Ottavio Dantone conducts works by Bach and Mozart at the Palau de les Arts
05.03.2014
The Valencian arts center announces that ticket sales for the VII Mediterranean Festival begin on Thursday, March 6th.
Valencia. Ottavio Dantone will conduct the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana on Saturday, March 8, in a concert featuring works by Bach and Mozart at the Auditori del Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía.
The musical director of Rossini 's L'italiana in Algeri stars in the first of the OCV concerts in 2014, following the successful tour of the Palau de les Arts' resident orchestra in China.
Renowned as one of the great interpreters of the Baroque repertoire, as well as a celebrated organist and harpsichordist, Ottavio Dantone presents two works by Johann Sebastian Bach in the first half of this concert: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 , in which the Italian maestro performs as soloist. The concert program concludes with Mozart's "Prague" Symphony .
The head of the Accademia Bizantina in Ravenna, who has previously conducted works by Vicente Martín i Soler, L'isola del piacere , Philistaei a Jonatha dispersi and Una cosa rara , as well as Mozart's Die Zauberflöte , in 2013, at the Palau de les Arts, has participated this season in the activities of the Educational Program of the Valencian arts center.
On February 13th, Ottavio Dantone held a meeting with orchestral conducting students in which, in addition to discussing conducting techniques with the attendees, he worked with them on the score of L'italiana in Algeri as well as the particularities of the composer's style and his historical moment.
On March 4, the Italian maestro starred in another master class with students from the Valencia Higher Conservatory about the program he is directing this Saturday at the Auditori.
Ticket sales for the VII Mediterranean Festival
The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía announces that tomorrow, Thursday, March 6, from 6:00 p.m. on www.lesarts.com , general ticket sales will begin for the events scheduled at the VII Festival del Mediterrani.
From the following day, Friday the 7th, the Valencian arts center begins selling tickets through the other usual channels: the Palau de les Arts box office, the sales line 961 975 900 and Instant Ticket through the number 902 444 300.
Zubin Mehta, president of the Festival del Mediterrani, will take over the musical direction of Verdi's La forza del destino and Puccini's Turandot , as well as a monographic concert of Richard Strauss to mark the 150th anniversary of the German composer's birth at this musical event, which will also include other shows.
