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Gewandhaus Orchester y Andris Nelsons: una tradición eterna

By Ramón del Buey Cañas, 09 May 2018
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 6 May 2018
Programme
Larcher, Chiasma for orchestra (GWO commission 2018)
Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique", Op.74
Performers
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, Conductor
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Ramón del Buey Cañas
Ramón del Buey Cañas
Ramón del Buey Cañas (Madrid, 1993) es Personal Docente e Investigador en Formación del Departamento de Filosofía de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; miembro del equipo directivo de la Asociación de Música Electroacústica y Arte Sonoro de España y programador de Filmadrid Festival Internacional de Cine.