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Per aspera ad astra: Meister, Dovgan y la ONE encandilan con un programa redondo

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 09 March 2025
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 8 March 2025
Programme
García-Tomás, Las constelaciones que más brillan
Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43
Mahler, Symphony no. 4 in G major
Performers
Orquesta Nacional de España
Cornelius Meister, Conductor
Alexandra Dovgan, Piano
Vera-Lotte Boecker, Soprano
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Alexandra DovganCornelius MeisterGustav MahlerOrquesta Nacional de EspañaRaquel García-TomásRhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43Sergei RachmaninovSymphony no. 4 in G majorVera-Lotte Boecker
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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.