The National Symphony starts face to face concerts
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With a free masterful presentation called "Beethoven's Festival," in honor of the great composer Ludwig Van Beethoven, the National Symphony Orchestra, regained his face-to-face presentations.
The concert had half the capacity at the National Theater and with the implementation of all biosecurity measures required by the Ministry of Health, last night of Wednesday, April 21.
Jorge Ledezma Bradley, director of the OSN, was in charge of leading the program, including pieces by JohanN Sebastian and Ludwig Van Beethoven and where she also had to be accompanied at the violin by the soloist Arlene Magallón.
To Ledezma Bradley, "Beethoven was one of the great of his age and one of the most important so his music will last up to today. He recalled that last year they have been about 250 years after his birth, but we have been unable to hold a celebration for the reasons of the pandemic."
That's why, in this return to the stage "we have wanted to pay this tribute to the immortal composer," added the director of the OSN.
Gabriel González, Vice Minister of Culture, in his welcoming speech emphasized that the last face-to-face concert at the National Symphony Orchestra occurred on 18 February 2020 at the Balboa Theater.
Since then, this music collective has moved its talent to social networks at the Ministry of Culture, where 80 presentations have been broadcast.
The viewer has been able to enjoy the performances of each of the sections that make up the OSN and participation in Panama Solidario, segmented in small groups, added the deputy minister
To complement the night, at the Foyer of the National Theater, visitors saw an exhibition of the works of the Roberto Lewis visual arts contest, a contest organized every year by the National Direction of The Arts.
On April 27, the OSN returned to the National Theater and will have as his soloist Manuel Acosta with his flute and Piccolo, directed by Ricardo Risco Cortés, with pieces by Antonio Vivaldi and his second part by Ludwig van Beethoven.
