Pablo González conducts this Friday's concert with the sponsorship of the Fundación Occident

 

This Friday (7th) at 7:30 p.m. the Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko is making his solo debut in the Sinfónica de Tenerife season. The María Canals Competition 2022 winner will perform in the Piano Concerto No. 2022 by Brahms, part of a programme supported by the Fundación Occident, which will be conducted by Pablo González. In addition to the Brahms piece, the orchestra will perform Symphony No. 5 by Nielsen.

Pablo González notes that "this is a fascinating programme that will allow us to enjoy two composers whose music exudes emotion and intense feelings, although expressed in very distinctive ways". The conductor from Oviedo highlights "the range from the intimate melancholy to the robust optimism of the Brahms score, along with the exploration of the individual's battle against power and the quest for hope in wartime, in Nielsen's composition". González is returning to conduct the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra seven years after he last did so, and oddly, in a concert with the same composers back then.

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms is a masterpiece of musical creation, composed in 1881. Unlike his first concerto, contemporary critics greeted this piece with great acclaim, a testament to its depth and technical complexity. Unlike his first concerto, contemporary critics greeted this piece with great acclaim. Following the example set by Liszt, the German composer changed the traditional approach to the classical concerto, by introducing a second fast movement after the first movement.

After the interlude, there will be a performance of Symphony No. 5, op. 50 by Carl Nielsen., Composed in 1922, this piece is engaged with his era and framed by the prevailing social atmosphere of chaos in the wake of the First World War. Unlike symphonies of this period, the work only has two movements featuring different chaotic and warlike elements that hastily run into a final coda in which humanity ultimately triumphs.

Pablo González studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, and his distinctions include First Place in the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition” and the “Donatella Flick”. He was the principal conductor of the Spanish RTVE Orchestra, and from November 2018 up until the end of the 2022-2023 season, he served as the artistic advisor of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir. Previously, he was the main conductor of the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona I Nacional de Catalunya (OBC) and principal chief guest conductor of the Orchestra Ciudad de Granada.

Besides the Sinfónica de Tenerife, González has conducted important international orchestras such as the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, NHK Orchestra (Japan), Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, as well as the main Spanish orchestras.

The 25-year-old Canadian Jaeden Izik-Dzurko graduated in music from the Juilliard School and undertook a master's degree in music from the University of British Columbia. He studies with Jacob Leuschner at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold and with Benedetto Lupo at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

In 2022, he also won the Maria Canals International Music Competition and took First Place in the Hilton Head International Piano Competition. He was recently awarded First Place in the 20th International Paloma O'Shea Santander Piano Competition, the Canon Public and Chamber Music prizes.

Izik-Dzurko has performed with the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, the Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, the Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE and the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla. He has appeared as a recitalist in venues such as the Wigmore Hall in London, the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Salle Cortot in Paris and the National Music Auditorium in Madrid.

ATADEM, the Tenerife Association for Friends of Music, is offering the usual free talk beforehand on the characteristics of the two pieces that make up this musical programme. On this occasion, it will be presented by Carmen Celia Cabaña y García at 6:30 p.m. in the Sala Avenida, located in the hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife.

The tickets for this concert can be purchased until the day of the event on the website www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, at the auditorium's box office and by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Please note that tomorrow (Tuesday 4) is the renewal deadline for renewing the subscriptions for next season. On Thursday (6), the period begins -until Monday 10- for subscription holders who wish to change their seats.