The fourth and last day of said regional event considers the presentation of the young national conductor, Miguel Ángel Castro Reveco, who will conduct a valuable repertoire of six works.

With an attractive artistic program around Jorge Peña Hen's invaluable composer legacy - which has included talks, a documentary exhibition, an educational and piano concert, the launch of an album with works written by the maestro himself for String Quartet and a wide variety of artists on stage -, the Musical Festival in honor of his memory, his acclaimed figure as a leader, a born creator and irrefutable talent as a composer and musical arranger, will end four days of exchange and knowledge with a great symphonic concert in La Serena.

This is the fourth day of the regional event with free admission and open to the whole family, which is organized by the Mismar Cultural Association in the territory with the aim of socializing and sharing with students, soloists and national and international learned groups, as well as as well as with the community of the entire region, the least known facet of the creator of the first children's symphony orchestra in Chile and Latin America. The 'Jorge Peña Hen Musical Festival: A tribute to the maestro' comes to seal the work of two years of musicological research, which included the recovery of 41 complete works, the preparation of its catalog of scores, transcription and musical edition of each one of the master's priceless pieces.

The last evening of the Musical Festival will be held this Friday, October 19, with an interesting talk called 'Life and work of maestro Jorge Peña Hen', which will take place at 12:00 p.m. in the premises of the Liceo Gregorio Cordovez, home of the teacher's studies in which there is an important legacy of his memory, visualized both in the musical work that the educational establishment carries out with the boys, girls and young people who study there, as well as by its infrastructure, since it has a theater that carries the name of the composer murdered 45 years ago at the hands of the Caravan of Death.

Later, at 20:00 p.m., at the Municipal Theater of La Serena, the Mismar Cultural Association will put the finishing touch with Concert No. 4: 'Symphonic Works', by the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra and the Ensemble Member of the same house of higher education, directed by the prominent Chilean tenor Gonzalo Tomckwiack. The talented musicians will be under the baton of the young Chilean maestro, Miguel Ángel Castro Reveco, who will dazzle attendees with a powerful musical program consisting of six diverse works. The concert will open with 'Tonada' (e. III), and then perform the 'Suite for Strings' (c. XII) and its three movements: 1st Allegro, 2nd Pavana and 3rd Tempo from Cake-Walk, and the famous pieces with choral ensembles: 'Christmas Altarpieces' and 'Chanson d' Automne'; to later culminate with 'Two pieces in concert' and the performance of the overture of the children's opera “Cinderella”.

According to the words of the executive secretary of the La Serena Regional Symphony Orchestra Foundation, Rodrigo Díaz Cuevas, the participation of the professional orchestra of the Coquimbo Region “in this notable Festival in tribute and rescue of the pedagogical and musical work of Jorge Peña Hen , in its broadest sense, it is very pertinent for us to rescue his work and keep his figure in memory, it is a dignifying political-cultural act. It dignifies the community that takes and will take knowledge of his work, since it sought human development in our country in an equitable manner. What Peña Hen envisioned since his university youth is today becoming a reality through the multiple schools throughout the country that have opened their educational doors to orchestral teaching and practice. “He broke with academic prejudices so that many teachers and managers worked to create a broad socio-musical base from childhood,” he deepened.

For the outstanding national tenor Gonzalo Tomckwiack, this new participation in the Festival, this time together with the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra, “is always gratifying, especially with pieces such as the 'Christmas Altarpiece' which, by the way, It has not been performed for many years, and 'Chanson d' Automne', where it has been very interesting and beautiful to sing in French. I think it will be a very emotional moment for all of us who are close to the maestro's work, and we are also very excited to work with a young and talented director like Miguel Ángel Castro.”

For his part, the director in charge of closing this sublime tribute to the illustrious son of La Serena, indicated that “it is always an honor to participate with professional casts, the orchestra and the vocal ensemble have a lot of experience and everything will surely sound very good.” . I am very happy to participate in this closure, I am also with some expectation and anxiety since it is a well-compressed job in a very short time.” Likewise, Miguel Ángel Castro Reveco added that the final program includes two choral works by Jorge Peña Hen: “The 'Christmas Altarpieces' and 'The Autumn Song' ('Chanson d' Automne'), and these require a body vocal, of a mixed choir, and what better than to collaborate with a stable ensemble from the region to integrate these two casts and be able to revive these works by the maestro," said the national guest director.

It should be noted that the realization of the 'Jorge Peña Hen Musical Festival: A tribute to the maestro' is a project designed and carried out by the Mismar Cultural Association, financed through the 2018 Music Funds of the Ministry of Cultures, the Arts and Heritage. Its development included extensive musicological research, rescue, transcription, editing and publication of a large part of the maestro's work as a composer, which was covered by the FNDR 2016 Competitive Culture Funds of the Regional Government of Coquimbo.

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