National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba: Gershwin & Beethoven

SPECIAL CONCERT

THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA PRESENTS

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF CUBA

GERSHWIN & BEETHOVEN

Enrique Pérez Mesa, Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba

Guido López-Gavilán, Guest Conductor

Ignacio “Nachito” Herrera, Piano

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

PROGRESS ENERGY CENTER FOR THE ARTS

MAHAFFEY THEATER

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

George Gershwin

(1898-1937)

Cuban Overture

Feliz Mendelssohn

(1809-1847)

Symphony No. 4

I. Allegro vivace

II. Adante con moto

III. Con moto moderato

IV. Saltarello Presto

INTERMISSION

Jorge López Marín

Danzón “El Médico de Pianos”

Arr. Herrera

Tribute to Lecuona

Ignacio “Nachito” Herrera, Piano

Guido López-Gavilán

Guaguancó

Ludwig van Beethoven

(1770-1827)

Symphony No. 5

I. Allegro con brio

II. Adante con moto

III. Allegro

IV. Allegro

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National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba

Founded in 1959 , the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba (NSOC) gave its first concert under the direction of Enrique González Mántici in the Teatro Auditorium Amadeo Roldán, which remains the orchestra's permanent concert hall in Havana's Vedado district. Enrique Pérez Mesa is the orchestra's music director.

Since its creation, the NSOC has played an important role in broadening the awareness of Cuban and Latin American music, in addition to developing a vast symphonic and chamber repertoire that ranges from baroque to contemporary. It has given over 3,000 concerts nationally and abroad, including Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, Peru, Argentina, Martinique and Guadalupe. Recent performances on the international scene include performing at the Seventh Festival of World Symphony Orchestras in Moscow in June 2012 as well as its 17-city tour in the United States in fall 2012. Concert offerings have included regular season concerts, symphonic choral programs, educational concert series, periodic national tours, concerts with featured vocalists, ballet performances, and special gala concerts.

Over the years NSOC has been conducted by more than 100 conductors of national and international fame, including Claudio Abbado, Manuel Duchesne Cuzán, Elena Herrera, Guido López Gavilán, Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Luis de Pablo, Enrique González Mántici, Camargo Guarnieri, Yoshikazu Fukumura, Michel Legrand, Georges Martin, Gonzalo Romeu, Hans Werner Henze and Carmine Coppola. Among the numerous soloists featured with the NSOC are Frank Fernández, Jorge Luis Prats, José Carreras, Joaquín Clech, Victoria de los Angeles, Víctor Pellegrini, Iván Petruzziello, Aldo Rodríguez, Víctor Rodríguez, Mstislav Rostropovich, Alina Sánchez, Miguel Villafruela and Roger Woodward.

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JG: This was an unforgettable experience which I will always treasure. It was a superb performance.

I give thanks to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, for making possible this 17 city U.S. tour of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

There are five more important sections to this post, which I will add soon, as my time allows it. I hope that you can come back and read them.

Three Reviews:

Tampa Bay Times: National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba presents rich musical tradition

Tampa Bay Online: Cuban orchestra sets toes tapping

Bay News 9: Concert-goers enjoy a taste of Cuba

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National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba

Enrique Pérez Mesa, Music Director

Guido López-Gavilán, Guest Conductor

Ignacio Nachito Herrera, Piano Soloist

VIOLIN I

Ariel Sarduy, Concertmaster

Augusto Diago, Assistant Concertmaster

Desirée Justo Castilla

Leonardo Pérez Báster

Julio César García Domínguez

Verónica Reyes Toscaeva

Silvio Duquesne Cabarroca

Alex Bravo Calderín

Alexander Machado Crabb

Liliam Herrera Valdés

VIOLIN II

Iresi García Chao, Principal

Liliana González Serrano, Assistant Principal

Dania Gutiérrez Flores

Gretel Garrida Luque

Irasema Jiménez Jiménez

Jessie De Armas Amador

Mayla Carmenate Reyes

Rogelio Martínez Muguercia

Yanielka Menédez Luzardo

VIOLAS

Roberto Herrera Díaz, Principal

Raiza Valdés Ortega

David De La Mora Chávez

Winnie Magaña Soler

Yaser Cruzata Revé

Idalmis Ulloa Besada

Miriam Baró Jiménez

CELLOS

Alejandro Rodríguez Tirado, Principal

Arelys Zaldivar Copello, Asistant Principal

Maria Victoria Boada Cuéllar

Gladys Lo Tamayo

Lis Elena Lo Tamayo

Lester Monier Serrano

Suaima Ramos Torres

DOUBLE BASES

Andrés Escalona Graña, Principal

Francisco Valdés Torres, Assistant Principal

Michel Toll Calviño

Raúl Delgado Navarro

Alfredo Averhoff Morales

FLUTES

Raúl Valdés Pérez, Principal

Zorimé Vega García

Floraimed Fernández Semanat

OBOES

Johanna Lugo Morejón, Principal

Frank E. Fernández Neira, Assistant Principal

Marlene Neira Garcia

CLARINETS

Antonio Dorta Lazo, Principal

Alden Ortuño Cabezas, Assistant Principal

Kenia Garrido Carralero

BASSOONS

Francisco Sánchez Mejía, Principal

Ivón Fernández Ballester, Assitant Principal

Dasni Martínez Marín

FRENCH HORNS

Pedro Luís González García, Principal

Naidet García Rodríguez

Moisés Hernández Duménigo

Dania Pérez Fonseca

TRUMPETS

Jorge Rubio Pérez, Principal

Fadez Sanjudo Rodríguez, Assistant Principal

Enrique Rodríguez Toledo

TROMBONES

Alberto Batista Meneses, Principal

Ridel Barrios Rodríguez, Assistant Principal

Gustavo García Villafuerte

TUBA

Remberto Depestre De La Torre

PERCUSSION

Luis Barrera Perea, Principal

Abiel Chea Guerra, Assistant Principal

Jesús Chea Gort

Alexander Raña Fernández

Lianne Lastre Bécker

HARP

Mirtha Batista Bringuez

PIANO

Vilma Garriga Comas

OCHESTRA STAFF

Roberto Chorens, General Director

Susana Llorente, International Coordinator

BOOKING AND PRODUCTION

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Aurora González, Tour Coordinator

Alex Santos, Tour Manager