Symphony concert on 4 November at the Stara Zagora Opera House

News публикувана на: 02.11.2015

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Swiss conductor - distinguished saxophonist conducts symphony concert in Stara Zagora

On 4 November, at 7 p.m. on the stage of the Stara Zagora Opera House, classical music lovers will be able to enjoy an interesting and colourful programme of stylishly selected symphonic works. The concert is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jan Sibelius.

The music of the Czech Republic, Spain and Finland, represented by works by the greatest champions of the original music of their countries, will be performed by the State Opera-Stara Zagora Orchestra with the Romanian pianist Laura Felicia Smarandescu as soloist under the baton of the Swiss conductor Silvio Weiler. Czech composer Antonín Dvořák will be presented with the last movement "Otello " from his triptych of instrumental overtures /"In the Kingdom of Nature", "Carnival" and "Otello"/. The musical masterpiece for piano and orchestra by the inimitable Manuel De Failla, Nights in the Gardens of Spain, will offer a romantic musical walk - this time in the hot south of the continent. In the second part of the concert, Finnish composer Jan Sibelius will be honoured with a performance of his Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82.

The conductor

Born in St. Gallen , Silvio Weiler studied music in his hometown and then studied composition, flute and saxophone - jazz and classical - in Graz - Austria at the University of Music and Performing Arts. Returning to Switzerland, he earned his Bachelor's degree from the Music Academy in Basel under the guidance of the renowned Professor Ivan Roth and a performance diploma at the Lausanne Conservatory under Professor Jean Koerper. As a saxophonist, he performs jazz and classical music, has given solo recitals, performed as a member of various ensembles and played in the Orchestre Symphonique de Saint Gallen.
For more than 20 years, Silvio Weiler has also been teaching and training dozens of young amateurs and professionals in jazz and classical saxophone in Zurich and St. Gallen. In 1994, he founded the Birdland Bigband, which has grown from an amateur group to a highly professional level, as evidenced by the series of concerts and recordings that the band performs together with the Saint Gallen Symphony Orchestra. The arrangements for the concerts were made by Silvio Weiler himself. During this period, Silvio Weiler began to study conducting with Prof. D.R. Peter Gulke and Professor Dr. Ewald Koerner, conducting various semi-professional ensembles, musicals and symphony concerts.
In 2002 he went to Bucharest - Romania, where he received his Master's degree in conducting and is about to defend his Ph.

Romanian pianist Laura Felicia Smarandescu graduated from the Giorgio Enescu School of Music, went on to the B. Porumbescu - now the National Academy of Music-Bucharest - institutions to which she returned after completing her studies, as a teacher. He is currently a piano teacher and accompanist at the Department of Conducting and Musical Instruments of the National Academy of Music-Bucharest and an associate professor at the Department of Accompaniment of the Giorgio Enescu School of Music in Bucharest. Alongside his teaching activities, he participates in various broadcasts of the Romanian Radio, carries out musical projects at various festivals and in collaboration with cultural centres and museums. Concert pianist with solo recitals and with orchestra in Romania, as well as in Italy, Korea, Czech Republic, etc. Laura Felicia Smarandescu has performed with the Romanian National Radio Orchestra, chamber orchestras, the Botosani Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Campina Philharmonic Orchestra. She has participated in numerous music competitions as a teacher-conductor, and has received awards for accompaniment. He holds a doctorate in music from 2006.

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