Journey to Scandinavia
Sunday Concerts
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Date
- 11:00 / Cancelled 11:00 / Sold out Sunday, 11:00
- 15:00 / Cancelled 15:00 / Sold out Sunday, 15:00
Location
Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPricing
- 6,00 € – 12,00 €
Single tickets
Online priority booking (Cartão Gulbenkian Mais): 29 Jun, 10:00
Online booking: 30 Jun, 10:00
10% – Cartão Gulbenkian
- Ross Jamie Collins Conductor
- Trombone
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Gulbenkian Orchestra
In 1962, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation decided to establish a permanent orchestral ensemble. Originally with only twelve musicians (strings and continuo) it was named “Orquestra de Câmara Gulbenkian”. This collective was successively enlarged and today the “Orquestra Gulbenkian” (the name it has adopted since 1971) has a permanent body of sixty instrumentalists, a number that can be expanded depending on the repertoire.
This structure allows the Gulbenkian Orchestra to interpret works from the Baroque and Classical periods, a significant part of 19th century orchestral literature and much of the music of the 20th century, including works belonging to the current repertoire of the traditional symphonic orchestras. In each season, the orchestra performs on a regular series of concerts at the Gulbenkian Grand Auditorium in Lisbon, where it has had the opportunity of working together with some of leading names of the world of music (conductors and soloists). It has also performed on numerous locations all over Portugal, in an effort to decentralize music and culture.
The orchestra has been constantly expanding its activities in the international level, performing in Europe, Asia Africa, and the Americas. In the recording field, Orquestra Gulbenkian is associated to labels as Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, Hyperion, Teldec, Erato, Adès, Nimbus, Lyrinx, Naïve and Pentatone, among others, and this activity was recognized with several international prizes.
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Sergi Miñana
Trombone
Sergi Miñana was born in Gandia, Spain. He began studying music at the age of nine, finishing his higher studies at the Conservatori Superior de Música de Castelló Salvador Seguí in 2010. In 2008, he worked with professors Ximo Vicedo, Ian Bousfield, Stefan Schulz, Ricardo Casero, Nury Guarnaschelli, Rudolf Korp, Otmar Gaiswinkler and Erik Hainzl at the Brass Academy Alicante.
He collaborated with the academy’s ensemble, performing nationally and abroad. In 2011, he was awarded the 3rd prize in the Villa de Castellnovo Young Performers Contest (A category). He received 2nd prize in the National Competition of Young Performers Ciutat de Xátiva (A modality) in 2012 and 2014.
From 2010 to 2018, he taught trombone in different Professional Music Conservatories in Valencia Province. He collaborated also with orchestras like Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra and Choir of the RTVE, Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona, Orquesta de Cadaqués, Orchestra of the Valencian Community (Palau de les Arts), Malaga Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Valencia, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Castellón, National Youth Orchestra of Catalonia, Barcelona Filharmonia and Aragón Symphony Orchestra. He worked with conductors like Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Pablo Heras Casado, Daniele Gatti, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Jesús López Cobos, Gustavo Gimeno and Isaac Karabtchevsky. He was member of Quintet de Metalls Al Vent (2014-2018), performing in concerts throughout the Spanish territory.
He is 1st Trombone Soloist of the Gulbenkian Orchestra since 2018.
Erland von Koch
Carl Nielsen
Lars-Erik Larsson
Ida Moberg
Edvard Grieg
Jean Sibelius
Since the second half of the nineteenth century, thanks to Edvard Grieg and the music the Norwegian composer wrote for Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt, the Scandinavian symphonic repertoire has earned a deservedly prominent place. In this Sunday Concert, we embark on a Journey to Scandinavia through the inevitable Grieg and Sibelius, but also through works by Koch, Nielsen, Larsson and Moberg, in some cases marked by their connection to the folklore of this European region.
Sponsor Gulbenkian Music
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