Orquestra Filharmònica of University of Alicante, conducted by Mihnea Ignat, is the second one to perform on Serenates, on the occasion of SINERGIA sessions, a project of Universitat de València for the creation of a Spanish network of university orchestras. The concert will take place at Claustrum of La Nau on Wednesday, 1st July, at 22:30h.
The programme that the orchestra of Alicante will perform is divided in two parts. The first one is dedicated to the composer Robert Schumann (1918-1856) and to his “Orchestrated Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129.” This part will have the presence of Fermín Villanueva (cello) as a soloist.
The second part will correspond to the “Symphony Nº 3 ‘Eroic’ in E-flat major, op. 55” by Beethoven (1770-1827), a piece that, initially dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte, has been considered as the awakening of the music Romanticism by breaking with the traditional classic symphony.
Orquestra Filharmònica of University of Alicante and its conductor
Orquestra Filharmònica of University of Alicante was created in 2005 for the music training of its members. One of their main objectives is the contribution to the diffusion of the universal symphonic repertoire in every field.
Integrated by 55 young musicians and conducted since its origins by Mihnea Ignat, this great music ensemble has performed in all the halls in the province of Alicante; has participated in important national and international festivals that took it to big auditoriums, such as the ones in Murcia and Zaragoza; was invited by the National Centre for Music Dissemination to celebrate the Music Marathon of June of 2011 at the National Auditorium of Music in Madrid; and shared the stage, among other prestigious ensembles, with the Spanish National Orchestra. It also has been invited to participate at Music Fest Perugia 2015.
Orquestra Filharmònica of University of Alicante has performed with soloists of great international renown, such as Miguel Ángel Estavella, Silvan Negrutiu (chief of the Piano Chair of Millikin University, United States), Paula Corones or the young cellist Stefan Cazacu; it collaborates closely with The Reina Sofía School of Music; and usually offers charitable concerts.
Its principal conductor, Mihnea Ignat, was born in Craiova (Romania) in 1980. He is possibly the most renowned representative of the new generation of Romanian orchestra conductors. He leads the university orchestra of Alicante since its creation in 2005, coordinating during the 2009-2010 season that position with the position of associate director for the National Symphonic Orchestra of Dominican Republic.
Since 2010 he works as an assistant for the famous Russian orchestra conductor Dmitrij Kitajenko, with orchestras of the standing of the Berlin Philharmonic, for example, and he also works as an assistant for the master Jesús López Cobos, with ensembles as the Spanish National Orchestra.
He graduated in 2004 with the highest honours in Conducting and Composition at the National University of Music of Bucharest, and then, he studied the Master’s Degree in Orchestra Conducting with the renowned Romanian conductor Horia Andreescu. He continues increasing his training at the Vienna University of Music and the Performing Arts.
He won the Toscanini Philharmonic Special Award (2010) and has been awarded at the competitions organised by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Dublin (2005), Cordoba Orchestra (2006) and Symphonic Orchestra of Bilbao (2007).
Fermín Villanueva, cello
Fermín Villanueva was born in Pamplona in 1993. He started studying cello at the age of seven at the Higher Music Conservatory Pablo Sarasate of Navarra, and at the age of 14 he was admitted at the Higher Centre of Music of the Basque Country ‘Musikene’, where he studied with Asier Polo and graduated with the higher honours in June 2012.
Nowadays he continues his training at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig with the master Peter Bruns. In 2011 he participated at the International Pablo Casals Festival of Prades in France and in 2012 at the Rutesheim Akademie of Germany. First prize winner of the 2005 Joaquín Maya National Competition of Pamplona and third prize winner of the Dotzauer 2009 International Competition for Young Cellists of Dresden, Germany. In 2012 he received the Teacher Prize at the International Forum Musikae of Madrid.
At the age of 16 he debuted as a soloist with the Euskadi Symphonic Orchestra. In 2011 he was named Best Student of the 3rd International Music Forum of Torrelodones.
He has performed recitals in halls as Palau Euskalduna and Sala BBK of Bilbao, Ateneo in Madrid, the Auditorium of the Hochschule für Musik of Dresde and in festivals as Musika-Música of Bilbao and Quincena Musical of San Sebastián.
Tickets
This year, Serenates offers 11 concerts, from 24th June to 6th July, in the Claustrum of the Cultural Centre La Nau. All start at 22:30h and, to avoid the long queues that formed on the access to the shows, the tickets are available at the web of La Tenda or at La Tenda of the Cultural Centre La Nau for 3 euros. They are also available the same day of the show at the ticket office on the access of La Nau from 20:00h.
Serenates 2015 has the collaboration of Ayuntamiento de Valencia, the Valencian Academy of the Language (AVL), the Art and Higher Design School of Valencia, Bancaixa Foundation, Banc Sabadell Foundation and Heineken Spain.
Last update: 30 de june de 2015 10:29.
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