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2022 Season “Diverse Music”

“…music and culture are the best response to intolerance, racism and hatred.” David Greilsammer, chief conductor of Filarmed In the 2022 Season we want to embrace diversity with music to promote equality, justice and tolerance in our society. Strengthen Filarmed artistically with the help of the main director and open […]

Resident Director Call

As part of the commitment to national talent, and the importance of being a platform for young practicing conductors, in 2018 the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra created the figure of the resident conductor, as an opportunity for a young and talented orchestral director to work permanently with the entire orchestra, nourishing himself with valuable learning. […]

Updated call for supernumerary bank 2022

The Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra invites musicians interested in being part of the orchestra's supernumerary bank to read this call carefully. The Filarmed supernumeraries will be summoned to participate in those performances in which the orchestra's staff must be expanded, according to the needs of the repertoire and the agenda. The payment is […]

With 200 musicians on stage, Jaime Martínez captivated France

What a proud teacher! World premiere To the rhythm of oboes, bassoons, French bagpipes and a lot of Caribbean flavor, maestro Jaime Martínez, head of oboes at Filarmed, presented in France the world premiere of his work Au clair de la Lune sous le ciel des caraïbes (In the clearing of moon under the Caribbean sky) in charge […]

Agenda Imagine the Future

In these times of great social challenges, culture feels like a vigorous wind that runs through our territory and brings us closer to other human beings with whom we share desires, uncertainties and certainties. It proposes conversations about the present we live in and encourages dreams about the future we build. We invite you to these meetings […]

Music tells stories

1996 “A very exotic instrument will arrive in the city that almost no one knows about,” said Professor Wilson Berrío to his students at the Belén Rincón Music School, located in Comuna 16 of Medellín. “It is very difficult to play, it requires a lot of study and effort,” the teacher continued explaining, to whom some young people [...]

Filarmed is in Palermo Cultural

After many years of working to share a headquarters where the musicians of the orchestra, the administrative team and the teachers of our educational line are gathered, today this desire for a headquarters for Filarmed becomes a reality. The orchestra will live with its offices, sheet music library and rehearsal space […]