Carmen Penim, Composer and Singer from Os Blancos
Carmen Penim (Covas, Os Blancos, 1965) is a teacher, composer and singer; she forms the duo 2naFronteira, set Rosalía, Lorca and Pessoa to music, premiered the Virxe do Xurés hymn in 2023 and is honorary judge of the Couto Mixto.
- Born
- Covas (Os Blancos), 1965
- Real name
- Carmen Pérez Fernández
- Duo
- 2naFronteira, with Maurizio Polsinelli
- Recent work
- hymn to the Virxe do Xurés (2023)
Carmen Penim is the stage name of Carmen Pérez Fernández, born in Covas (Os Blancos) in 1965. She is a teacher, composer, singer, producer and artist’s representative, and with the Roman pianist Maurizio Polsinelli she forms the duo 2naFronteira [1].
Career
She spent her first years in her father’s homeland, in Meaus (Couto Mixto), on the border with Portugal, and also lived in the Netherlands. She holds a degree in Hispanic Philology from the USC and a doctorate in oral-language teaching methods from the UNED; she studied operatic singing in Italy and, since 2011, operatic singing and jazz. Between 2007 and 2013 she taught Spanish in Italy and later was a secondary-school teacher in Moaña and Cangas. She is honorary judge of the Couto Mixto and part of the «Referentes galegas» project. She champions causes such as equality, the fight against gender violence, historical memory and education [1].
Albums and projects
With 2naFronteira she released Humo en los ojos (Italy, 2011), Alma (2013), Zapatiños para Díaz Castro (2014, fifteen poems set to music) and Sons de Nós (2015, a concert about the Xeración Nós). Her projects include Federico García Lorca. Amando en galego (2011), Os olhos de Pessoa (2014), A voz da pedra (2015, to bring back the harmonium in churches) and Rosalía de Castro (2017). As a soloist she published Herdeiras. Muller, identidade e memoria (book and CD, 2017), with her own texts and those of other women poets, on the women of 1936 and a short film by Margarita Ledo [1].
On 14 August 2023 she premiered the hymn to the Virgin at the border chapel of the Virxe do Xurés, commissioned by the historian Xosé Lamela Bautista with texts from the oral tradition of Xurés [1].
Frequently asked questions
What is 2naFronteira? The duo of Carmen Penim and the pianist Maurizio Polsinelli, formed in Italy in 2008 [1].
What is her connection with the Couto Mixto? She spent her childhood in Meaus and is honorary judge of the Couto Mixto [1].
Links
- Parish: Covas
- People of A Limia
- Famous people and sportspeople of A Limia
- Authors and artists of A Limia
- Os Blancos
Sources
- «Carmen Penim», Galipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Penim
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