MEETINGS OF PAMPLONA 72-22. LUIS DE PABLO AND THE MUSIC OF THE ENCOUNTERS.
Symphonic Orchestra of Navarre.

Thursday 6 Oct

19:30: Meeting Teresa Catalán and Tomás Marco
20:00: Concert

18 y 20 €*

100 min approx. with break (meeting with artists and concert)

*20% discount for subscribers of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra and Fundación Baluarte + regular MUN discounts.

Symphony Orchestra of Navarra - Nafarroako Orkestra Sinfonikoa

Yorrick Troman, violin

Jordi Francés, management
 

The conversation between Teresa Catalán and Tomás Marco about the experiences lived in the Pamplona Meetings of 1972 will give way to this concert offered by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra in which works by some of the musicians who took part in them will be heard.

This symphonic concert marks one of the high points of the Encuentros de Pamplona 72/22 as it evokes, as an echo or resonance, the aesthetic impact on Pamplona's life of the experience of avant-garde music that composers such as the Bilbao-born Luis de Pablo (1930-2021) or the Navarrese Teresa Catalán (1951) contributed to spread among the citizens 50 years ago during the first edition of the Encuentros.

Meticulously, maestro Jordi Francés and the OSN/NOS have designed a commemorative program that, gathering the spirit of audacity and experimentation of the second half of the 20th century, combines works by national composers as decisive in the evolution of the 'new Spanish music' as Luis de Pablo -Rostro-, Teresa Catalán -Glosa en tono re (Manuel Castillo in memoriam)- and Tomás Marco -Paseo con Sarasate- with some seminal pieces of the European avant-garde -Aurora, by Iannis Iannone-, Teresa Catalán -Glosaen tono de re (Manuel Castillo in memoriam)- and Tomás Marco -Paseocon Sarasate- with some seminal pieces of the European avant-garde -Aurora, by Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001); Melodien für Orchestre by György Ligeti (1923-2006)- and North American -4'33'' by John Cage (1912-1992)- all exquisitely served by the OSN/NOS under the baton of Jordi Francés and his concertmaster Yorrick Troman, who will emulate maestro Sarasate in Marco's tribute-work.

The concert is a co-production between the Baluarte Foundation and the Museo Universidad de Navarra on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Pamplona Meetings of '72, and will be preceded by a meeting with the artists Teresa Catalán and Tomás Marco. 

Those attending the meeting and the concert have free access to José Luis Alexanco's exhibition, which opens at the MUN on September 19.

PROGRAM:

Aurora................................................................................Yannis Xenakis(1922 - 2001)

Face..................................................................................Luis de Pablo (1930 - 2021)

Glosa en tono de Re (Manuel Castillo in memoriam)..........Teresa Catalan (1951)

4'33''....................................................................................John Cage (1912 - 1992)

Walk with Sarasate.............................................................Tomás Marco (1942)

Melodien..............................................................................György Ligeti (1923 - 2006)

BIOGRAPHIES 

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NAVARRA
Founded in 1879 by Pablo Sarasate, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra/Nafarroako Orkestra Sinfonikoa is the oldest active group in the Spanish symphonic panorama. At present, it is integrated in the Baluarte Fundazioa Foundation, an institution financed mainly by the Government of Navarra, and as such is the official orchestra of the Comunidad Foral. In its 140 years of existence, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra has been invited by the main auditoriums, opera seasons and festivals both in Spain and abroad. Particularly noteworthy is its recurring presence at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées and the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the concert tour organized by the Universal Music label and an Asian tour that took place in 2009. As a reference interpreter of Pablo Sarasate, his recording of the complete works of the famous Navarrese composer with violinist Tianwa Yang was unanimously praised by international critics. Likewise, the series of recordings with maestro Antoni Wit constitutes one of the phonographic milestones in his history. 

JORDI FRANCÉS
Jordi Francés develops an interesting activity characterized by a broad view on the artistic fact. As a conductor, he coexists between opera, symphonic repertoire and contemporary creation. Among his most recent engagements are invitations from the Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Orquesta de Valencia, Sinfónica de Bilbao and numerous projects with the Ensemble Sonido Extremo, of which he is artistic director. He has also conducted the BBC Philharmonic, Orquesta de Rtve, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, and many other ensembles in Europe and America. In recent years he has collaborated regularly with the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquesta de Extremadura and the Joven Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid with which he has also conducted opera and musical theater projects.

Also very interested in contemporary creation, he has given the world premieres of more than 80 works and has worked with composers such as Birtwistle, Eötvös, Haas, Manoury, Sotelo, among many others.

YORRICK TROMAN
Born in Paris, Troman began playing the violin when he was four years old. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon with Boris Garlitsky, where he was awarded First Prize with Honors in 2002. He continued his studies in Oslo with Itzhak Shuldman, with Emile Cantor in Denmark and with Joseph Swensen in the United States.

In 2004 he was appointed second violin soloist in the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then, he has also been concertmaster assistant in Århus Symfoniorkester, Concertmaster of the Randers Chamber Orchestra, soloist of second violins in the Royal Flemish Philharmonic and between 2010 and 2015 he was concertmaster of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Since 2015 he is first concertmaster of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra.

Troman also plays often in chamber music festivals and is an Honorary Member of the Spanish Association of Violinists (ASESVI).

TERESA CATALAN
Composer born in Pamplona in 1951. She is Emeritus Professor at the RCSM of Madrid and in the doctorate program Music and its Science and Technology at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Her catalog includes works for orchestra, chamber and solo instruments, as well as works for theater and choir. He has received awards such as the Premio Nacional de Música in 2017, the Premio Príncipe de Viana de la Cultura 2021, the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes in 2021, the Premio Eusko Ikaskuntza de Humanidades, Artes y Ciencias in 2022, and the Encomienda de la Orden al mérito Civil in 2011.

She is a member of Jakiunde and belongs to the Advisory Council of the Teatro Real and the Social Council of the Public University of Navarra. She holds a Master in Aesthetics and Musical Creativity from the University of Valencia and a PhD in Philosophy of Art from the University of Valencia. She gives courses and lectures in institutions and academic and artistic fields in several countries.

TOMÁS MARCO
Composer and essayist. Author of 6 operas, 1 ballet, 10 symphonies, choral and chamber music in multiple formats. He has received numerous distinctions for his work: the National Music Prize for the whole of his work in 2002, the Music Prize of the Community of Madrid in 2003, the Gran Cruz del 2 de Mayo of the Community of Madrid, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in 2014 and the XV Ibero-American Music Prize Tomás Luis de Victoria in 2016.

He has a long career at the head of musical institutions in Spain. He has been, among others, Managing, Technical and/or Artistic Director of the Organismo Autónomo Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, of the Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea, and of INAEM, as well as Director of SGAE. Doctor Honoris Causa by the Complutense University of Madrid, he is a numerary member and current Director of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. He has been a music teacher at the Conservatorio Superior de Madrid and music critic in different media.

A co-production with:

This event is part of the Encuentros de Pamplona 72-22 calendar, a cultural event that has brought together many cultural institutions that contribute their own approach to the 50th anniversary of the original Encuentros de Pamplona of '72 promoted by the Huarte family and organized by the ALEA Group, of which Luis de Pablo was a member.