Culture in lockdown: 3. Yana Tsanova
Barcelona, Spain On 22nd June 2020, Yana Tsanova (pictured above, right of group) took to the stage at the Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house in Barcelona. It was the first concert to take place in the venue since the easing of Spain’s initial ‘State of Alarm’ the day before. With Tsanova were the three other members of the UceLi string quartet and on the bill was Giacomo Puccini’s ‘I Crisantemi’ (‘Chrysanthemums’). The auditorium was packed. The quartet, stiffly dressed in formal evening wear, bowed to the audience, took their seats and began to play. The serried ranks of spec...