The setting for the second concert of the Diverse Music Season will be, on Saturday, April 2, the Metropolitan Theater, where the music of great composers such as Beethoven, Haydn and Brahms will be heard under the direction and interpretation of two young people who are part of the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra.
The musicians
Natalia Auli is the second oboe soloist playing English horn at the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and is part of the new generation of artists requested to play solo and give master classes around the world.
Natalia is an international star of contemporary oboe, with numerous awards in international competitions, including the third ex aqueo prize, as well as four special prizes at the Geneva 2021 Competition, which includes the Audience Award, the Young Audience Award, the Musicology Students Award and an international tour of the Marie Huguenin Prize.
And with the baton in hand will be Sebastián Almánzar, a young director who has developed his musical activities in Colombia, as well as in Europe. Next year, he will graduate from the University of Music and Dramatic Art in Vienna, which for two centuries has been the birthplace of great directors.
Sebastian began his musical studies at the age of five at the Medellín School Choir Network and the Sirenaica Foundation, and studied conducting at EAFIT University, has conducted European orchestras such as Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria), Musikverein Orchestra St. Pölten (Austria), Pro Arte Wien Orchestra (Austria) and Webern Symphony Orchestra (Austria).
Ticket prices range from $35,000 on the balcony to $70,000 in front, all the information about the ticket office can be found at Latiquetera.com
This year the Philharmonic is an invitation to diversity to address issues such as respect for life and nature, non-discrimination, the elimination of violence against women, democracy, peace and mental health. This approach also invites us to be in sync with guest artists and training and social programs.
The programme for this season, in addition to the presentation by Colombian director Sebastián Almánzar, also highlights a musical program on democracy and freedom dictated by the Spanish maestro Francisco Valero-Terribas; German director Henrik Schaefer will celebrate with music the World Day to Combat Desertification and drought.
Medellín will be full of events during 2022, and there is a bird's-eye flight schedule of at least 200 activities, both public and private, that can be enjoyed in the capital of Antioquia in the coming months.
The official calendar of events in Medellin for 2022 includes presentations by artists such as Christian Nodal, La Banda MS, Jessi Uribe, Jerry Rivera, Fito Páez, Caifanes, LP, Alberto Plaza, Maluma and Bad Bunny.
However, next month to celebrate International Dance Day, activities, exhibitions and training spaces are contemplated throughout the month of April. Already in May, between 21 and 22, the Popular Book Days Fair will be held.
In June from 23 to 27, the XVI International Tango Festival of Medellin will be held. During that same month, Sexual Diversity will be celebrated and pride will be brought to the streets with a program that highlights the León Zuleta Awards, on June 24, and the Gay Pride March, on July 3.
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