The National Symphony Orchestra of Chile’s recent performance at the Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium. Photo by Cristian Soto Quiroz.
In Saturday’s (1/17) El Pais Chile, Pedro Schwarze writes (auto-translated into English), “The sun still illuminated the stands of the National Stadium of Santiago when the imposing music of ‘Carmina Burana’ invaded the main sports coliseum of the Chilean capital and seduced the 35,000 people who arrived to listen to the work of Carl Orff. It was a twilight concert, completely free, with an audience that resisted the heat of a summer afternoon … starring the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile and the Symphony Choir University of Chile: more than 150 musicians on stage giving life to that well-known composition…. It was a show organized by the University of Chile and the production company Bizarro. The free tickets … sold out in less than two hours. ‘Culture cannot be a privilege. Culture is part of democracy. In that sense this free invitation is also symbolic,’ said the rector of the University of Chile, Rosa Devés … The National Symphony Orchestra of Chile was conducted by guest teacher Carlos Vieu while the Symphonic Choir University of Chile was conducted by Juan Pablo Villarroel…. The show was broadcast live on the state channel TVN, on the UChile TV channel, and by Radio Universidad de Chile.” Leer en Español.
