Concert The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
Schedule for The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra 2022
Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky Orchestra: Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Details to be announced
PERFORMERS: The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Christian Vásquez
PROGRAMME: Paul Desenne Hipnosis Mariposa
Julián Orbón Tres versiones sinfónicas
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra has been hailed as a “Venezuelan
miracle”. In recent years it has literally stormed onto the international
stage, instantly winning an army of fans and having already managed to perform
under Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta and Sir Simon Rattle.
The basis of the "Venezuelan miracle", as is the case with many
other miracles, lies in musical education en masse. In 1975, on
the initiative of the musician, economist and politician Jose Antonio
Abreu, a system began to be built which today includes all two hundred
youth orchestras throughout the country. The idea was to educate
children from the very poorest families in musical ensembles. Over
the course of thirty years, five million people have passed through
the Abreu system. As a result, Venezuela’s oil money has found
a wonderful purpose, resolving a whole series of social problems,
sharply increasing the level of culture and creating a world-class
orchestra! The current makeup of the Simon Bolivar Orchestra, strictly
speaking, is no longer a “youthful” one, although the musicians have
been known to perform wearing sports tops bearing the logo “Venezuela”.
The ensemble remains, however, part of the system, and
the country’s two hundred youth orchestras form its core staff.
Moreover, youth is part of its image. The musicians can appear looking
completely classical and sound more than refined (for example when accompanying
Magdalena Kozena in songs by Alban Berg). But the orchestra’s style is more
than this. Since at least 1999 when the eighteen-year-old Gustavo Dudamel
took over at the helm of the Simon Bolivar Orchestra, the most
important quality of the “Bolivarians” has been the energy of these
impassioned young Latin Americans. The orchestra is vast. Russian music
performed by the Venezuelan musicians sounds temperamental and powerful.
A performance of popular classical music can be transformed into an
attraction with witty “tricks”. With regard to the music of Latin America,
here Maestro Dudamel and his orchestra are in their element, and what they do at
their concerts may be compared with the carnival in Rio.
Anna Bulycheva
Schedule for The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra 2022
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