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Benchmark trio of their generationMagazines such as Gramophone or BBC Magazine highlight the exquisite filling and beautiful sound of Arriaga Trio with multiple Awards obtained.
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Searching for new ways of interpretationBasel Kammerorchester were awarded the ECHO Klassik in the category for Best Ensemble in 2008 for their historically informed interpretations.
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Strong integration and artistic energyBayerische Kammerphilharmonie expresses an expert playing without a conductor.
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Among the ten best orchestras in the worldBudapest Festival Orchestra has innovative programs like the Cocoa Concerts (dedicated to people with autism),Surprise Concerts and musical marathons.
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Humour theatre quartetAbukaka's programme is based in absurd sketchs and political satires involved in delirious surrealism and the use of verse
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Clarity of voice and musical versatilityThe swedish soprano Camilla Tilling has consistently appeared on the world’s major opera, concert and recital stages for the two last decades.
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List of triumphs as brilliant as it can beThe choir's repertoire is characterized by its variety and innovation. Also, it often integrates recent works by renowned composers of choral music.
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Member of the Staatsoper Unter den LindenThe finnish baritone Arttu Kataja has worked with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Dudamel, Asher Fisch, René Jacobs, Philippe Jordan,etc.
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A slovenian argentinian bass baritoneMarcos Fink have been awarded the Slovenian prize for culture “Prešernov sklad 1999”, for his Schubert recording and for a CD with Slovenian songs.
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A very seasoned operatic tenorMark Milhofer’s current and future plans include APOLLO Orpheus Royal Danish Opera House, DOKTOR Tri Sestry Oper Frankfurt,among others.
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Passionate exponent of Classical and BaroqueDutch mezzo-soprano Olivia Vermeulen has established herself in recent years as a versatile soloist of international standing.
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Expert in baroque and classical vocal musicElected Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universities of Ghent and Innsbruck, René Jacobs has received the most prominent prizes from international critics
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A splendidly bright soprano....NYTThe Korean soprano Sunhae Im has been showing a versatile musicality and deep dramaturgic understanding.
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Leading ensemble for historic performingFreiburger Barockorchester is one of the most sought-after ensembles playing on historic instruments.
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An orchestra of multiple social projectsThe GC Philharmonic was the only spanish orchestra participating in the virtual project "One World One Family" to an audience of 200 million people.
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Approach to all audiencesIgnacio García-Vidal is an orchestra conductor and musicologist with a deep academic and humanist training.
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One of the most outstanding conductorsThe conductor Ivan Fischer has also become known as a composer, his works being performed in the United States and Europe.
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Ivo Pogorelich- Poet of the instrumentHe played each note exactly, with such a feeling, such expression, he was an entire orchestra- New York Times
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Selection of young canary musiciansJOCAN was founded with the aim of training young canary musicians under the baton of great international artists.
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45 members of 20 different countriesMahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) is a free ensemble, dedicated to creating and sharing exceptional experiences in classical music.
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New implementation of pedagogical theories
Since 1970, Maria Joao Pires has dedicated her work to reflecting the influence that art has on life, community and education.
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Carmen of 21st CenturyAmong Nancy Fabiola Herrera's awards are Opera Actual 2018, Plácido Domingo Award, Operalia Award.
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Virtuosity, depth and expressionViolinist N. Radulovic was born in Serbia in 1985 and studied at the Faculty of Arts and Music in Belgrade, winning the Echo Klassik award in 2015.
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Temperament, passion and musicalityKarel Mark Chichon is part of the exclusive core of conductores who visit the New York Metropolitan Opera. In 2022 he will conduct Rigoletto.
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Transform lives, inspire and change the worldThe conductor Gustavo Dudamel helped in facilitating access to the arts for countless people in communities without access to them.
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Conductor and composerThe recording together with the Montréal Symphonique Orchestra won the June Award for Best Classical Music Album of 2011.
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Always with YouTenerife Symphonic Orchestra is one of the most prestigious musical institutions in Spain due to its trajectory, history, quality and innovation.
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Probing artistry and cultural leadershipBaritone Thomas Hampson is a respected musical innovator of our time, with a discography comprising more than 170 albums.
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Research, education and musical outreach
Through the Hampsong Foundation, which he founded in 2003, Hampson employs the art of song to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding.
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A great and precocious spanish valueThe conductor Víctor Pablo Pérez made a great concert tour in January 2019 in China leading the Young Orchestra of the Canary Islands
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Deep affection for Lied interpretationThe pianist Wolfram Rieger holds the honorary medal of the Associació Franz Schubert of Barcelona and the Hugo-Wolf-Medal of the Akademie Stuttgart.
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After a long period of uninterrupted symphonic activity dating back to 1845, the present Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra (OFGC) arises as such under the public foundation of the same name created by the Cabildo de Gran Canaria in 1980. Since then it has been developing a continuous and stable musical activity, with a notable increase in its symphonic and lyrical performances.
Among the most prominent figures who have conducted the orchestra are Rudolf Barshai, Frans Brüggen, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Bernhard Klee, Leopold Hager, Christopher Hogwood, Thomas Hengelbrock, Raymond Leppard, Jesús López Cobos, Iván Martín, John Nelson, Trevor Pinnock, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pinchas Steinberg, Ralf Weikert, Antoni Wit, as well as Adrian Leaper, who was its Chief Conductor between 1994 and 2002, and Pedro Halffter, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor between 2004 and 2016.
Many have also been the soloists who have performed with the OFGC, from the great voices of the lyrics: Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Elina Garanca, Matthias Goerne, Alfredo Kraus, Petra Lang, Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter, René Pape, even the most renowned instrumentalists: Joaquín Achúcarro, Steven Isserlis, Janine Jansen, Isabelle van Keulen, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Alicia de Larrocha, Nikolai Lugansky, Mischa Maisky, Sabine Meyer, Daniel Müller-Schott, Eldar Nebolsin, Cécile Ousset , Maria João Pires, Mstislav Rostropovich, Fazil Say and Frank Peter Zimmermann, among others.
The OFGC has participated in the most important Spanish symphonic cycles and has toured Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan and China. The massive concerts offered at the Gran Canaria Arena, at the Gran Canaria Stadium together with Sting and Raphael, with canarian artists such as José Vélez or Luis Morera, and at the Container Terminal of the Muelle de la Luz within the the Temudas Fest ( Theater, Dance and Music Festival of Las Palmas de G.C.), have had great significance.
The name of the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra has resonated internationally once again as it is the only Spanish orchestra participating in the 24-hour global virtual concert offered to an audience of 200 million people entitled "One world one family" together with the most important orchestras in the world. This concert included the successful video of the OFGC with Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" performed in confinement due to the Covid-19 crisis with the mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca under the baton of Karl Mark Chichon.
The Philharmonic Orchestra of Gran Canaria also carries out an intense effort to spread music in the different municipalities of Gran Canaria, which has recently been reinforced with the OFGC21 program, in addition to numerous actions and projects of a social nature.
Its discography includes records for Deutsche Grammophon, Warner Music, Arte Nova, ASV and the collection "La mota de dust" at AgrupArte.
The OFGC is characterized by its exemplary programming of educational concerts aimed at schoolchildren and families. It goes through a pedagogical service whose school concert campaigns and activities support teachers moving a large part of the island's educational centers. The OFGC has been incorporated into the Network of Educational and Social concerts Organizers (ROCE).
The orchestra was distinguished with the “Can de Plata” from Gran Canaria Government (Cabildo de Gran Canaria) on the 92. Anniversary of the Corporation and with the Canarian Arts and Science Prize in the World from the newspaper El Mundo and the Cabildo de Gran Canaria.
Karel Mark Chichon is Artistic Director and Head of the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra since May 2017.
Günther Herbig is Honorary Director of the OFGC.
The OFGC is a member of the Spanish Association of Symphony Orchestras (AEOS).