Repertoire
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Five German Dances and Seven Trios with Coda
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19*
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 4 in G major, Op. 58*
Arranged for string orchestra by Vinzenz Lachner
Artists
ELIZABETH SOMBART, piano
From Carnegie Hall to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Sombart has performed in some of the most prestigious venues including Suntory Hall, Herkulessaal, Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw and the Palau de la Música. In 2006, she was awarded the rank of Chevalier of the Ordre National du Mérite by the French Foreign Minister, and in 2008, the rank of Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 1998, she created the Résonnance Foundation in Switzerland, whose mission is to take music to places where it is not commonly found.
PILAR GUARNE, piano
Residing in Barcelona, Guarné has performed in venues such as the Théâtre de Beaulieu and the Salle Paderewski in Lausanne, the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva, the Yehudi Menuhin Forum in Bern, the Fundación Juan March in Madrid, the Ateneul Român in Bucharest and the Palais des Congres Dbayeh in Beirut. In 2009, she was appointed head of the Résonnance Foundation in Spain.
DIEGO MIGUEL-URZANQUI, conductor
Since 1998, his musical career has taken him to concert halls in Europe, the USA and Asia. He has conducted orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bucharest Camerata Regală and the Orchestre Solidaire Résonnance. He also carries out extensive musical activity at Barcelona’s Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
ORTHEMIS, DE CAMBRA DE L’EMPORDÀ
The orchestra was founded in Figueres in 1989 by Carles Coll Costa, who would be its musical director until 2017. Since its début, it has embarked on various tours that have taken it to perform in 44 countries across the five continents. The Generalitat de Catalunya’s Ministry of Culture awarded it the Premi Nacional de Música (Classical Music Category) in 1992.
Program
Elizabeth Sombart, piano
Pilar Guarné, piano
ORTHEMIS, Diego Miguel-Urzanqui, conductor
ORTHEMIS Nova Orquestra de Cambra de l’Empordà
Résonnance Foundation
