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Alondra de la Parra has conducted some of the world's most renowned orchestras, including the Orchestre de Paris, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, The WDR Symphony Orchestra, Le Verbier Festival Orchestra (VFO), the BBC Philharmonic, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, L'Orchestra - Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
In 2024, she was appointed Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of ORCAM, the Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, a position she'll be assuming September 2024.
In April 2022, she was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano. In the 2022-2023 season, she conducts a Brahms cycle with the Münchner Symphoniker. The season is completed with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, the Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the DR Symfoni orkestret in Denmark, OSESP - Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai in Torino and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia. She is a regular guest of the Royal Opera House in London.
In 2016 she took up the position of Music Director of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, a post she held until the end of 2019.
Highlights in previous seasons include Carlos Padrissa's acclaimed stage production of Mozart's Thamos, King of Egypt with the Camerata Salzburg and the theatre collective La Fura dels Baus at Mozartwoche Salzburg 2019.

Dates

June 7th, 2024

EUROPEAN CULTURAL AWARD 2024

European Culture Award Gala
Luxembourg Philharmonic
Vienna Boys Choir / Vienna Girls Choir
Soloists: Fatma Said, soprano; Rolando Villazón, tenor; Lisa Batiashvili, violin; Tali Golergant; Ronan Keating

Program:
Edmond de la Fontaine “Dicks” (arr. van Boumans) - Coeur Dame Op. 21
Mohamed Abdelwahab (arr: James Whitbourn) - La mosh ana-l-abki
Josef Strauss - Matrosen Polka Op. 52
César Franck - Mass Op. 12 n.° 5: Panis Angelicus
Franz Lehár - Lippen Schweigen from The Merry Widow
Dardust, Manon Romiti, Ana Zimmer, Silvio Lisbonne (arr. George Sadeler) - Fighter: Ballade Version for Symphonic Orchestra
Feat: Tali Golergant
Kent Blazy and Garth Brooks - If tomorrow never comes
Feat: Ronan Keating
Chaplin / Daniderff (arr. Nikoloz Rachveli) - City Memories for Paris
Stanislao Gastaldon - Musica proibita
Leonard Bernstein - Candide Overture
Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz - When you say nothing at all
Feat: Ronan Keating

June 26, 2024

SPIRIT OF FIRE – FESTIVAL PAAX GNP

Soloist:
Thibaut Garcia - Guitar
Pacho Flores - Trompet

Program:
Manuel de Falla - The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Arturo Márquez - Concierto de Otoño for trumpet
Igor Stravinski - The Firebird Suite (1945 version)
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June 27, 2024

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT – FESTIVAL PAAX GNP

Soloist:
Sara Ferrández - viola
Sacha Rattle - clarinet

Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Overture from The Magic Flute
Max Bruch - Kol Nidrei Op. 47 for violoncello and orchestra (arr. for viola)
Max Bruch - Double concerto for clarinet and viola in E minor, Op. 88
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
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June 29, 2024

TERRITORIES – FESTIVAL PAAX GNP

Soloist:
Avi Avital - mandolin

Program:
Gabriela Ortiz - Téenek - Invenciones de territorio
Avner Dorman - Concerto for mandolin and string ensemble
Dmitri Shostakóvich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op.47

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