The New World Symphony was composed by Czech Antonin Dvorak to somehow explain America to Europeans, and it was just performed by the philharmonic orchestras of China and Cuba in Havana. If that’s not ecumenism, I don’t know what could be…
The Avellaneda Hall of the National Theater of Cuba staged this great ensemble, under the direction of Cuban maestro Enrique Perez Mesa. The concert included the Overture of Ruslan and Ludmila, composed by Mihail Glinka, based on the homonym poem of Alexander Pushkin; as well as No. 1 Concert for piano and orchestra of Ludwig van Beethoven.
It was the perfect farewell for Chinese artist, who gave a previous concert with an original repertoire of her country under the direction of maestro Yu Long, one of the most distinguished batons worldwide. This orchestra is among the 10 most famous in the world, together with the Philharmonics of Berlin, London and New York.
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