The CNDM and the Reina Sofía School celebrate European Music Day with Juanjo Mena and the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra

• The program will include the overture to Richard Wagner’s The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Franz A. Hoffmeister’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D major, performed by the young soloist Noemí Fúnez, and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D major.
• The concert will take place on Wednesday, June 21, at 7:30 p.m., in the Symphony Hall of the National Music Auditorium.
• Tickets are now on sale through the ticket offices of the National Music Auditorium, the INAEM theater network, entradasinaem.es, and by calling 91 193 93 21.

Madrid, April 26, 2023.- The National Center for Musical Diffusion (CNDM), in its commitment to promoting young talents, celebrates European Music Day with an extraordinary concert (outside of the season ticket) by the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Reina Sofía School of Music, under the direction of Juanjo Mena and with the participation as soloist of the violist Noemí Fúnez. In this evening, the young orchestra will address three jewels of the symphonic repertoire: the overture of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg by Richard Wagner, the Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D major by Franz A. Hoffmeister and the Symphony No. 1 in D major by Gustav Mahler. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphony Hall of the National Music Auditorium.

On Music Day 2023, the CNDM focuses on young promises of musical interpretation through this co-production within the framework of the 30th anniversary of the Reina Sofía School. To this end, it will feature the participation of the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra, created in 1993 and positioned as a national benchmark. Legends of composition, interpretation and orchestral direction such as Lorin Maazel, Luciano Berio, Jordi Savall and Zubin Mehta have taken to the stage to conduct young people who have subsequently become soloists or members of the most prestigious musical formations on the international scene.

On this occasion Juanjo Mena will be responsible for conducting the orchestra in this concert. Principal Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic for seven seasons (2011-2018), Juanjo Mena has conducted some of the most prestigious orchestras in Europe and North America, such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Boston and Chicago Symphonies, and the New York Philharmonic, among others. Awarded the National Music Prize in 2017, the Vitoria conductor – a disciple of Sergiu Celibidache – currently serves as Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Cincinnati May Festival, one of the choral festivals with the widest projection in North America.

Ticket sales

Tickets for Music Day (from €5 to €15) are now on sale through the ticket offices of the National Music Auditorium, the INAEM theater network, entradasinaem.es and by calling 91 193 93 21.

More information here.