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Dudamel, Wang y la Simón Bolívar: un Messiaen para recordar en Palau 100

By Miquel Martínez, 09 January 2016
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“la OSSB enseñó sus credenciales: evidente comunión con su director y una precisión rítmica tremenda”
Reviewed at Palau de la Música, Barcelona on 7 January 2016
Programme
Messiaen, Turangalîla-Symphonie
Performers
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Yuja Wang, Piano
Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot
Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor
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Between gigs at Wembley as Coldplay’s support act, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra brings its distinctive brand of infectious music-making to the Southbank.
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An evening of audience roars begins as soon as Gustavo Dudamel first mounts the podium at the Barbican. 
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The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel and cuatro player Jorge Glem set the Edinburgh International Festival alight with a mix of Venezuelan music and a terrific Mahler 1. 
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In Barcelona, Gustavo Dudamel and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela continued their Beethoven cycle with performances of the Fifth and Sixth. 
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Maestro Gustavo Dudamel and the musicians of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra are undoubtedly the most prominent ambassadors for Venezuelan orchestral music today, and they hit the stage on Friday for their second night at Carnegie Hall’s opening weekend.
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Miquel Martínez
Miquel Martínez
Miquel Martínez es Profesor Superior de percusión por el Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona, y cursa el Postgrado en la Musikhochschule de Würzburg. Es también Máster en Música como Arte Interdisciplinario por la Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Colabora con orquestas españolas como la Sinfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, la Orquesta de Navarra o la Orquestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu. En la actualidad es músico invitado para las temporadas 13/14 y 14/15 en la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia. Apasionado por el repertorio orquestal, la música contemporánea y la ópera, ha diseñado programas para la dinamización y difusión de la música clásica.