YOUNG ORCHESTRA OF THE VALENCIANA GENERALITAT

Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C major (10’)

Elgar, Edward: Concerto Violoncello in E minor op.85 (30’)

I.Adagio-Moderato

II.Lento-Allegro molto

III.Adagio

IV.Allegro

Carlos Vidal, soloist

*Pause

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai, Sheherazade Symphonic Suite op.35 (42’)

I. «The sea and Sinbad’s ship»

II. “The Story of Prince Kalendar”

III. The young prince and the young princess

IV. “Festival in Baghdad. The sea. The ship crashes into a cliff surmounted by a bronze warrior.”

Jaume Santonja, conductor

YOUNG ORCHESTRA OF THE VALENCIANA GENERALITAT

The Youth Orchestra of the Generalitat Valenciana was created by the Valencian Music Law in May 1998, and organically depends on the Deputy Directorate of Valencian Popular Music and Culture of the Institut Valencià de Cultura. This orchestra takes up the initiative of the Youth Orchestra of the Valencian Community, born in 1991. Its main objective is to contribute to the training of musicians under the age of 26 through meetings and workshops led by outstanding teachers. Since its creation and until 2017 its musical and pedagogical director was Manuel Galduf. In 2017, the IVC invited Beatriz Fernández Aucejo as directors in the spring and Pablo Rus Broseta in the summer, who soon became its artistic and musical director. Since 2018, a director has been invited to lead the work of one of the meetings scheduled annually. Guest conductors have been: Rubén Gimeno, Hilar García Gázquez and in 2022 they will be Josep Vicent, followed by Álvaro Albiach. Since its inception it has had the figure of the director or assistant director, such as Júlia Cruz Carceller (2018-2021), and since December 2021 Edgar López Juan i Miquel Massana. Likewise, since 2001, and every three years, the IVC appoints a resident composer, whose works are premiered by the JOGV; this responsibility has fallen successively on César Cano, Ricardo Climent, Andrés Valero-Castells, Miguel Gàlvez-Taroncher, Voro García, Francisco Coll, Óscar Navarro, Carlos Fontcuberta and Marc García Vitoria.

In the JOGV’s repertoire, it is worth highlighting the presence of current music and works by Valencian composers, to whom it has dedicated its record production.

Jaume Santonja

Jaume Santonja begins the 2022-23 season by inaugurating his position as Principal Guest Conductor of the Milan Symphony Orchestra. After two seasons as associate conductor of the Euskadiko Orkestra – Basque Country Symphony Orchestra – Jaume appears as a guest conductor in the main orchestras of his native Spain: National Orchestra and Choir of Spain – OCNE, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana – OCV, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife – OST, Symphony Orchestra of Castilla y León – OSCyL, Orchestra of Valencia, Royal Philharmonic of Galicia – RFG, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra – BOS, Oviedo Philharmonic etc.Jaume has been Assistant Conductor of the renowned City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra CBSO in the United Kingdom and has appeared at the helm of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales – BBC NOW, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie Zuidnederland , Orchestra of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Orchestra della Toscana – ORT, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

In June 2020 Jaume was one of the four participants in the prestigious Ammodo conducting masterclass organized by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam under the tutelage of maestro Iván Fischer.

​Jaume is the founder of the AbbatiaViva music collective.

Santonja has a Master of Music (Conducting) from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (Belgium) as well as a Master of Music (Percussion) from the Amsterdam Conservatorium (The Netherlands). Jaume is a graduate in percussion from the ESMuC (Superior School of Music of Catalonia, Barcelona).

Free entry, by invitation.

Reserve your ticket by sending an email with your name and surname and the people who will attend the concert to:

• protocolo.adda@diputacionalicante.es
• Limited capacity, max. 4 tickets/person. Tickets will be confirmed and delivered one week before the concert.
• Doors open 1 hour before the concert.
• The use of a mask is recommended.
• We have the Tourist Quality certificate for the management of security measures against the spread of COVID.