02/23/2021 19:10
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Updated 02/23/2021 19:10
A few days before one year from the cancellation of its activities due to the coronavirus pandemic,
the Colón Theater will reopen its doors
on March 5 to launch the celebration of the 100 years of the birth of Ástor Piazzolla, with the presentation of a symphonic program by his Stable Orchestra led by Luis Gorelik, with the bandoneonist Juan José Mosalini, the guitarist César Angeleri and the double bass player Juan Pablo Navarro as soloists.
The concerts, organized in conjunction with the Ástor Piazzolla Foundation, which will run until March 20, will be
the first to be held with a face-to-face audience
since the suspension of the premiere of the opera
Nabucco
, which was due to go on stage on March 17. March of last year with staging by Italian Stefano Poda, and the main room will have a capacity according to current regulations.
However, the reduction of the capacity of the stalls and the boxes of the first Argentine coliseum will have as a counterpart the
transmission by streaming, live and for free, through www.teatrocolon.org.ar
.
Astor Piazzolla was born on March 11, 1921 in Mar del Plata, his music became an identity mark of Buenos Aires throughout the world.
/ Photo Claudio Herdener / dpa-file / dpa
The work of the great composer and bandoneon player, who
united tradition and avant-garde, transcending any controversy
, and that made him the most represented Argentine composer in the world will be performed by exceptional artists, both from the academic and popular fields, over two cycles .
The first, with paid tickets, will run
from 5 to 14
;
and the second, with free access prior reservation of seats, will run
from 16 to 20
.
The first part of the cycle will have
Daniel “Pipi” Piazzolla as artistic curator
and will have the participation of the Stable Orchestra of the Teatro Colón, the Philharmonic of Buenos Aires, the
Camerata Bariloche
, the Astor Piazzolla Quintet, the Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce, Proyecto Eléctrico Piazzolla and the
Escalandrum
group
, in addition to the teachers Gorelik and Pedro Ignacio Calderón, the aforementioned Mosalini and Angeleri, the composers and bandoneonists Daniel Binelli and Néstor Marconi and the pianist Horacio Lavandera.
Artists of the stature of Amelita Baltar, Raúl Lavié, Jairo, Elena Roger, Susana Rinaldi, Gustavo Bergalli, “Zurdo” Roizner, Luis Cerávolo
will also pass through the Colón stage
during the first part of the celebration. , Ricardo Lew, Carlos Rossi, Paula Maffía, Yamila Burich, Trío Lavallén-Estigarribia-Cabarcos, among others.
Daniel "Pipi" Piazzolla will be the artistic curator of the first part of the concert series that will celebrate the work of the great artist.
/ Photo Lucia Merle
The second part, meanwhile, which will have the meaning of a tribute paid to the composer by
Colón in conjunction with the societies of authors and composers SADAIC and that of musical interpreters AADI
, will feature the participation of
Susana Rinaldi
with the Quintet of Juan Carlos Cuacci, Horacio Malvicino Quinteto, Vainikoff-Tallarita-Gallardo Trio, Nicolás Ledesma Quartet, Agri-Romo Duo, Juan Carlos Cirigliano Quartet, “Pepe” Colángelo Quartet, Julio and “Yoyo” Pane,
Rodolfo Mederos
, Walter Ríos, Carlos Buono, Néstor Marconi, Facundo Ramírez and
Teresa Parodi
among other artists.
Regarding the return of the activity to the main stage of the most important theater in Argentina, its general director,
María Victoria Alcaraz
, stated: “Thanks to the joint coordination with the Ministry of Health of the City and working on the main objective of guaranteeing
a Safe theater for workers, artists and the public
, from March 5 to 20 the long-awaited return to the stage and hall of the Teatro Colón will take place and on this occasion to celebrate, with great enthusiasm, the 100 years of the birth of the great artist Astor Piazzolla. "
Susana Rinaldi's will be one of the voices that will resound in the main hall of the Teatro Colón in its reopening cycle.
/ Photo: Rafael Mario Quinteros
Highlighting the importance of this anniversary, the Director General added: “The spirit of this celebration and programming has been to
include established artists who have accompanied the maestro throughout his career
.
These multiple tribute concerts are a palpable and forceful proof of the deep legacy that the incomparable Astor Piazzolla left us.
It is an honor for all Argentines to reopen the curtain at the Teatro Colón with these concerts rooted in our culture, which can be enjoyed both in person and broadcast live via streaming and for free. "
The Colón Theater also reported that soon the modality in which the tickets can be obtained, both paid and free, will be disseminated.
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