Symphony Orchestra and three important Latin American exponents will star in the Lyric Gala in the territory

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Hand in hand with the most famous operas in the world, the professional cast invites the public to rediscover the feelings of 'Love and Tenderness'.

With a varied program, three notable guests and two concerts in the Elquino territory, the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra is preparing to offer its tenth concert of the year inspired by the emotions of 'Amor y Ternura', led by the most famous operas from the classical repertoire. The evenings that will say goodbye to the month of November invite the public to remain united through music and experience these performances as a moment of solidarity and reflection, due to the great social outbreak that has marked these last few weeks.

This season's musical journey will be led by one of the most unique Chilean batons, this is the great Eduardo Browne, artistic director and head of the Camerata Universidad de Los Andes and former director of the Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Band ensembles of the Department of Music. from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile. As a Guest Conductor he has directed concerts and operas in the United States, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, the Philippines and Malaysia, and this month, the community will have the opportunity to delight in his conducting a colossal Lyric Gala.

In Browne's own words, the feelings of 'Love and Tenderness' that the tenth program of 2019 will cultivate reveal that “music and the arts in general have given a very great relevance to what love is and that relevance has passed to be a kind of cliché. It is very difficult to sing a song or write poetry that does not have to do with love. I believe that the emotions of love and tenderness are one of the most central axes of the human being,” says the conductor, confessing that he feels grateful for the invitation to once again lead a concert in the Region of the Stars: “if an institution invites me to directing for the second consecutive year is because there was good chemistry and that fills me with happiness,” he expressed by telephone from Santiago.

Eduardo Browne is not the only artist invited to this journey through the states of the soul. They will be accompanied on stage by two great figures of national and international recognition, possessors of a vast career due to their musical work; These are the soprano Patricia Cifuentes López (Chile) and the baritone Eleomar Cuello Calles (Cuba). “I have had the honor of working with them several times, I have done operas and concerts with them (...) I am very happy to work with Patricia because she is one of the great sopranos in Chile and Eleomar is, certainly, a voice ascending of the highest level,” says the guest director.

The renowned soprano is grateful for the performance of this concert, despite the social outbreak and the contingency in which the country has been involved for more than four weeks: “I am very happy to be able to perform these concerts because it has cost a lot to make music again with everything that is happening and is understood (…) Furthermore, being able to do a concert of love and tenderness responding to the theme, with everything that is happening in the country, is very exciting; It touches a deep chord within you because you are more sensitive. Addressing this type of repertoire in these circumstances makes us a little vulnerable,” she elaborates.

For his part, the Cuban performer is very happy about the invitation that the regional group has made him to be part of their 2019 season: “I am very happy that they have invited me to participate in these concerts and, for the first time, sing. in this region and together with the wonderful Universidad de La Serena Symphony Orchestra. I know about their impeccable career through other colleagues and the important work they do”

This journey to the senses can be seen in the Performing Arts Room of the Palace Cultural Center (Aldunate #599) next Thursday, November 28 at 12:30 p.m. and in the Aula Magna ULS (Benavente #980) on Friday, November 29. this month at 12:00 hrs. Both presentations are free entry and without withdrawal of invitations, until the total capacity of the venues is reached.

This season is carried out thanks to the financing of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, which since 2016 has been attached to the National Budget Glosa; in addition to the important support provided by the University of La Serena and the Directorate of Linkage with the Environment and Extension (DIVEULS); the Municipality of La Serena and its Department of Culture; and the Municipality of Coquimbo in conjunction with its Department of Culture.

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Written by Camila Pérez, University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra