The presentation included an important selection of works and the participation of two important world-renowned figures.

With a concert marked by 'Joy & Jubilee', the University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra He offered his successful first concert of the 2019 season before a packed hall. The long-awaited presentation featured the audacity of two world-renowned figures, who put the finishing touch to a new anniversary of the ULS.

For the Rector, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés Pizarro, “both the orchestra and its guest artists have offered a wonderful show to the community. I believe that these celebrations of the University of La Serena on its thirty-eighth anniversary have closed with a golden seal. We have seen the interpretations of some very beautiful pieces of music and this, once again, reaffirms to us that as a University we are fulfilling our role, which is to deliver culture and promote arts and music, as an important milestone in our development."

The first concert of the artistic-musical program called 'A journey through emotions', was directed by the bold Swiss conductor, Nicolas Rauss, who conducted an important selection of classic works. The concert began and culminated with the works of the Austrian, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who manifests his jubilant spirit through the Overture of the Bufa Opera 'Cosi fan tutte' ('The School of Lovers') and the Symphony No. 31, K 385, called 'Paris', due to the place where it was premiered in 1778. Likewise, the 'Suite for small orchestra' by the national composer and National Music Prize Winner (1948), Enrique Soro, was presented.

For his part, the Serenense soloist, Cristóbal Rojas Salinas, who is currently triumphing in Argentina with the Mendoza Philharmonic Orchestra, delighted the public with the 'Trumpet Concerto in E flat major' by Joseph Haydn, a pillar in the concert repertoire for the instrument due to the innovation of the time. After the opening, the concert artist stated that he was “just as the concert says: with joy and jubilation, I am very happy to have shown my work after so many years and to present this concert before a very captive audience, in which my friend was also present.” family and friends. In the future, who knows, I will be back in the box again with the Universidad de La Serena Symphony Orchestra,” he indicated.

For Irma González Valencia, who attended this first concert, it was an “impeccable presentation by our regional orchestra, it really was a magical night. The soloist's performance was surprising, with a beautiful trumpet work by Haydn and great execution. “I am very happy to witness this opening, I was looking forward to it.”

Trumpet master class

One of the guidelines that has positioned the professional group is the link with the environment and education through new alliances and activities that involve it with the community of the Coquimbo Region. As part of this season and within the framework of this first concert, the successful master class offered by the guest soloist, Cristóbal Rojas, to school and university students in the territory.

For the young trumpeter it was a great opportunity, since he was able to share his knowledge with the attendees “and I am very happy to have had the opportunity to help the little ones show them the way that they can grow in the world of music.” music and that there are people like me, like many colleagues who are playing at a very high level and who came from here, from the University of La Serena," he confessed.

It should be noted that this new season is financed by the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, which since 2016 has been attached to the National Budget Glosa; in addition to the important institutional support provided by the University of La Serena, through the Directorate of Linkage with the Environment and Extension (DIVEULS), and the Municipality of La Serena, through its Department of Culture.

Written by Camila Pérez, University of La Serena Symphony Orchestra