Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) presents

A South American Voyage with Rafael Payare and Javier Perianes

The OSM and Rafael Payare welcome pianist Javier Perianes for a musical excursion to South America. Explore the Brazil of Villa-Lobos in his Bachiana no. 8 and Ginastera’s Argentina through his Variaciones concertantes. At the centre of this program is the Montreal premiere of Ephemerae by López Bellido, a piano concerto conceived as a musical transliteration of various fragrances. The Hispanic inflections of Ravel’s Bolero complete this ear-opening program.

Javier Perianes, piano

The international career of Javier Perianes has led him to perform in the most prestigious concert halls with the world’s foremost orchestras and celebrated conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Klaus Mäkelä and Gustavo Gimeno. This season includes debuts with Dallas Symphony, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and returns to Budapest Festival Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Konzerthausorchester Berlin and more. Artist in Residence with Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia and Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, other highlights include performing on tour at Carnegie Hall with Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid and continuing a multi-year complete Beethoven concerto cycle with Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Previous seasons have included performances with Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, New York, Washington’s National Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Wiener Philhamoniker, London and Czech Philharmonic orchestras, Orchestre de Paris, and orchestras throughout Europe and Asia. Recording exclusively for harmonia mundi, Perianes has a diverse discography ranging from Beethoven, Schubert, Grieg, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel and Bartók to Falla, Granados and Turina.

Program
GINASTERA, Variaciones concertantes, op. 23 (25 min.)* (Concerts at 7:30pm only)
Jimmy LÓPEZ BELLIDO, Ephemerae, Piano Concerto (30 min.)
VILLA-LOBOS, Bachianas brasileiras no. 8 (27 min.)
RAVEL, Bolero (15 min.)

Pre-concert talk at 6:30pm: a concert talk will take place before the November 23 evening concert. All ticket holders are welcome! (duration: 30 minutes)

Maison symphonique
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 7:30pm
Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 10:30am
Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 7:30pm

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