Other Concerts

Grand Altagraciano Concert

From the year 1995 until 2009, Sinfonia was in charge of  organizing the “Gran Concierto Altagraciano”, sponsored by the Bishopric of Higuey and Banco Popular Dominicano.  This concert is celebrated each year in the month of January in “Basilica Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia Basilica” in honour of  the Virgin.

It is open to the public and has been celebrated inside and in frontal part of the basilica.

Operalia Winners Gala “Voces del Mundo para el Sur”

As part of their fundraising activities for the execution of their programs, in the years 2003 and 2005,  Fundación Sur Futuro celebrated two great galas with the winners of the Operalia Competition. Operalia is a world renowned  opera competition founded by the famous tenor and orchestra conductor, Plácido Domingo.

2005 Gala  – Maria Jooste, soprano; John Matz, tenor and Diogenes Randes, bass.

National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Eugene Kohn

2003 Gala – Yali Marie Williams, soprano; Kate Aldrich, mezzosoprano; Israel Lozano, tenor; Lester Lynch, baritone and Orlin Anastassov, bass

National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Kohn

The gala programmed for the year 2007 had to be cancelled due the passing of tropical storm Olga through our country.

Other outstanding events

Maestro Plácido Domingo

On three occasions we have had the privilege of presenting “The King of Opera” the captivating and extraordinary tenor, Plácido Domingo.

The first gala, sponsored by Banco Popular Dominicano, was celebrated in the Main Hall of Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito in the year 2002. Maestro Domingo, together with soprano Ana Maria Martínez,  presented  a thrilling program composed of  arias and opera and zarzuela duos.

The second gala “De mi Alma Latina, also sponsored by Banco Popular, was presented in Gran Teatro Cibao in the year  2004,  with Mexican singer Tania Libertad. In both galas the National  Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Maestro Eugene Kohn

En 2011  Plácido Domingo returned, this time invited by  Fundación Sur Futuro to present the concert  “Lo mejor de mi alma latina”  in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of that prestigious institution.   Together with Maestro Domingo was soprano Iride Martínez and mezzosoprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera.  On this occasion the National Symphony Orchestra was conducted by  Maestro Ramón Tebar.

Orquesta Nacional de España

In September 2002 we presented the Orquesta Nacional de España for the first time in Santo Domingo.  This presentation was a true musical event, not only because the orchestra is one of the most outstanding in the world,  but because it was conducted by a legend, Maestro Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

The orchestra included Santo Domingo as part of their American tour thanks to the generous collaboration of the Spanish Ministry of Culture, of the National Institute of Scenic Arts and Music, of the Spanish Embassy in Santo Domingo and of our Ministry of Culture.

Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra

In May 2006, we presented this dynamic orchestra, conducted by its Principal Conductor, Alejandro Posada Gomez in our National Theater Eduardo Brito.  Santo Domingo was the closing of their American tour in commemoration of the fifth centennial of the death in Valladolid of Admiral Christopher Columbus. Together with a Spanish repertoire, the orchestra played Antonin Dvorak’s New World Symphony in homage to this tour.  The tour was sponsored by the Junta de Castilla y León, the Spanish Embassy and Spanish Cultural Center in Dominican Republic,  our Ministry of Culture, Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito and Dominican enterprises of Spanish origin.

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

As part of their summer tour that took them to various Latin-American countries, in August 2010 we had the privilege of presenting, together with the Ministry of Culture and Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito, two historic concerts with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

During two memorable nights our audience enjoyed five of the most emblematic symphonies of composer Ludwig van Beethoven, played by this exceptional orchestra, conducted by its mythical and legendary director, Daniel Barenboim.

Others

Fundación Sinfonía has offered its support for the organization of fundraising concerts, with the National Symphony Orchestra to institutions such as:  Parroquia Santísima Trinidad;  R., Fundación Loyocan; Fundación Dominicana de Infectologia; Instituto de Ayuda al Sordo Santa Rosa de Lima; Corazones Unidos; Fundación Sindrome de Down; Fundación Dominicana de Enfermedades Respiratorias; Fundación Juan Juan Manuel Taveras R.; Consular Corps in the Dominican Republic; Heart Care Dominicana; Fundolor, amongst others.

Other institutions such as Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones, Compañía Dominicana de Teléfonos and others have celebrated their anniversaries with gala concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra, in the National Theater Eduardo Brito as well as Gran Teatro del Cibao in Santiago, always with the support of Sinfonía.