Intensity and multiple nuances: Raúl Aquiles Delgado tells us about his experience as director of Carmina Burana.
Carmina Burana (1937) is theater, celebration, anguish and excess. From procuring ancient poems written by people who decided to leave a monastery to indulge in wine and free love, Carl Orff (1895-1982) writes a vibrant cantata whose scenes explore the capricious ups and downs of the goddess fortune, which rises and falls between contrasts [...]
Symphony orchestra and mariachi? Yes, and Juan Pablo Contreras throws a party.
Communal dances and unbridled singing, tequila toasts and the private space at the back of a table between two lovers. The different textures and emotions (dance, serenade, passion and flirtation) of a fascinating Jalisco party begin to tense up until all this sensuality is destroyed by a policeman's whistle. We offer you [...]
"My music always seeks to be free", Pacho Flores
Pacho Flores is the best trumpet player in the world and will perform with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería (August 19, 20 and 21 at the Nezahualcóyotl Concert Hall) in his double facet as composer and performer: He will premiere in Mexico his concertante fantasia Cantos y revueltas and will play the soloist part of the concert Historias de flores y [...]
Leo Rondón and the Venezuelan cuatro, the oceanic sonority of a small instrument.
Leo Rondón appears on a screen from Spain. He is in his studio. He wears a white shirt and a short beard. A tree can be seen through the window to his left. In the background a double bass and next to it a Venezuelan cuatro (an instrument in the shape of a small guitar whose name is due to the number of its strings). Leo [...]
"The only thing that interests me is that my music moves," Daniel Freiberg.
During the eighth program of the Summer Season 2022 (August 19, 20 and 21) the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería will premiere in Mexico Historias de flores y tangos, a concerto for trumpet and orchestra by Daniel Freiberg (1957), whose symphonic work (described by The New York Times as "complexly structured explosions of color") is characterized by [...]
"Mining is a symphonic festival orchestra", Sergio Vela
Sergio Vela has been linked to the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería on several fronts: audience, director of Música UNAM, president of Conaculta (today the Ministry of Culture) and artistic advisor responsible for the programming of the summer seasons. We talked with him to recreate some highlights of his collaboration with Minería, such as when, at the side of [...]
"Minería is an orchestra that works admirably well because of the quality of its musicians", Sergio Vela.
“Sergio Vela has been involved with the Minería Symphony Orchestra in various capacities: as a member of the audience, as Director of Music at UNAM, as president of Conaculta (now the Ministry of Culture), and as artistic advisor responsible for programming the summer seasons. We spoke with him to revisit the origins and early years of Minería, whose history […]
"To music we always put a little piece of our soul," Maria Vakorina.
By HRJ María Vakorina, principal flute in the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, arrived in San Luis Potosí in 2006 from the St. Petersburg Conservatory with the idea of staying for two years, but she liked Mexico so much that she is still here. Her technical perfection and expressive intensity have turned her into one of the most important [...]
THE GREATNESS OF GABRIELA ORTIZ
By HRJ Mexican Gabriela Ortiz (1964), one of the most interesting voices in contemporary composition, will be present during the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería's 2022 Summer Season with Téenek - Invenciones de territorio, where she explores the concepts of identity and frontier to trace a fascinating musical poetics on the [...]
"In Mexico there are very interesting voices in composition," Carlos Miguel Prieto.
By HRJ During the Minería Symphony Orchestra’s 2022 summer season, three works by living female composers will be performed: Gabriela Ortiz (1964), Joan Tower (1938), and Kaija Saariaho (1952). We spoke with Carlos Miguel Prieto, artistic director, about contemporary music and his interest in constantly commissioning and promoting new works. “During […]
