With a program that includes works by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Felix Mendelssohn, the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra begins its activities in the 2022 Season of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. The musical direction will be in charge of Enrique Arturo Diemecke and the show will feature performances by Linus Roth (violinist), Laura Pisani (soprano) and María Luisa Merino (mezzo-soprano).

On Friday, March 4 at 8:00 p.m., the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra offers its first concert of the year under the musical direction of maestro Enrique Arturo Diemecke, with performances by violinist Linus Roth, soprano Laura Pisani, and mezzo-soprano María Luisa Merino as soloists, and the participation of the Children’s Choir of the Teatro Colón directed by maestro César Bustamante.

The musical program will include the works Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op.35 by composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold and A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op.61 by Felix Mendelssohn.

Tickets are on sale and can be purchased online through the website of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

Also in person at the Teatro Colón ticket office (Tucumán 1171) from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and at the Tu Entrada location that operates in the Calle Viamonte 560 (Local 5) from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra won two Platinum Konex Awards as the best Argentine orchestra of the last two decades, in 1999 and 2009. In 2017 the Association of Music Critics of Argentina distinguished it with the “Best Argentine Symphony Orchestra” Award. in 2016, an award that he also received in 2014 and 2012. In 2019 he received the Diploma of Merit from the Konex Foundation in the Argentine orchestra category. In 2021 it celebrated its 75th anniversary.

The Children’s Choir of the Teatro Colón participates in the works scheduled for each season by the theater, whether they are interventions in the operas or in the symphonic-choral concerts. It also makes presentations in other rooms, responding to invitations from various cultural institutions with a varied a cappella choral repertoire. The training and experience obtained by the members of the Choir through the consistent performance of this activity results in the promotion of early vocations, which in many cases lead to valuable artistic careers.