New in the program of the Opening Concert Season 2024

New in the program of the opening concert of the 2024 Season “Connections” of the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra

The Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra informs that for health reasons the soloist Philippe Quint who would perform the Violin Concerto by Mendelssohn will not be able to accompany the opening concert of the 2024 Season “Connections”, which will take place on Saturday, February 17 at six in the afternoon at the Metropolitan Theater.

For this reason, this Saturday, also at six in the afternoon, the orchestra's chief conductor, David Greilsammer, will perform as soloist with a performance of the piano concerto no. 9 by Mozart. The rest of the program continues as planned.

Bold and incredibly innovative, the Concert no. 9 for piano by Mozart, represents an unprecedented achievement in terms of ambition, scope and originality. The concerto consists of three movements. He Allegro The opening song begins with an original stroke: where listeners would have expected a long orchestral introduction, Mozart instead precedes it with a small orchestral flourish answered by the soloist. The depth of the second movement, an extraordinary Andantino, contrasts with the atmosphere of the other two movements. He final, a rondo, contrasts the opening theme; an acceleration of the soloist, full of virtuoso episodes.

Concert program

• Voyage no. 2 – Wolfgang Ordóñez
• Piano Concerto No. 9 – W. A. Mozart
• Symphony no. 2 – S. Rachmaninoff
  Conductor and soloist: David Greilsammer 

Money back

For their part, those interested in keeping the ticket and attending the concert will be notified and will be able to attend the presentation with the same ticket purchased.

Therefore, people who want the money back should take the following steps into account:

• The money will only be refunded to people who purchased their tickets directly through the official LaTiquetera channels (Website and points of sale).
• In the PQRS section of www.latiquetera.com, file the return request. If the purchase was made with cash or PSE, you must provide the bank account information of the owner of the purchase in order to make the transfer.
• If the purchase was made with a credit card, the reversal is applied to your credit card. Credit card reversals take between 3 and 15 business days to be applied, in some cases it takes a little longer depending on the policies of each bank and franchise, but this is the general time.

The director and soloist

Recognized as one of today's most audacious conductors and pianists, David Greilsammer has brought to life numerous innovative projects, world premieres and disruptive encounters between different arts and cultures.

Revealing eclectic and fascinating programs, his piano recitals have been performed in numerous venues around the world, including New York's Lincoln Center, Washington's Kennedy Center, and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, among others.

Since 2013, David Greilsammer has served as musical and artistic director of the Geneva Camerata, and since 2022 as chief conductor of the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra.