Esther Yoo & OCM: Palau de la Música Catalana
About the Event
THE VIRTUE OF EXTOLLING SOMETHING SMALL
Having the opportunity to listen to whom, in 2010, became the youngest awarded violinist of the prestigious Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition. So, performing this composer's violin concerto is a joy and an honour.
Sibelius and Dvořák occupy a prominent place in the history of music for having far exceeded the challenge that musical nationalism set at the end of the 19th century: to achieve a balanced and coherent combination between the traditional and the modern. Finland and the Czech Republic obtained with these two composers an unprecedented international relevance in terms of musical creation, so that they turned that 'small' national music of those two 'little' countries into something infinitely bigger and irreplaceable.
The three movements of Sibelius’s extremely difficult Concerto (1903‐1904) combine technical virtuosity and expressive demands with melodies inspired by traditional culture and the orchestration of great romantic composers such as Brahms. In the four movements of the Dvořák symphony (1889) we will be able to hear the influence on the rhythm of the Bohemian dances and the folk‐inspired melodies in a symphony that stands out for its cordial and affectionate atmosphere.
Cast / Production
Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae
Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae (OCM), founded in 2006, enjoyed a great welcoming from the public due to their work in disseminating classical music among very diverse crowds, especially by targeting the young music‐lover audience. They have performed in venues such as Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Auditori de Barcelona, Palau de la Música Catalana and Teatre Tarragona among others, having a stable musical season with their own productions at Palau de la Música and Teatre Tarragona.
Tomas Grau is the permanent artistic director and conductor, and since the 2017‐2018 season, Salvador Mas initiated the role of main conductor. OCM launched their resident project at Auditori del Tívoli in Vendrell during the 2009‐2010, currently ongoing.
Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae has collaborated with conductors such as Antoni Ros Marbà, Salvador Brotons, John Rutter, Diego Martin‐Etxebarria, Josep Vila i Casañas, Xavier Puig, Manel Valdivieso and Virginia Martínez, and soloists like Stephen Kovacevich, Sabine Meyer, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Alexandra Soumm, Asier Polo, Judith Jáuregui, Massimo Spadano, Rafael Aguirre, Claudi Arimany, Albert Guinovart, Núria Rial or Àngel Òdena, among others.
Despite developing their main activities in Catalunya, OCM regularly performs around Spain and has toured Germany, Czech Republic and Switzerland. They have recorded Tempesta esvaïda (heritage recovery), De Catalunya al món, Un conte de Nadal and Mediterráneo.
