Montreal – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:23:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Montreal – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 We can thank Jose Antonio Abreu and the Venezuelan School of conducting for the Montreal Symphony’s new maestro: Rafael Payare https://onvenezuela.com/we-can-thank-jose-antonio-abreu-and-the-venezuelan-school-of-conducting-for-the-montreal-symphonys-new-maestro-rafael-payare/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-can-thank-jose-antonio-abreu-and-the-venezuelan-school-of-conducting-for-the-montreal-symphonys-new-maestro-rafael-payare Mon, 15 Feb 2021 05:18:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=7542

It apparently did not take long for his future colleagues to conclude from his guest appearances in 2018 and 2019 that he was a serious candidate. As concertmaster Andrew Wan recalls, “From the very first moments of working with Maestro Payare in September 2018 we all felt a deep connection and tremendous chemistry with this exceptional artist. As a musician with the orchestra and as a member of the search committee I was thrilled to welcome him into our family here in Montreal.” By William Littler. Full Text->.TorontoStar

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