Performed by: Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra / Nafarroako Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Orchestration: Federico Moreno Torroba (1933-)
Larregla was a prolific composer who worked in many genres, from religious and secular songs to symphonies and zarzuelas. His talent as a player was also reflected in his work for piano, that includes folkloric compositions and others more reminiscent of 19th century romanticism.
In Suite Navarra, Federico Moreno Torroba combines several compositions by his grandfather Joaquín Larregla in one work, also producing the orchestration of each of them.
From 5 to 9 September 2022.
Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra
The current Navarre Symphony Orchestra was founded by Pablo Sarasate in 1879, making it the oldest working orchestra in Spain. It is currently part of the Baluarte Foundation, an institution funded mainly by the Government of Navarre and, as such, it is the province’s official orchestra. The Navarre Symphony Orchestra (OSN) has been around for almost one hundred and forty years, playing in major auditoriums, opera seasons and festivals, both in Spain and abroad. Highlights include playing at the Champs Elysées Theatre and the Châtelet Theatre in Paris several times, plus a concert tour organised by the Universal Music record label encompassing important European concert halls. The orchestra is the benchmark ensemble for the works of composer and violinist Pablo Sarasate and their recording of this Navarrese composer’s complete works for Naxos, featuring the violinist Tianwa Yang, has been unanimously praised by international critics. With the same recording label, the OSN performed a programme of recordings with the Polish orchestra director Antoni Wit, lead conductor from 2013 up to the 2017-2018 season. The OSN plays for the public during an annual concert season in the cities of Pamplona and Tudela, in the Baluarte Auditorium and the Gaztambide Theatre, respectively, and it performs an important social and educational role throughout the province.
Jesús Echeverría
Director
Born in Olite, he received a scholarship from the Gipuzkoa Provincial Government to study conducting at the Vienna Conservatory with Julius Kalmar. In 1987, he won a place at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he furthered his training as a conductor with teachers such as Sir Colin Davis, Colin Metters, George Hurst, John Carewe and Horst Neuman. He completed his studies by winning the South Hall Memorial Prize in Conducting. He studied composition with Agustín González Acilu, Francisco Escudero, Tomás Marco, Javier Darias, Cristóbal Halffter and Mauricio Sotelo.
At the age of 23, he set up the Donostia Chamber Orchestra and, during his time in London, he founded The European Sinfonia.
He has conducted and recorded opera, zarzuela and symphonic-choral music in Spain, Poland, Japan, Latvia, Italy and Switzerland and he has conducted groups such as the Basque National Orchestra, the Latvian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra or the Navarre Symphony Orchestra where he was the Associate Conductor between 2015 and 2018.
He has received awards such as the INJUVE Composition Prize from the Navarre Institute of Sport and Youth, in 1998 and 1999, the International Pablo Sorozábal Composition Award for his work Cuarteto de Cuerda Nº 2 – Tétares or first prize for musical composition awarded by the Government of Navarre for his work Ennea III. In 2000, he received the 18th Joaquín Turina Award for musical composition, from Seville City Council, for his work Requiem Sine Verbis for a large orchestra, and the 15th Ciutat d’Alcoi Composition Prize for Coplas.
He is currently the analysis professor at Musikene - the Higher School of Music of the Basque Country and resident conductor for the La Rioja Symphony Orchestra.
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Performed by: Andrea Jiménez, soprano, and Rinaldo Zhok, piano
Joaquín Larregla was a pianist and a composer. His father's friendship with Emilio Arrieta contributed to his pursuit of musical studies. In Pamplona, he attended the Municipal Academy of Music and, thanks to Arrieta, completed his studies at the Madrid Conservatory. There he studied piano with Dámaso Zabalza, harmony with José Aranguren and composition with Emilio Arrieta, obtaining the Madrid Conservatory’s Piano Prize in 1882. He was also a teacher of vocal ensemble and piano at that same conservatory. He accompanied Pablo Sarasate in the San Fermín concerts, organised by the violinist. As of this day, there is no complete catalogue of Larregla's work. Although the bulk of his body of work focuses on piano compositions, he also composed two zarzuelas, religious works, and songs for vocals and piano.
