No Borders coming to Dallas
Edited by Madelyn Miller, the travellady
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is proud to host for the
first time the unique Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas (POA,
www.poamericas.org ) that will perform
at the Morton H.Meyerson Symphony Center on Tuesday November 20th, 2007 at 19:00
hrs.
The “NO-BORDERS Concert Tour” (New York, Dallas, Mexico
City, Washington), is an exciting, ground-breaking event where innovative,
creative and talented 26 year old Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra,Founder
and Artistic Director of the Orchestra, furthers the POA’s mission of promoting
symphonic music in the United States of classic and young Latin-American
composers.
What the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas brings to
DFW:
- Change of perspective = breaks Latino’s stereotypes
- A 26-year old Hispanic music director: first Mexican woman to conduct a
Philharmonic Orchestra in New York with recent success at the Lincoln Center
- Innovative and creative shows breaking stereotypes of traditional concerts
(ex. soccer uniforms and conductor dressed as referees)
- Works of Latino-American composers in the United States, many of which have
never been played before
- Supports and promotes young performers: Orchestra composed by young people
Program
Alondra de la Parra, Conductor
Ana Karina Álamo - Piano
G. Gershwin: Cuban Overture
E. Macdowell: Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 23 - Ana Karina Alamo, piano
E. Chapela: Ingesu - Symphonic suite based on a football game
A. Piazzolla: Otoño & Invierno Porteño (from 4 Estaciones Porteñas )
S. Revueltas: Sensemayá
Alondra de la Parra
“Elegant, assured and lyrical” – The Wall Street Journal
At age twenty-two, Alondra de la Parra became the first
Mexican woman to conduct in New York City. Uniquely entrepreneurial, Ms. de la
Parra founded the dynamic NY-based Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, which
promotes young soloists and composers from the American continent. She was twice
selected as one of seven participants in Kurt Masur’s conducting seminars.
Maestro Masur remarked her being “a highly knowledgeable
conductor who carries the will and intentions of the composers with great
responsibility”.
De la Parra was recently praised by American Symphony
Orchestra League’s president Henry Fogel who stated “she leads her musicians
with a wonderful combination of technique, emotional involvement and
expressivity”
Ms. de la Parra has appeared as guest conductor with the
Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco, Orquesta Sinfónica
Juvenil de Veracruz, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes, Uruguay’s
Montevideo Philharmonic and Mexico’s National Symphony Orchestra, among others.
She recently made her Carnegie Hall debut as guest conductor of the New York
PopsOrchestra. She has also conducted the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra in
Venezuela, where she was awarded the highest honor given to a musician.
In 2000 Ms. de la Parra moved to New York City to study
piano and conducting. She received the Presser Scholarship at the Manhattan
School of Music where she completed her BM in Piano Performance under the
direction of Jeffrey Cohen. Alondra is currently a full-scholarship Master’s
candidate in Conducting at the Manhattan School of Music where she is the
recipient of the Gabe Wiener Merit Fellowship. In 2003 she first attended
renowned conducting mentor Kenneth Kiesler’s Conductor’s Retreat in Maine, an
opportunity that she passionately describes as “the most lifechanging and
inspiring musical experience”.
Maestro Kiesler has since become her mentor. Ms. De la
Parra has also been coached by Marin Alsop, Charles Dutoit and Sir Simon
Rattle.The POA The Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas was founded in 2004 on
the initiative of its artistic director, Alondra de la Parra, who recently
became the first woman from her native Mexico to conduct in New York City, and
is the youngest woman to conduct the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. The
POA gave its first concert in November, 2004 in New York City's renowned Town
Hall, as part of the "Mexico Now" festival.
As a young Mexican piano student in New York, Ms. de la
Parra had opportunities to work with gifted musicians from all over the world,
but was disappointed to discover lack of presence of Latin-American symphonic
repertoire here, as well as the disconnect between U.S. audiences and young
Latin American artists. She developed the idea of founding an orchestra
dedicated to promoting raw musical talent from South, Central and North America,
especially those previously unknown to the U.S. public. The POA has commissioned
new works by young Latin American composers, and gives young soloists the
opportunity to perform with the orchestra.
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is proud to host for the
first time in Dallas The Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas - POA
www.poamericas.org
Tuesday November 20, 2007, 19:00 hrs at the
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
Tickets: $55, $35, $25 Available at:
www.dallassymphony.com or 214-692-0203
Madelyn Miller is a food and travel writer who loves Mexico
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