symphony with his guest pianist shared with the public works by Johannes Brahms, Johann Sebastian Bach and Edward Grieg, who achieved at every intervention the strong applause of the audience that filled the National Theater completely.
"I accept with pride that the music building has been chosen to name them, it has been a privilege to contribute to my country with respect to culture and to give opportunities for cultural exchange and above all to promote piano music in Panama" emphasized Jaime Ingram through a message read by his granddaughter Isabel Ingram.
For his part Tanya Aparicio mentioned that "it's a great honor to participate in this gala, for me as disciple of the Ingram husbands, who more than they are great representatives of the cultural bases of the country and of events as important as the Piano International Competition."
"Jaime Ingram for me is a teacher, guide, father, representing something I cannot describe, because he's not only part of a musical formation, but also a personal one," Aparicio added.
"Today we pay tribute to an outstanding figure that has leave an unbeatable mark in our cultural history. The legacy of Master Jaime Ingram will live eternally on every note of music that resonates in this and all Panamanian scenarios and at the heart of all those to whom she has inspired," emphasized González Villarrué.
Jaime Ingram was considered as one of the most important concertists of contemporary music and was the first director of the INAC, today the Ministry of Culture and has been outstanding in many facets. He formed Panamanian pianists as the Troetsch husbands, who followed the legacy of instructing new generations of piano musicians.
