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This week, here is the entire 2009 season’s calendars for the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra. We will continue to put those events in our weekly lineup, but wanted our readers to have future dates around which special events and visits to the city can be planned. 

Spring / Summer Calendar: Symphonic Orchestra of Yucatan

This is one of the most exciting symphony seasons anywhere in the world! Not only does our new director have a fabulous resume, but the guest performers are world famous in their own right. Be sure and click on the names for which we have links – and get your tickets early!

Location: All Performances are to be held at Teatro Peon Contreras
Time: Weekdays: 9:00 PM, Sunday: 12:00 PM (unless otherwise specified)
Admission: $150, $100, $80, and $60 pesos (students & INAPAM 50% discount)

Gala de Ballet

Juan Carlos Lomónaco Director
Soloists from Centro de Arte Bertha de la Peña
Music by Straus, Tchaikovsky, and others.
January: Thursday 22, Friday 23, Sunday 25

Los Grandes Compositores
Juan Carlos Lomónaco Director
Piano Soloist: Gustavo Rivero Weber
Music: Beethoven’s Overture Coriolanus, Mozart’s Piano Concerto # 17, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony # 4
February: Friday 6, Sunday 8

200 Years of Felix Mendelssohn
Enrique Barrios, Guest Director
(Conductor & Director: Aguascalientes Symphony)
Clarinet soloist: Luis Obregón 
Music: Medrano Tribute to Copland, Weber Clarinet Concert # 1, Mendelssohn Symphony # 4: The Italian
February: Friday 13, Sunday 15

Gala Romántica
Juan Carlos Lomónaco Director
Violin Soloist: Erika Dobosiewicz
Music: Berlioz’s Roman Carnival, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, Brahms’ Symphony # 4
March: Friday 2, Sunday 8

Gala de Opera
Juan Carlos Lomónaco Director
With performances by Mia Monforte (soprano),
Conchita de  Antuñano (mezzo soprano) and
Arturo Martin (tenor)  Mia Monforte and Arturo Martin now world famous former students of Alberto Alvarez, and Conchita de Antuñano is a legend the world over. Together, they make this an absolute “Must See” performance!
Works and arias by: Rossini, Verdi, Bizet, de Falla, Wagner, Saint-Saens, and Puccini
March: Friday 13, Sunday 15

200 Years of Feliz Mendelssohn
Juan Carlos Lomónaco Director
Violin Soloist: Christopher Collins Lee
Music: Mendelssohn’s Overture: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Capricho Italiano, Rimsky Korsakov’s Capricho Español
March: Friday 27, Sunday 29

Gala Clásica
Fernando Valcarcel, Guest Director. This young man is from Peru. He is in great demand both at home and throughout the world. Hopefully, we can entice him back to Merida again and again!
Flute Soloist: Zendra Meador and Harpist: Ruth Bennett – both members of our Symphony Orchestra of Yucatan.
Music: Mozart’s Overture: The Marriage of Figaro, Motzart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, and Beethoven’s Symphony 8.
April: Friday 3, Sunday 5

Gala Didáctica
Juan Carlos Lomónaco Director
Pianists: Merida’s own Marieli Sosa and Zuleika Diaz. We have seen them in recitals and other performances, sometimes with Alberto Alvarez.
Music: Saint-Saems’ Carnival of the Animals, and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
April: Sunday 16

Gala Mágica
Juan Carlos Lomónaco Director
Soprano: Irasema Terrazas
Music: Mozart’s Overture: The Magic Flute, Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate, Mahler’s Symphony # 4
May: Friday 8, Sunday 10

Opera: The Barber of Seville
Performers include:
Tenor: Oscar de la Torre 
Bass: Sergio Meneses and Emilio Carsi
Mezzo Soprano: Gabriela Thierry 
Baritone: Jésus Suaste 
May: Friday 29, Sunday 31 (7:00 PM)
June: Tuesday 2, Thursday 4, Saturday 6 (9:00 PM)

Triple Concerto
Piano: Irina Decheva   
Violin: Iliana Stefanova
Cello: Veselin Dechev
These are three of the four members of the Cuarteto Orpheus
Tonight, they will play: Revueltas’ Janitzio, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations.
June: Friday 19, Sunday 21

Gala Nacionalista & Impresionista
Juan Carlos Lomónaco Director
Featured Guitarist: Pablo Gómez  
Music: Moncayo’s Tierra de Temporal, Ponce’s Southern Concerto for Guitar, Debussy’s La Mer, and Ravel’s Bolero
July: Friday 3, Sunday 5

For ongoing events and classes in Merida,
please click here for our Ongoing Events Calendar

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