Madrid, October 9, 2025.- The Reina Sofía School of Music celebrates a historic milestone in its trajectory as an international benchmark for the teaching of young musicians, offering the public its debut at the emblematic Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage of the Carnegie Hall in New York.
On Thursday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m., the Reina Sofía School Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its principal conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, together with musicians from the Youth Philharmonic of Colombia, will experience an unforgettable moment on the stage of Carnegie Hall. The Emirati cellist Elham Al Marzooqi, a regular performer at the Abu Dhabi Festival, and Rolanda Ginkute, a former student of the School and second principal violin of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, will also be part of the orchestra as guest artists the Emirati cellist Elham Al Marzooqi, a regular performer at the Abu Dhabi Festival, and Rolanda Ginkute, a former student of the School and second principal violin of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra.
Under the presidency of S.M. Queen Sofía, the concert “Journey to the New World”, will begin by evoking the lively, cheerful and light character, like a musical genre painting, of ‘El Puerto’ from the work Iberia by Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909). It will continue with one of the most performed works of the 20th century American repertoire, the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra op.14 by Samuel Barber (1910-1981), together with the internationally renowned French violinist Renaud Capuçon, and to close the evening the Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95, From the New World, by Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), a work whose world premiere took place at Carnegie Hall in 1893.
During their stay in New York, the students will participate in a series of social and educational activities, with the aim of building bridges with relevant American institutions and offering young musicians an experience in addition to the concert. Thus, the School’s students will have the opportunity to participate in activities with the New York Philharmonic, the Juilliard School, the Ensemble Connect of Carnegie Hall, the Queen Sofía Institute and the Harmony Program.
The concert will have the support of an Honorary Committee.
President
H. E. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson of Qatar Foundation
Members
- Paloma O’Shea, Founding President of the Reina Sofía School of Music
- Ana Botín, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Reina Sofía School of Music
- Aline Foriel-Destezet, Member of the International Circle of the Reina Sofía School of Music
- Beatrice Santo Domingo, Member of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall
- Bobby Kotick and Dr. Pouneh Beizai
- H. E. Huda I. Alkhamis-Kanoo, Founder of Abu Dhabi Festival
Likewise, the School has the support of the following in this project: Banco Santander; Bloomberg Philanthropies; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Abu Dhabi Festival; Cutrale North America; Fundación Damm; Henkell Freixenet; Jenny Johnson; JPMorganChase; Marie-Josée & Henry R. Kravis; Stoneshield;Yongsoo Huh; Bank of America; Centerview Partners; Claudio Aguirre; Exxon Mobil Corporation; Goldman Sachs; Management Solutions; Marie-Christine Dutheillet de Lamothe; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Teresa A.L. Bulgheroni.
The School’s Orchestra has the collaboration of Freixenet.
