Filarmed, to learn with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra has been selected in the mentoring program of the Association of British Orchestras and the British Council. María Catalina Prieto Vásquez, executive director of Filarmed will have the director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as a mentor. Michael Eakin, director and CEO of the oldest professional symphony orchestra in the United Kingdom, which in addition to its concerts, is a leader in the development of educational, artistic and community projects, will accompany the director of Filarmed for 12 months in the search for innovations and strategies in the orchestra's management model, to aim for its sustainability and permanence over time.  

The second cohort, this mentoring program carried out by the Association of British Orchestras with the support of the British Council, also benefits the Medellín Philharmonic and three other orchestras located in Ukraine, Poland and Qatar.  

For María Catalina, this program allows not only to have feedback from the executive director of one of the most important orchestras in the United Kingdom, but will also give Filarmed the possibility of analyzing the trends of British orchestras, even creating strategies to confront some phenomena. such as the post-pandemic and globalization. “We will learn from the best. The mentoring will allow us to be in contact with a country and an association that has a very great orchestral tradition, this points to the strategic line of the Medellín Philharmonic to become a reference in all of Latin America,” explains the executive director. 

In addition to personalized work with Michael Eakin, Filarmed is invited to the Annual Congress of the Association of British Orchestras, in February 2023, a space in which it will continue to strengthen networking with other organizations and disciplines.