Estany Juan Rius and , born in Valencia in 1903 and died in Tenerife in 1983, was a musician, director and composer much loved and popular in the Canaries. reached Tenerife in 1924, with a zarzuela company and stayed on to lead the Banda Municipal de La Laguna and Municipal Academy of Music, for which he wrote a fantasy on popular themes canaries. Married the Laguna Dolores Cabrera. In 1929 he went to Barcelona for the Latin American Exhibition and with the task of mounting a series of works in Catalonia. Even created his own company and with it premiered, among others, the opium den skits, The Rose of ambassadors and can not be handsome. The chaotic economic and social situation of the years of the Republic II put paid to his theater company and returned to Tenerife in 1934, where he founded the Choral Society of Catalonia House and worked with various companies and musical entertainment Island, becoming a popular character, both for its v
professional allies by his government and personal charm. In the 40 twentieth century addressed in Tenerife an opera company and zarzuela.Su contribution to popular music in the Canaries was important as it was at the Winter Festival and Carnival, with varying compositions and arrangements rondallas. He was one of the founders of the group Los Fregolina, of which he was director. For his house on Calle Costa and Grijalba , corner of Jesus and Mary, became great figures of the song to rehearse their numbers or simply to enjoy a musical evening. Appeared in this house Later a young friend of one of his sons who was the Military University in the camp of Los Rodeos. The teacher Estany accompanied him on piano and the young man sang a piece of an operetta, to the astonishment of the family Estany the quality of the voice they were hearing. The young man was Alfredo Kraus . JUAN ARENCIBIA POSTED ON LANDSCAPE IN THE CANARIO DAILY NOTICES (SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE ), 07/11/2009.
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