Spanish Inspiration

We invite you to a unique concert full of southern temperament, colors and musical emotions. “Spanish Inspirations” is a meeting with music in which the vibrancy of Spanish dance, lyricism, rhythm and unusual colors of the orchestra are intertwined.

The evening will begin with Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga's “Los feliz”, a youthful work by the composer sometimes called “the Spanish Mozart”. Already in this composition we find Arriaga's characteristic combination of classic elegance with Spanish temperament.

The central point of the program will be “Iberia” by Isaac Albéniz in the elaboration of M. Madrid. This is an extremely colorful musical journey through Spain, in which the composer evokes the atmosphere of Seville, the port bustle and the streets of Albacín. The program will include three parts of this famous cycle: “Corpus Christi en Sevilla”, “El puerto” and “El albaicín”. The pianistic originality of the work will be replaced here by an orchestration full of color and dynamism, allowing to bring out new sonic nuances from Albéniz's music.

The Spanish character of the concert will also be highlighted by Gerónimo Giménez's “La boda de Luis Alonso” — full of energy and dance charm of zarzuela, a genre that combines music, singing and theater. It is a composition seething with rhythm, humor and temperament that transports the listeners to the world of the Spanish scene of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Finally, we will return to the work of Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga, presenting his Symphony in D major. The work impresses with its classical form, clarity and youthful energy of the composer, whose untimely death has left his work small but extremely interesting.

“Spanish Inspirations” is a concert in which the classical form meets the southern temperament and the music becomes a journey through the different faces of Spain — from the opera scene, through the streets of Seville, the port landscapes and Andalusian neighborhoods, to the symphonic world of Arriaga.

On this evening full of rhythm, color and Spanish emotions, you will be accompanied by the Karol Namysłowski Symphony Orchestra in Zamość under the baton of José Rodilla Tortajada.

REPERTOIRE:
Joan Chrysostom of Arriaga — The Happy Slaves
Isaac Albéniz: Iberia
Corpus Christi in Seville
The port
The Albaicin
Gerónimo Gimenez — The Wedding of Luis Alonso
Juan Chrysostom de Arriaga — Symphony in D Major

CONTRACTORS:
Karol Namysłowski Symphony Orchestra in Zamość
Jose Tortajada Knee

PLACE:
Column Hall in the Zamoyski Palace, entrance E, 1 Akademicka Street

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Jose Miguel Rodilla

He was born in Valencia, Spain. He studied conducting, musical composition and clarinet playing while studying at conservatories in Valencia, Alicante, Rotterdam and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and also obtained
Honours Diploma in Conducting from the Royal College of Music (LRSM). As part of additional education, he participated in various courses taught by J. Collado, M. Gielena and A. Cecatto.
He is currently the head of the Department of Orchestral Conducting at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Murcia, a lecturer at the DIESIS Conducting Academy and artistic director of the MEDITERRANEAN SOLOISTS chamber orchestra.
Rodilla made his debut as a conductor with the Orquesta del Conservatorio de Murcia in 1990, where he has been principal conductor since 1996, touring in Spain, Hungary and Portugal.
In 1991 he received the “Award for Best Conductor” at the International Youth Festival
Orchestra of Murcia.
In 1993, he founded the Concertus Novo Chamber Orchestra, pursuing his dream of creating a contemporary music ensemble. This was followed by numerous invitations to the most prestigious festivals of contemporary music. Some of these performances were broadcast live on RNE radio.
From 1996 to 2012 he was the principal conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia. He has conducted a wide repertoire, from early music to contemporary pieces, and has performed with many international soloists.

As a guest conductor he has performed with leading orchestras, including the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfónica de RTVE, Baden-Baden Philharmonic, Aachen Symphony Orchestra, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Hradec Králové Philharmonic, Szeged Symphony Orchestra Orchestra, Toronto Philharmonic, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Gangneung (South Korea), Rousse State Opera Orchestra, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Cascais and Oeiras Chamber Orchestra, Martin Philharmonic, Northern Bohemian Philharmonic in Teplicach, Moravia
Philharmonic in Olomouc, Czech Chamber Orchestra in Pardubice, Symphony Orchestra in Karlovy Vary,
Municipal Symphony Orchestra in Caracas, San Remo Symphony Orchestra, Lake Como Philharmonic Philharmoniker, FVG Mitteleuropa Orchestra in Udine, Philharmonic in Jalisco, Kuzbass Symphony Orchestra in Kemerovo (Russia), Community Orchestra of Madrid, Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias, Czestochowa Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias Poznań Academy Symphony Orchestra, Milano Classica Chamber Orchestra, Fiorentina Chamber Orchestra, Bari Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
in Valencia, the Extremadura Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Porto, the Algarve Orchestra, the Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bayonne Côte Basque Orchestra, the Castile and León Symphony Orchestra and the Malaga City Orchestra.

Maestro Rodilla has been invited to conduct at such prestigious events as the “Festival in Cesky Krumlov” in the Czech Republic, the “Ravelo Festival” in Italy, the “Teresa Carreño International Theater Festival in Caracas” in Venezuela and the “International Festival of Contemporary Music in Alicante” in Spain.
Soloists who performed under Rodilla included Joaquín Achúcarro, Steven Isserlis, Pierre Amoyal, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Tedi Papavrami, Sol Gabetta, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Bulent Evcil, Javier Perianes, Iván Martín, Ludmil Angelov, Pepe Romero, Los Romero Quartet, Asier Polo, Leonel Morales, Jan Simon, Michel Camilo, Guy Touvron and singers like Ana Mª Sánchez, Ainhoa Arteta, Elisabete Matos, Mª José Montiel, etc.
His operatic and zarzuel repertoire included such works as “Carmen”, “Norma”, “Traviata”, “Lucia of Lammemoor”, “Elixir of Love”, “Cavalleria Rusticana”, “Pagliacci”, “Marina”, “La Tempestad”, “La Tabernera del Puerto”, “Gigantes y Cabezudos”, “La viéjita””, “La revoltosa”, “Luisa Fernanda” and “The lightning”.
Some of Mr. Rodilla's most notable performances as guest conductor in the upcoming season include
performances in the Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, France, South Korea and Spain.