TOCANDO NUESTRA CANCIÓN / THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG


TOCANDO NUESTRA CANCIÓN / THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG (New Spanish Cast Recording), directed and produced by global superstar Antonio Banderas, narrates the sweet irony and tender zaniness between an established composer and an aspiring lyricist. With a score by Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager and starring Spain’s Miquel Fernández and María Adamuz, this romantic comedy navigates an unusual love story between collaborators as romance blossoms, conflict rears its head and comedic sparks fly.
ANTONIO BANDERAS has been one of the most outstanding international actors of his generation. He has received critical acclaim for his roles in film, television and theatre, as well as for his work behind the camera as a director.
He has worked with some of the best directors and actors in Hollywood: Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado opposite Salma Hayek and the sequel Once Upon a Time in Mexico, opposite Johnny Depp; Original Sin with Angelina Jolie; Alan Parker’s Evita opposite Madonna (for which he received his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor); The Mask of Zorro, by Martin Campbell, opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones (second Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor), and the sequel The Legend of Zorro; Neil Jordan’s Interview with the Vampire with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt; Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphia alongside Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington; Bille August’s House of the Spirits with Meryl Streep and Glenn Close; and Femme Fatale by Brian de Palma. He was nominated for his third Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance as the infamous Pancho Villa on HBO’s “And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself” in 2003. In 2005 he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2003, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Nine, his Broadway debut, a Roundabout Theatre Company production inspired by Fellini’s 8 1/2, and which garnered him a Drama Desk Award for Best Actor, as well as Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and Theatre World Awards.
He has also starred in “Genius: Picasso” (2018), the National Geographic limited series for which he received Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, Critic’s Choice and SAG Award nominations for Best Actor in a Limited Series. He recently won the Best Actor Award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for his compelling performance as Salvador Mallo in Pedro Almodóvar’s autobiographical drama Pain and Glory, his eighth film with Almodóvar and one that earned him rave reviews.
In 2019, he promoted the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank project in his hometown, Malaga. The theatre opened with the musical A Chorus Line, its first production with John Breglio and Banderas himself as actor, co-director and producer of the show which was a great success with audiences and critics alike.
In 2020 he created the Teatro Soho Televisión division for audiovisual projects and presented and directed the music program Escena en Blanco & Negro for Amazon Prime Video and the 35th edition of the Goya Awards for the Spanish Film Academy. He produced, directed and starred as Robert in Company, which first played at Teatro del Soho CaixaBank in 2021 and was followed in 2022 by a six-week run at Teatre Apolo in Barcelona and touring production in Madrid at the UMusic Hotel-Teatro Albéniz. Company won the prestigious Max Award for Best Musical Show in 2022 and received 3 Talía Awards, including Best Musical Theatre Actor for Antonio Banderas, bestowed by the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts. Banderas has recently been distinguished with the 2023 President’s Award for his contribution to cultural and musical heritage at the 24th edition of the Latin Grammys.
TEATRO DEL SOHO CAIXABANK is a centre for production, training and promotion of the performing arts that was born in Malaga from a private initiative. It is not subject to public funding of any kind and is a wholly non-profit-making enterprise. It is a unique and exclusive cultural project, not only in the context of Spain but also in Europe, which was created and promoted by the actor, director and producer Antonio Banderas. Since its official opening in 2019, Teatro del Soho CaixaBank has produced the musicals A Chorus Line, Company and Godspell (in co-production with Estudio Caribe) and playwright John Godber’s comedy “On the piste” (En la Pista). In terms of its musical production, the theatre has published the album A Chorus Line, an original-cast recording of the acclaimed Spanish version of the musical, the album of the musical Company by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, the first recording in Spanish of this iconic musical and also boasts its own orchestra, the Larios Pop del Soho symphony orchestra, conducted by Arturo Díez-Boscovich.
CAST
Vernon Gersch… Miquel Fernández
Sonia Walsk… María Adamuz
Voces Vernon… Rai Borrell, Javier Enguix, Diego Rodríguez, Jaume Giró
Voces Sonia… Bealia Guerra, Cristina Gallego, Georgia Stewart, Silvia Cordero
ORCHESTRA
Arturo Diez Boscovich… Conductor / Musical Director
Olga Domínguez de León… Piano
Nacho Doña… Teclado
Irene Ortega… Violín
Lavinia Curt… Violín
Laura Romero… Violín
Guillermo González… Violín
Javier Claudio… Violín
Pilar Campos… Violín
Yuliya Storonska… Violín
María Vara De Alba… Viola
Pablo González… Viola
Carmen María Elena… Violonchelo
Beatriz Claudio… Violonchelo
Carlos Sanfrutos… Violonchelo
Jesús Martínez… Trompeta
Sebastián Morales… Trompeta
Pablo Espinosa… Trombón
Marcos Pinós… Trombón
Pablo Florido… Bajo Eléctrico
Salvador Benítez… Guitarra
Jorge Cid… Batería
Juan Miguel Muñoz… Percusión
Jorge Lorente… Piccolo / Flauta / Flauta Alto / Oboe/ Saxo Tenor / Saxo Barítono / Clarinete / Clarinete Bajo
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Antonio Banderas & Teatro Del Soho Caixabank… Producer
Arturo Díez Boscovich, Antonio Banderas, Manolo Toro, Sean Patrick Flahaven… Music Producer
Olga Dominguez… Assistant Music Producer
Marc Montserrat-Drukker & Noelia Ortega… Executive Producer
Vanessa Monje… Orchestra Manager
Alicia Calôt… Executive Assistant
Manolo Toro… Recording, Editing & Mixing Engineering
Eva Montiel… Assistant Sound Engineer
PuertoRecords Estudio (Málaga)… Record Studio
Oscar Zambrano (Zampol Productions)… Mastering Engineer
Derek Bishop… Art Direction & Design
Javier Salas… Production Photos
Mercedes Carrión, María Fernandez… Logo Design
Publishing Credits: All songs music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager Williamson Music Co. (ASCAP) and Arlovol Music (ASCAP) c/o Concord Music Publishing, and Begonia Melodies INC (BMI) c/o Songs of Universal
FOR TEATRO DEL SOHO CAIXABANK
Antonio Banderas… President
Aurora Rosales… Director
Javier Banderas… General Counsel
Yolanda Jiménez Polonio… Associate to the Director
Arturo Díez Boscovich… Music Director
Marc Montserrat-Drukker… Director of Production
Noelia Ortega… Director of Production
Javier Jiménez / Tomás Pérez… Technical Directors
Ana Ruiz… Digital Marketing
Paloma Molinero… Press and Media Relations
FOR CONCORD THEATRICALS RECORDINGS
Sean Patrick Flahaven… Chief Theatricals Executive
Ali Tesluk Case… Sr Manager, Production
Imogen Lloyd Webber… EVP Marketing & Communications
Haydyn Meythaler… Sr Manager, Music Marketing