Conductor Gustavo Dudamel has been appointed to lead the National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela (SNIV), made up of 169 musicians, for its upcoming performances at four festivals in the United States.
The orchestra will embark on its second international tour on July 25 through August 9, 2024, El Sistema’s press service reported. It will bring a repertoire that seeks to showcase the virtuosity of its musical growth, El Nacional reported.
The executive director of El Sistema, Eduardo Méndez, said that this tour “has to do primarily with the invitation to the youth orchestra festival at Carnegie Hall, where orchestras from various parts of the world participate, aged between 17 and 22 years old.”
“For El Sistema, this represents a showcase to show how its musical methodology has evolved in recent years, since the oldest member of our orchestra is not as old as the youngest member of the established rank. For us at El Sistema, this tour fulfills an important artistic theme,” he added.
The four-city tour will begin with two performances at the monumental Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, under the Citizens of the World concept, which is part of the YOLA International Youth Festival, the National Symphony and Overture Orchestra Festival.
The first concert of the festival will be on Sunday, July 28, with the participation of the YOLA National Overture Orchestra, the YOLA National Symphony Orchestra and members of the National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela, in a side by side, in which they will perform works by composers Okoye, Chaparro, Fernández, Still, Berlioz, Shostakóvich, Hailstork, Desenne and Saint-Saëns, under the direction of maestro Gustavo Dudamel, Kalena Bovell and José Ángel Salazar Marín.
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2024-07-16 03:47:51