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Orquesta Sinfónica de San Bernardino
May 25 @ 3:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Revolucionarios
Sábado – 25 de mayo de 2024 | 3:00 pm
Revolucionarios Únase a su Orquesta Sinfónica de San Bernardino el sábado 25 de mayo para darle la bienvenida al violín solista venezolano, Samuel Vargas, para el estreno mundial del Concierto de violín de Andrés Martín titulado Morgante, dedicado a la memoria del director de orquesta negro pionero, Michael Morgan. También explorarán el primer movimiento de la Quinta Sinfonía de Beethoven, Danzón núm. 2 del compositor mexicano Arturo Márquez, y presentarán un estreno mundial del nuevo compositor residente, Fernando Arroyo. Este concierto matinal se realizará a las 3 p.m. en el histórico Teatro de Artes Escénicas de California.
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“Revolutionaries”
California Theatre of the Performing Arts
The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Anthony Parnther, will present the second concert of its 95th season, “Revolutionaries,” on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 3 p.m. at the historic California Theatre of the Performing Arts
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Danzon no. 2 is considered one of Márquez’s most beautiful and evocative pieces. Born in Mexico, the composer spent his middle school and high school years in La Puente, California, where he began his musical training. After he returned to Mexico, he studied at the Conservatory of Music and the Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico, followed by private study in Paris with Jacques Castérède, and then at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick, Stephen Mosko, Mel Powell, and James Newton.
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Writes Márquez, “The idea of writing the Danzón No. 2 originated in 1993 during a trip to Malinalco with the painter Andrés Fonseca and the dancer Irene Martínez, both of whom are experts in salon dances with a special passion for the danzón, which they were able to transmit to me from the beginning, and also during later trips to Veracruz and visits to the Colonia Salon in Mexico City. From these experiences onward, I started to learn the danzón’s rhythms, its form, its melodic outline, and to listen to the old recordings by Acerina and his Danzonera Orchestra. I was fascinated and I started to understand that the apparent lightness of the danzón is only like a visiting card for a type of music full of sensuality and qualitative seriousness, a genre which old Mexican people continue to dance with a touch of nostalgia and a jubilant escape towards their own emotional world; we can fortunately still see this in the embrace between music and dance that occurs in the State of Veracruz and in the dance parlors of Mexico City. The Danzón No. 2 is a tribute to the environment that nourishes the genre… It is a very personal way of paying my respects and expressing my emotions towards truly popular music.”
The SBSO is also presenting the world premiere of the Morgante Violin concerto, in dedication to trailblazing African American conductor Michael Morgan and written by Argentinian composer and double bassist Andres Martin, pictured at right, and dedicated to and performed by Venezuelan virtuoso violinist Samuel Vargas, pictured below.
Vargas has received wide recognition for his powerful artistry and awards including First Prize of the 2021 Sphinx Competition, 2019 Yamaha Young Performing Artist, Grand Prize of the 2019 Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, First Prize in the 2017 Atlanta’s GA Philharmonic Competition, and he was named 2014 Concertmaster Ambassador of the United Nations. Vargas holds the Pin Artistic Merits from “City Key of Prince George” and “Central Bank in Canada,” and has performed on tours in 40 countries, collaborating with acclaimed artists like Gustavo Dudamel, Simon Rattle, Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Abbado, and Christian Vasquez. He began his violinistic journey through Venezuela’s El Sistema program under the tutelage of Luis Miguel Gonzalez. In 2017, he won the prestigious Woodruff Award enabling him to study with his current mentor and professor Sergiu Schwartz at the Schwob School of Music at CSU. He is the founder and president of the Samuel Vargas International Music Foundation, an organization which is enriching communities and society through the power of classical music, emphasizing a holistic approach to music education supporting students in all areas of studies and well-being. Through his passionate work and entrepreneurship, he has founded eight active Venezuelan chamber orchestras and currently mentors young musicians in the US and South America.