The opening concert will be held at ExpoMeloneras, at 20:00 p.m. and will be free
The Region of Murcia Youth Orchestra will open the program of the 16th Maspalomas International Trumpet Festival this Sunday, July 16. The concert by the young musical group from Murcia, under the direction of Virginia Martínez, will be free and will take place at the ExpoMeloneras venue. They will be accompanied by trumpeters Alejandro Castañeda and Sebastián Gil, as well as the virtuoso cellist Lorenzo Meseguer.
The Murcia Region Youth Orchestra, dean of Spanish youth orchestras, is a training project aimed at instrumentalists under 23 years of age, promoted by the Ministry of Culture of the Region of Murcia. Since its establishment in 1981, it has trained hundreds of young people, many of whom work in the main Spanish conservatories and orchestras and have completed their studies in centers in Europe and the United States.
The concert will have two different parts; the first with the participation of the trumpeters, Alejandro Castañeda and Sebastián Gil, who will perform the concerto for two trumpets and strings by Loeillet. Next, it will be the turn of the great soloist Lorenzo Meseguer, who will perform Elgar's Cello Concerto. Finally, the Murcia Region Youth Orchestra will offer Mendelssohn's Third (Scottish) Symphony.
The concert series of the Maspalomas International Trumpet Festival will offer an extensive program by international musical groups and soloists, such as the performance, on Wednesday, July 19, by trumpeter James Morrison, considered by the world press as one of the great instrumentalists of the history of jazz.The Ecumenical Temple of Playa del Inglés will host, on July 20, the concert dedicated to Peace, in which instrumentalists from Ukraine will participate.
The Gran Canarias Philharmonic Orchestra will be the protagonist of the Gala Concert, which will be held on July 21, with the participation of the Belgian soloist Jeroen Berwaerts.
To culminate the program of this edition, the Maspalomas Lighthouse will be the scene, on July 22, of the special concert that will feature several groups: the Gran Canaria Big Band, the premiere of the Women's Big Band and the Local Woman Big Band, which will have Linda Briceño, winner of several Grammy awards, as a guest soloist.
