BAL DES ENFANTS – THE ADVENTURES OF TÍO TIGRE AND TÍO CONEJO
The OSM opens up the colourful world of Tío Tigre! Discover this wily, surprising character central to Venezuelan children’s stories, and sway with the Orchestra to the rhythms of composers from Spain and South America. Join us for a blend of music and theatre that will touch the hearts of young and old. This concert will be preceded by entertainment in the foyers of the Maison symphonique.
The OSM opens up the colourful world of Tío Tigre! Discover this wily, surprising character central to Venezuelan children’s stories, and sway with the Orchestra to the rhythms of composers from Spain and South America. Join us for a blend of music and theatre that will touch the hearts of young and old. This concert will be preceded by entertainment in the foyers of the Maison symphonique.
Artists
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Rafael Payare, conductor
Hector Molina, cuatro
Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon, actor
Ariana Pirela Sánchez, actress and dancer
Soraya Benitez, singer
Ximena Ferrer Olaso, adaptation and translation
Charles Dauphinais, stage director
With the collaboration of Cynthia Rodriguez and René Oréa, adaptation and research
Program
Inocente Carreño, Margariteña, extrait (5 min)
Villa-Lobos, Bachianas brasileiras no 2 : III. Dansa (5 min)
Ginastera, Estancia, op. 8 : « Danza del Trigo » [Danse du blé] (4 min)
Aldemaro Romero, Suite pour cordes : « Fuga con Pajarillo », extrait (5 min)
Falla, El Sombrero de tres picos [Le tricorne], Suite no 1 : « Danza de la molinera » [Danse de la meunière] (3 min)
Ginastera, Estancia, op. 8 : « Danza final » (4 min)
Concert without intermission
Target audience: ages 5-12
Language: French
Rafael Payare
Music DirectorDistinguished by innate musicianship, a gift for communication, and an irresistibly joyous spirit, conductor Rafael Payare began playing horn in Venezuela’s El Sistema program at age 14 and started his formal conducting studies in 2004 with José Antonio Abreu. Since winning Denmark’s prestigious Malko Competition for Young Conductors in 2012, his career has advanced rapidly. He was Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Ulster Orchestra from 2014 to 2019; has served as Principal Conductor of the Castleton Festival, founded by his mentor the late Lorin Maazel, since 2015; became Music Director of the San Diego Symphony in 2019, and three years later became Music Director of Canada’s Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. In recent years, Payare has conducted many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including those of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Zurich, Berlin, Vienna, London, Munich, Hamburg, and Paris, besides making important opera debuts at London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; the Glyndebourne Festival; Stockholm’s Royal Swedish Opera; and the Royal Danish Opera.