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The Philharmonic Orchestra of Medellín (Filarmed) has 35 years of history and its main goal is the dissemination of symphonic music in the local and national territory. It is a platform for young musicians who land from different cultural formations and find the best way to practice their profession here, while inspiring the entire urban musical ecosystem. In 2002 the Filarmed was declared a cultural heritage from by the Medellín Council and the city's municipal government.
The concert program consists of two works specially commissioned by the Cartagena International Music Festival, on the occasion of its 13th edition (2019), and four pieces by Colombian composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, with clear references to the traditional repertoire of the South American country.
The works by Carlo Pedini and Jorge Pinzon, premiered in Italy at the Spoleto Festival, develop from a common given theme: the world of natural elements. H2O Concert for piano and string orchestra, finished writing in October 2018, is divided into 5 movements and recalls the natural evolutionary cycle of water. Rapsodia to los cuatro elementos, para violonchelo y orquesta de cuerdas, refers to the 4 elements that, ancient philosophy held to be the fundamental constituents of matter, of the world. Beyond the common source of inspiration, each composer develops his or her work using an entirely personal musical language that hints at the two composers' different backgrounds and cultural backgrounds. European that of Pedini, South American that of Pinzon.
_Tres danzas colombianas _by Luis Fernando "el chino" León, born to Bogotá, is a work based on a free reinterpretation, in a modern key, of Colombia's rich folkloric tradition. The three dances preserve, however, in full, the spirit and movements typical of the native dances of different regions of Colombia. Los Adios by Juan David Osorio, a composer from Medellín, is aopera, for violin and string orchestra, written in 2012, just for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Medellin. The Serenata en Chocontá (Torbellino) by Álex Tovar, from Bogotá, is also a reinterpretation of a folk dance and song originating in some areas of Colombia (Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Santander). Luis Antonio Calvo is considered one of Colombia's most important composers. A native of the Santander area, he led a difficult life in the years to straddling the late 19th and mid-20th centuries. Secretos is a waltz composed in his typical musical language rooted in popular music.
The concert program well interprets the spirit that guides the current collaboration between the International Music Festival of Cartagena and the Festival dei Due Mondi of Spoleto: the exchange of artistic, technical, and cultural experiences and the desire to create opportunities to learn more about the traditions of the two countries.
to curated by the Cartagena Festival Internacional de Musica
director Juan Pablo Valencia Heredia
**Carlo Pedini **
H2O Concert for piano and string orchestra
_I. _Planet water 1
_II. _Wind on the waves
_III. _Drops (passacaglia)
_IV. _Phase transsition and vaporization (Scherzo with Trio).
_V. _Water planet 2: Finale (Chorale)
**Mauricio Arias **pianoforte
**Luis to. Calvo **/ Arr. Julio R. Gutiérrez
Secretos
**Juan David Osorio
Los adioses
**Álex Tovar **
Serenata en Chocontá (Torbellino)
Jorge Pinzón
Taurus, sinfonía para cuerdas
Cheerful
Adagio
_Allegro _
**Luis Fernando "el chino" León **.
Tres danzas colombianas
Pasillo de Salón, Allá chapineruna
Guabina, Allá Boyacá
_Bambuco Sureño, Allá chirimía _
The Philharmonic Orchestra of Medellín (Filarmed) is a professional orchestra with 35 years of experience, and whose main goal is the dissemination of symphonic music in the local and national territory. Through the four stages of training, circulation, appropriation and entrepreneurship, Filarmed aspires to to make symphonic music accessible to everyone, fostering the growth, importance and competitiveness of each of its musicians to urban and regional level.
To succeed to penetrate its social fabric, the Filarmed alternates between a varied traditional repertoire to symphonic versions of popular music. In addition to performing the most important cycles of Romantic music, particularly Mahler and Bruckner, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Medellín has performed symphonies with the likes of Puerto Candelaria, Crew Peligrosos, Omara Portuondo, Choq Quib Town, and Ariel Ardit, and has also distinguished itself by staging audiovisual montages such as Colombia Magia Salvaje or Pixar, a concert in collaboration with the Disney Foundation.
Over the years, Filarmed has collaborated with prominent soloists, such as Lang Lang, Evelyn Glennie, and Martin Grubinger, performing works of great importance and some technical difficulty. Notable guest conductors include Andrés Orozco- Estrada, Krystoph Penderecki and Roberto Gonzalez-Monjas.
The Filarmed is composed from a very young orchestra that has become a platform for those musicians who land from different cultural formations and have found here the best way to practice their profession, while inspiring the entire urban music ecosystem.
In 2002 the Filarmed was declared a cultural heritage from part of the Medellín Council and the city's municipal administration; it has received countless honors and awards from by the Ministry of Culture, the Government and the City of Medellín.
In 2016 she was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category of "Mejor Álbum de Tango" for the album Gardel Sinfónico, made in collaboration with Argentine singer Ariel Ardit.
For the 2019 season, the Philharmed has planned a series of concerts that pay tribute to the world´s best orchestras and will host some of the most renowned soloists from the London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Vienna Philharmonic.
Juan Pablo Valencia Heredia is Resident Conductor of the Medellin Philharmonic Orchestra. His career is characterized from a leadership that promotes artistic excellence and inspires passion, harmony and passion through music. He has conducted orchestras in Colombia, Europe, and Latin America, including the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Ecuador, the Orquesta Castilla y León de España, the Orquesta de Cadaqués, the Orquesta Sinfónica Eafit, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín, the Orquesta Metropolitana Batuta, the Filarmónica Jóvenica de Colombia and the Orquesta Sinfónica Binacional Colombo - Francesa, He also participated in the 12th edition of the Concurso Internacional de Dirección of the Orquesta de Cadaqués.
Between 2015 and 2017, he served as National Symphonic Director of the National Batuta Foundation, and between 2005 and 2015 he worked as cellist in several from chamber and symphonic concerts, where he was able to put into practice the decades of experience he gained with the EAFIT Symphony Orchestra where he was first cello from 2010 to 2015. Colombian born in the city of Medellin in 1986, Juan Pablo Valencia Heredia began his musical studies at the age of 12 at the Red de Escuelas de Música in Medellin. He studied from musician specializing in cello and earned a master´s degree in Conducting from EAFIT University, which offered him several scholarships. He has a specialization in Cello Interpretation obtained at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Salamanca (Spain).