Rafael Payare conducts works by Beethoven and Haydn at the Palau de les Arts
11.04.2013
Valencia. Rafael Payare (Anzoátegui, 1980) closes the subscription symphony season of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía this Friday, April 12, at 8:00 p.m.
The rising Venezuelan conductor leads the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana in its debut performance of Beethoven's Leonore Overture I and 'Eroica' Symphony, as well as Haydn's Trumpet Concerto , with OCV musician Tamás Dávida as soloist.
With this concert, Payare joins the list of conductors who have worked in the 2012-2013 Season with the main orchestra of the Palau de les Arts, which includes Riccardo Chailly, Ottavio Dantone, Plácido Domingo, Guillermo García Calvo, Pablo Heras-Casado and Omer Meir Wellber.
Rafael Payare launched a promising international career in May 2012 after winning first prize at the Malko Competition in Copenhagen, with Lorin Maazel as president of the jury. This victory at the prestigious triennial competition has led to engagements with 24 European orchestras for the young conductor.
Payare is one of the emerging talents of the National System of Children's and Youth Orchestras of Venezuela, the project sponsored by the musician and economist José Antonio Abreu that seeks the integration and personal development of Venezuelan children and youth through the orchestra and choir.
Since beginning his conducting studies in 2004 with José Antonio Abreu, Rafael Payare has conducted all of Venezuela's major orchestras, including the Simón Bolívar Orchestra, both in Caracas and Toronto. He has also worked as Gustavo Dudamel's assistant at La Scala in Milan, as well as on the Simón Bolívar Orchestra's 2010 European tour, and collaborated with Claudio Abbado on his performance of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony with the Simón Bolívar Orchestra.
In 2010, Daniel Barenboim personally invited him to rehearsals with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra to prepare for their international tour. In 2011 and 2012, he attended masterclasses with Bernard Haitink in Lucerne. During the 2012-2013 season, he participated as a scholarship recipient with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
