Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
The Colburn Orchestra, with guest conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya, performed at the Ambassador Auditorium on Saturday, March 6th, performing works by Benzecry, Poulenc and finishing with an inspiring performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
The opening work by Argentinean composer Esteban Benzecry was especially appreciated for a large class of mostly Hispanic high school students. They were seated in a block to the right of me upstairs in the rear balcony. Everyone of them was like me, spellbound and engrossed in the music.
Asher Kelman: The Colburn School of Music conservatory Orchestra
Guest conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya,
At the Ambassador Auditorium March 6th, 2010
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Starting off the orchestra with everyone's good thoughts surrounding him!!
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor of Latin origin, formerly Assistant conductor at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt disney concert Hall), conducting music by a Latin composer was a welcome return to his LA fans. He was also a source of pride for Hispanics and that was evident in the audience.
The opening work by Argentinean composer Esteban Benzecry was especially appreciated for a large class of mostly Hispanic high school students. They were seated in a block to the right of me upstairs in the rear balcony. Everyone of them was like me, spellbound and engrossed in the music.
The composer was "born in Lisbon in 1970. He studied musical composition with Sergio Hualpa and Haydee Gerardi in Argentina. He moved to Paris in 1997, where he studied composition with Jacques Charpentier's, Professor of the Conservatoire Superieur de Paris. He obtained the "Premier Prix a l'unanimitè" in composition in 1999. He also studied composition with Paul Méfano, and Electro acoustic music with Luis Naon and Laurent Cuniot. He is the author of three symphonies (his first symphony, "El compendio de la vida" from 1993 is inspired on four of his own canvases) as well as symphonic and chamber works. His most recent works attempt a fusion between rhythms with Latin American roots and the diverse aesthetic currents of European contemporary music creating, a personal language, an imaginary folklore.
"Le Monde de la Musique" has called him a distant heir to Villa Lobos and Ginastera because of his imaginative use of the Latin American musical patrimony." Source is the composer's interesting website.
Make sure you listen to the music sample recordings on the left hand column"Azteca Wind god", "Maya Water God", and "Inca Thunderclap God"
"Le Monde de la Musique" has called him a distant heir to Villa Lobos and Ginastera because of his imaginative use of the Latin American musical patrimony." Source is the composer's interesting website.
Make sure you listen to the music sample recordings on the left hand column"Azteca Wind god", "Maya Water God", and "Inca Thunderclap God"
Asher Kelman: The Colburn School of Music conservatory Orchestra
Guest conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya,
At the Ambassador Auditorium March 6th, 2010
Canon 5D Mark I, 70-200 2.8L IS at 70mm 1/160 sec at ISO 400
100% portion
100% portion
Starting off the orchestra with everyone's good thoughts surrounding him!!
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor of Latin origin, formerly Assistant conductor at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt disney concert Hall), conducting music by a Latin composer was a welcome return to his LA fans. He was also a source of pride for Hispanics and that was evident in the audience.
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