The activity was part of the 2014 Concert Series, organized by the ULS Extension Directorate.

Transversal and attractive, this is how we could define the first Chamber Concert presented by the performers Sergio Carvajal (piano) and Rodrigo Barraza (violin) in the premises of the Extension Center of the University of La Serena, who were eager to make their work known. I work in the Coquimbo Region. 

Students, academics, classical music fans and older adults were captivated by the extensive repertoire presented by these two music teachers from Copiapó, through contrast and interpretative fusion, giving life to masterful musical pieces in which compositions by the Chilean Miguel Letelier, the Frenchman Jules Massenet and the great German pianist and conductor Ludwig van Beethoven, were heard and applauded by the audience present.

The attention, respect and enthusiasm on the part of the attendees were evident the moment Carvajal opened the Chamber Concert with a piano solo in which he performed “Gavilán” by Violeta Parra, under the composition of Letelier, and then gave start the piano and violin duo with Rodrigo Barraza, his colleague and partner in this musical project presented in La Serena. In this way, both gave life to the classic works of Massenet and Beethoven, musical fusions that received very good reviews from viewers.

“As for the concert, it is quite interesting, since the pianist plays a Chilean composer, Latin American music and making the contrast with the music of Beethoven and with Massenet - which is another style of music - is quite interesting as a concert for people. and also for the performer,” said the piano academic of the Music Department of the U. de La Serena, Javier Malebrán.

For his part, Rubén Herrera, a veterinarian by profession and a fan of music, said that he found the Chamber Concert to be an attractive and captivating activity for his mind and spirit. “He was quite good, attractive, with quite a lot of prominence on the part of the performers. The duo was good, especially Beethoven's Primavera sonata and then Massenet's, excellent. Good sound and it attracted the audience, it captivated them (…). A good moment of fun, attraction and spirit, because with this melody we brighten our minds and our spirit because they are very beautiful melodies,” said Herrera, who was very pleased with the presentation of these two northern performers.