14 to 18 September 2020.
Andrea Jiménez
She began her musical studies at the Pablo Sarasate Conservatory in Pamplona, specialising in violin and singing. With a scholarship from the University of Bern (Switzerland) and the Government of Navarre, in 2016 she was part of the Swiss Opera Studio of the University of Bern. At the same time, she worked at the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn in the 2017/18 season, performing the roles of Brigitte in Iolanta by Tchaikovsky, Valencienne in Die lustige Witwe by Lehár, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by Gazzaniga in Swiss theatres, under directors such as Vladislav Karklin or Jérôme Pillement. Among her performances, she has stood out in roles such as that of Fräulein Silberklang in Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor, Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Serpina in Pergolesi's La serva padrona, or Adina and Giannetta in Donizetti's L’elisir d’amore.
Rinaldo Zhok
Born in Trieste (Italy), he began learning piano at the age of 7 under his mother’s teaching. He continued his studies with Clara Lenuzza at the Giuseppe Tartini State Conservatory in Trieste. He completed his education at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, under the guidance of the famous duo Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, specialising in piano duo together with Cristina Santín. As a soloist, he continued his training at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen (Germany), where he obtained his second Konzertdiplom under the guidance of Boris Bloch. He also studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy), graduating cum laude under the guidance of Sergio Perticaroli and Stefano Fiuzzi. He continued his training in courses imparted by such teachers such as Lazar Berman, Riccardo Zadra, Dario De Rosa, Mauro Minguzzi and Pier Narciso Masi. He has performed numerous concerts in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and Norway, both as a soloist, in chamber ensembles and with orchestras. He has also collaborated with young artists such as Massimiliano Miani, first soloist clarinet of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and violinist Ana María Valderrama. Since 2014, he has played piano duo with Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro.
He has received awards in numerous competitions (F. Mendelssohn International Competition for young pianists 2003 - 1st prize; the International Piano Competition Halina Czerny-Stefańska in memoriam, Poznan, 2008 - 4th prize; International Piano Competition Performance Without Limits, Lodz, 2013 - 1st prize). He has recorded two piano music CDs, premiering music by Italian composers Mario Zafred and Antonio Bibalo. Since 2013, he has been an artist for Odradek Records, where he debuted with a CD recording of Franz Liszt's paraphrases and transcriptions of Giuseppe Verdi's music.
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Performed by: Andrea Jiménez, soprano, and Rinaldo Zhok, piano
Born in Lumbier, Joaquín Larregla was a composer and a pianist. Despite dying in the 20th century, his performance style is more related to the virtuosity of the 19th century. Many of the works that he composed were published during his own lifetime. Among his best known compositions are the brilliant jotas for piano ¡Viva Navarra! and ¡Siempre pa alante!, dedicated to the Orfeón Pamplonés ; arrangements of these compositions were also made for choir and orchestra. Meciendo la cuna, composed by Larregla, was published in 1888 by A. Romero. The composition was dedicated "to the boy Luis Gómez and Bea".
14 to 18 September 2020.
Andrea Jiménez
She began her musical studies at the Pablo Sarasate Conservatory in Pamplona, specialising in violin and singing. With a scholarship from the University of Bern (Switzerland) and the Government of Navarre, in 2016 she was part of the Swiss Opera Studio of the University of Bern. At the same time, she worked at the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn in the 2017/18 season, performing the roles of Brigitte in Iolanta by Tchaikovsky, Valencienne in Die lustige Witwe by Lehár, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by Gazzaniga in Swiss theatres, under directors such as Vladislav Karklin or Jérôme Pillement. Among her performances, she has stood out in roles such as that of Fräulein Silberklang in Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor, Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Serpina in Pergolesi's La serva padrona, or Adina and Giannetta in Donizetti's L’elisir d’amore.
