Symphony of the Americas 25th Anniversary Summerfest 2012
August 8th at 7:30pm
Symphony of the Americas
Summerfest 2012
Presented by American Airlines & the Cultural Council of IRC
at
Christ by the Sea United Methodist Church
3755 Highway A-1-A
Vero Beach, FL
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About Summerfest
The Symphony of the Americas, celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2012, and designated as a Major Cultural Institution in South Florida’s Broward County, presents a Subscription Series in its performance home of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts featuring internationally acclaimed guest artists from around the globe. In addition, its myriad of outreach and educational programs throughout south Florida with full orchestra and ensembles enriches the lives of adults and children through the wonderful power of live, orchestral music.
Each year, the Symphony’s internationally renowned Summerfe
st hosts an internationally acclaimed foreign chamber orchestra joined by selected Symphony of the Americas musicians for concerts throughout Florida and the Americas under Maestro Brooks-Bruzzese’s baton. It is the longest running music festival event in Florida, and one of the highest rated cultural projects funded by Florida’s Division of Cultural Affairs Cultural Exchange Grant Program. The Symphony takes a leadership role in fostering cultural relations throughout Europe, the US and the Americas through these musical exchanges with both European and American musicians in joint performance.
The Mission Chamber Orchestra, based in Rome, is an established international musical ensemble - dynamic and alternative. During the past 4 years, this artistic and humanitarian chamber orchestra formed by the organization Musicfor, has been acclaimed throughout Europe. Its musicians are experienced professionals – graduates and faculty members of noted European conservatories, devoted to presenting musical excellence and organizing performances which are of high humanitarian importance. From Baroque to Contemporary, the MCO offers innovative programs to provide its audience with a wide range of musical choice - from Bach, to Beethoven, to Bartok and beyond, under the guidance of its Artistic Director, Lorenzo Turchi-Floris. The Mission Chamber Orchestra has performed often for the Vatican and is working now in a project with the Vatican City to present an important music festival on 2013.
Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese
Artistic Director
Symphony of the Americas
Maestro of South Florida´s acclaimed Symphony of the Americas, Dr. James Brooks-Bruzzese, was born in Panama in a bilingual home---his mother born in Colombia and his late father a member of the United States Armed Forces. He received his doctorate in Opera Conducting and Musicology from Washington University in St. Louis. Maestro coached in a master class on the music of Bach under the baton of the great Pablo Casals. Additional studies were with eminent conductors Leonard Slatkin of St. Louis Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra; Ignace Strassfogel of New York’s Metropolitan Opera and Richard Karp of Pittsburgh Opera. Their mentorship is evident in Maestro’s founding of the Augusta Opera with singers from the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Opera and London´s Covent Garden, receiving critical acclaim from Pittsburgh Post and Opera News Magazine. His musicianship is acclaimed as “Dynamic…exciting…and remarkable controlled, but simultaneously free spirited”..
Maestro founded the Florida Music Festival and Symphony´s Summerfest, now in its 21st summer season, bringing the fine artistic reputation of the Symphony to diverse audiences in great cultural capitals of the world as well as to rural areas, schools and conservatories to young people at home and abroad. This major music festival takes place in Europe, the eastern seaboard of the United States, and the Americas. Summerfest outreach performances have taken place in every country of Central America, four countries of South America and five islands of the Caribbean.
The Berlin Symphony; Budapest’s famed Vigado Theater; the magnificent Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; Capetown Opera Company of South Africa; Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires; Teatro Circulo and Salon Piazzolla in Argentina, and throughout the Soviet Union under the auspices of Gosconcert. It is in these “ARENAS” that Maestro Brooks performs his artistic mastery stirring audiences worldwide. A remarkable performance! Well balanced and of outstanding quality… which resulted in three standing ovations ! (NRD-Handelsbad, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam)
Applause highlighting his work with orchestras and festivals on five continents has marked Maestro an outstanding conductor of the US. He has appeared with major orchestras in Panama, Nicaragua, Romania, Germany, Poland, Italy , Mexico, Switzerland, Argentina, Russia, Austria, South Africa, Guatemala, Uruguay, Brazil, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Spain, Aruba, Turkey, Taiwan, Korea, Hungary and Malaysia’s Mozart Festival. Maestro has served as Principal Guest Conductor of Mexico´s National Symphony of Xalapa. He is the first American to conduct the National Orchestra of Pleven, Bulgaria, receiving the official medal of the city.
