Jesus Candela

Jesus Candela is a flutist scheduled to appear as soloist with the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra in September 2026. The concert, titled "Opening Celebration: Voices and Virtuosos," mixes opera excerpts with popular Latin American and tango pieces. Beyond this appearance, no verified biographical details are available.

This program places the flute alongside opera favorites and Latin American song rather than a traditional flute concerto. Listeners can expect the instrument taking on vocal-style melodies originally written for singers, such as the Habanera from Bizet's Carmen and the aching, songful line of Massenet's Meditation from Thaïs, both pieces built around a single long-breathed tune that a flutist can shape with sliding dynamics and rubato, small stretches and compressions of tempo. The set also turns toward Latin American and tango repertoire, including Piazzolla's Libertango, built on a insistent repeated bass pattern under a soaring flute line, and songs like Bésame Mucho and Granada, both associated with sweeping, singable melodies. Together the program suggests an evening about melody and color more than technical display, with the flute standing in for the human voice across several eras and continents.