Guanajuato, Gto., April 6, 2016.- The Symphonic Orchestra of the University of Guanajuato (OSUG), will continue throughout the concert season, this time, the public would be able to listen to a program by the name: "Expediente Shostakovich: El sonido de la Guerra" (Shostakovich File: The sound of war).
The concert will be held on Friday, April 8th at 20:30 hours at the "Teatro Principal." As a special guest will be the distinguished soprano Violeta Dávalos and the baton will be in charge of OSUG's leader, Roberto Beltrán Zavala.
In first order, OSUG's musicians will play the "Last four songs, TrV 296" of Richard Strauss. This composer made his "Last four songs, Trv 296", a year before his death, as an exiled refugee in Switzerland, where the composer lived voluntarily after the denazification process made by the allies after Hitler's demise.
Such plays are inspired in three poems of Hermann Hesse and one of Joseph Von Eichendorf. All verse in some way about the past that goes but also about the future that comes, death and the serene acceptance of destiny.
In the second part of the concert and closure, they will have a premiere in Guanajuato, the "Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65" from the famous Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
From the fifteen symphonies composed by Shostakovich, the seventh, eighth and ninth are usually considered as a heterogeneous group that composes the known "brochure of war". Since most of the plays were composed during WWII, offering different visions of the events, so, the seventh symphony is related with the horror of battle, the eighth centers in human suffering and the ninth looks into a better future.
It is worth mentioning that the soprano Violeta Dávalos had her debut at 19 years-old in the 1st Festival of Mexico City. Her opera initiation was at the age of 20, in the starring role of the opera "Aída" of Verdi in a great international production in the Sports Palace. Dávalos has a vast discography.
Recently, she successfully debuted with great success in the role of Nedda de Pagliacci, of R. Leoncavallo, in a new production of the Bicentennial Theater. She also interpreted Mozart's Requiem and Symphonic Pop with the National Symphonic and in an Operatic Gala aside the tenor Fernando de la Mora with Torreon's Camerata. Violeta Dávalos closed the opera season 2015 of "Bellas Artes" with the interpretation of Floria Tosca.
This year, her commitments include two operettas, two operatic galas, as well as the operas Tosca and Madame Butterfly.
OSUG's leader, Roberto Beltrán Zavala, is considered unanimously by orchestras, public and specialized press as one of the most interesting directors in Europe. In the last three years Roberto Beltrán has created a firm international reputation as a high level artist. During the two most recent seasons, the activities of master Beltrán included successful debuts with orchestras in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Romania, Poland, Malta and France.
