The Valencia City Council and the Generalitat Valenciana join forces to carry out an extraordinary charity concert in favour of musical societies and people affected by Dana, conducted by the Venezuelan maestro Gustavo Dudamel.
In this concert, Dudamel brings together under his baton the Orquesta de València and the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana on the stage of the Sala Iturbi. The programme includes the flugelhorn concerto Albares, by Pacho Flores, and the monumental Symphony No. 2 Resurrection, by Gustav Mahler. Also taking part in this meeting are the Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, the soloists of the RTVE Choir, the Jove Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, students from the Joaquín Rodrigo High Conservatory of Music in Valencia, the soprano Sandra Hamaoui, the mezzo-soprano Eva Kroon and the maestro Christian Vásquez, as assistant conductor.
The event will take place at the Iturbi Hall of the Palau de la Música in Valencia on February 3rd.
The single price is €15 and the proceeds from this concert will be donated entirely to the account set up by the Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community (FSMCV) in order to help recover the musical societies affected by the DANA. There will also be a Row 0, whose contributions will be channelled through the account set up by the Generalitat Valenciana for this purpose, as well as a second Row 0 corresponding to the account set up by the Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community (FSMCV).
The initiative was launched on Thursday 16th January and within minutes, the 1,800 tickets for the venue were sold out.
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Before the concert at the Palau de la Música
Gustavo Dudamel took part in an emotional concert in Castellar-l'Oliveral on Sunday 2nd February, in which he conducted 160 performers from bands affected by the Dana.
With a large band made up of musicians from hamlets and towns affected by the tragedy, the acclaimed Venezuelan conductor conducted three pieces for 150 musicians in a concert organised by the Federation of Musical Societies of the Valencian Community (FSMCV).
He did so with a concert in which he shared the repertoire with the director and principal conductor of the municipal symphonic band, Cristóbal Soler, and together with Pacho Flores, considered one of the best trumpet soloists in the world. An act in which Dudamel made a song to the “rebirth” of music in times of tragedy: “Music is a miracle that must be celebrated, a very important point of union with which one can dialogue. It has a universal language that can be felt and after the tragedy it is necessary to celebrate the musical culture that exists in Valencia”, said the maestro, who before the concert came to greet musicians, colleagues and neighbours of Castellar.
Lullaby, with a trumpet solo by Pacho Flores, València by Padilla and the pasodoble El fallero were the works conducted by Dudamel. The concert, which lasted approximately one hour, also included the songs Lo Cant del Valencià, Amparito Roca and the Himno de València by Serrano under the direction of Soler.
