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En las sendas de la luminosidad: la Bamberger Symphoniker vuelve a Ibermúsica

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 27 January 2026
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 26 January 2026
Programme
Smetana, The Two Widows (Dvĕ vdovy): Overture
Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85
Dvořák, Symphony no. 5 in F major, Op.76
Performers
Jakub Hrůša, Conductor
Sol Gabetta, Cello
Bamberg Symphony
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Leonardo Mattana Ereño
Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.