John Axelrod closes the concert series of the Valencian Community Orchestra at the Castelló Auditorium

John Axelrod (Houston, 1966) will close the event, April 28, the symphonic cycle of the Valencian Community Orchestra (OCV) at the Castelló Auditorium for the 2016-2017 Season.

The master of Texas, artistic director of the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville (ROSS) and main guest of the Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milà, takes these days to Valencia with the titular group of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, where he works for the first time.

For his second presentation to the capital of La Plana, the director has triat an integral program for 'Adagio per a cordes', by Samuel Barber; 'Aconcagua, concert per a bandoneó i orchestra', by Astor Piazzolla, with Javier Cárdenas as soloist, and 'Simfonia del Nou Món', by Dvo?ák.

Deixeble by Leonard Bernstein and Iliá Musin, Axelrod is one of the names most valued in the news for his extensive repertoire, in addition to his charismatic and innovative style. Since 2001, his long career on the podium has included more than 160 worldwide orchestras, 30 operas and 50 world premieres, together with an important discography of both repertoire and contemporary music.

Ramón Tebar - main guest director of Les Arts - together with the artists of the Center Plácido Domingo and the OCV, will inaugurate this series of concerts last November as the center d'arts joins the musical program of Castelló.

Drummers with international backgrounds have accompanied the main line-up of Les Arts on their latest visits to the Auditorium this season: Diego Matheuz, who together with Gustavo Dudamel is one of the major exponents of the National System of Public Orchestras of Venezuela, and Víctor Pablo Pérez, a key figure in the development of the Spanish musical scene in the 1980s. 90 and current principal conductor of the Orchestra and Choir of the Community of Madrid.