In 2005, Maestro was honored at Washington´s Kennedy Center with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation´s Award for the Arts in recognition of his lifelong work as a world-renowned conductor and his dedication to promoting classical music to youth around the world. Maestro received the Critics Choice Award at Brazil´s famed Villa Lobos Festival in Rio. He has been recognized by heads of state and dignitaries all over the world - US President Ronald Reagan praised Maestro as an “Ambassador to Latin America for his exceptional musical talents and diplomatic skills.”
Brooks-Bruzzese´s twenty-nine compact disc recordings are with Pickwick Records in London under the Hallmark and Orchid labels as well as the Symphony of the Americas own label. His recordings and broadcasts include legendary orchestras as the Hungarian Virtuosi, Budapest Chamber Orchestra, Natal Philharmonic and the Xalapa Symphony. His recordings feature a diversity of works from Crazy for Gershwin and Hollywood Favourites, to Piazzolla tangos, and an extensive choice of inspiring string chamber music.
For more information on Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese and the Symphony of the Americas visit www.symphonyoftheamericas.org.
Contact information: Email: info@sota.org Office Telephone: 954-335-7002
Orlando Forte, Concertmaster, Violin
Orlando Forte, was born in Cuba. He graduated with honors from the National School of Art in Havana in 1980, receiving full scholarship to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow in 1981. Later he completed the Master of Fine Arts in Conservatory of Odessa Ukraine. He studied under Asela Figueroa, Evelio Tieles, Armando Toledo, Olga Soboleva and Alexander Stanko. He toured with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Odessa throughout Ukraine and Russia. He was Concertmaster and Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Havana. Mr. Forte performed in the festival of contemporary music in Nice, France in 1988 under the direction of Maestro Leo Brower. During 1991 to 1994 he was a violin and chamber music professor at the school of Music of the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico, and director of the school's chamber orchestra. Mr. Forte played as guest violinist with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, Mexico, directed by the Maestro Herrera de la Fuente. He was member of the Boca Pops Orchestra and Florida Grand Opera Orchestra for 15 years. He is the Concertmaster of the Florida Chamber Orchestra in Miami, member of the Miami City Ballet Orchestra and Symphony of the Americas, He is also the musical director of the Crosstown String Quartet and as a member of the string section of the Miami Symphonic Services, has participated in many activities for the recording industry recording for Michael Jackson, Julio Iglesias, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Alejandro Saenz, Enrique Chia, Bebu Silveti, Jose Molina and many music performances for movies.
American Airlines presents
Symphony of the Americas Summerfest 2012
James Brooks-Bruzzese, Artistic Director/Guest Conductor
featuring
Mission Chamber Orchestra of Rome
Lorenzo Turchi-Floris – Music Director
Joined by musicians of Symphony of the Americas
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Violin I
Orlando Forte
Concertmaster
Symphony of the Americas USA*
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Cello
Jürg Eichenberger
Principal
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| Giorgio Tentoni |
Monika Eichenberger |
| Aleksandre Tigishvili |
Rahel Eichenberger |
| Flavia di Tommaso |
Rosiris Barrios
National Symphony of Panama |
| Clarissa Elisabeth Centurioni |
Raquel Barrios
National Symphony of Panama |
Carol Marin
National Symphony of Panama |
String Bass |
Violin II
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Alessandro Spagnuolo
Principal |
Svetlana Forte
Principal
Symphony of the Americas USA* |
Keyboard |
| Serena Di Meo |
Renee LaBonte
Symphony of the Americas USA*
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| Eleonora Savini |
Stage Manager
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Sandy Riblett
Symphony of the Americas USA*
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Sandy Riblett
Symphony of the Americas USA* |
| Viola |
SOLOIST |
Nicola Narduzzi
Principal |
Marilyn Maingart Flute
Symphony of the Americas USA* |
| Lorenzo Sbaraglia |
Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, Piano |
Mirjana Djokic
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Juan Castillo, Oboe
National Symphony of Panama |
David Pedraza
Symphony of the Americas USA* |
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* Members of the Symphony of the Americas