Rinaldo Zhok
Born in Trieste (Italy), he began learning piano at the age of 7 under his mother’s teaching. He continued his studies with Clara Lenuzza at the Giuseppe Tartini State Conservatory in Trieste. He completed his education at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, under the guidance of the famous duo Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, specialising in piano duo together with Cristina Santín. As a soloist, he continued his training at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen (Germany), where he obtained his second Konzertdiplom under the guidance of Boris Bloch. He also studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy), graduating cum laude under the guidance of Sergio Perticaroli and Stefano Fiuzzi. He continued his training in courses imparted by such teachers such as Lazar Berman, Riccardo Zadra, Dario De Rosa, Mauro Minguzzi and Pier Narciso Masi. He has performed numerous concerts in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and Norway, both as a soloist, in chamber ensembles and with orchestras. He has also collaborated with young artists such as Massimiliano Miani, first soloist clarinet of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and violinist Ana María Valderrama. Since 2014, he has played piano duo with Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro.
He has received awards in numerous competitions (F. Mendelssohn International Competition for young pianists 2003 - 1st prize; the International Piano Competition Halina Czerny-Stefańska in memoriam, Poznan, 2008 - 4th prize; International Piano Competition Performance Without Limits, Lodz, 2013 - 1st prize). He has recorded two piano music CDs, premiering music by Italian composers Mario Zafred and Antonio Bibalo. Since 2013, he has been an artist for Odradek Records, where he debuted with a CD recording of Franz Liszt's paraphrases and transcriptions of Giuseppe Verdi's music.
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Performed by: Andrea Jiménez, soprano, and Rinaldo Zhok, piano
A piano concert player and also a composer, although he was based in Madrid, Joaquín Larregla never lost his ties with Navarre. The influence of the Autonomous Community is reflected in a great deal of his work, which is based on Navarrese folklore. His two zarzuelas, La Roncalesa and Miguel Andrés, are set in Navarre and contain musical fragments taken from oral tradition. Miguel Andrés was performed for a long time in the tributes to old age that were held in the Taconera park. Additional works of his based on folklore include his zortzikos Nacer y morir, Laurak-bat and Navarra montañesa.
14 to 18 September 2020.
Andrea Jiménez
She began her musical studies at the Pablo Sarasate Conservatory in Pamplona, specialising in violin and singing. With a scholarship from the University of Bern (Switzerland) and the Government of Navarre, in 2016 she was part of the Swiss Opera Studio of the University of Bern. At the same time, she worked at the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn in the 2017/18 season, performing the roles of Brigitte in Iolanta by Tchaikovsky, Valencienne in Die lustige Witwe by Lehár, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by Gazzaniga in Swiss theatres, under directors such as Vladislav Karklin or Jérôme Pillement. Among her performances, she has stood out in roles such as that of Fräulein Silberklang in Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor, Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Serpina in Pergolesi's La serva padrona, or Adina and Giannetta in Donizetti's L’elisir d’amore.
Rinaldo Zhok
Born in Trieste (Italy), he began learning piano at the age of 7 under his mother’s teaching. He continued his studies with Clara Lenuzza at the Giuseppe Tartini State Conservatory in Trieste. He completed his education at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, under the guidance of the famous duo Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, specialising in piano duo together with Cristina Santín. As a soloist, he continued his training at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen (Germany), where he obtained his second Konzertdiplom under the guidance of Boris Bloch. He also studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy), graduating cum laude under the guidance of Sergio Perticaroli and Stefano Fiuzzi. He continued his training in courses imparted by such teachers such as Lazar Berman, Riccardo Zadra, Dario De Rosa, Mauro Minguzzi and Pier Narciso Masi. He has performed numerous concerts in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and Norway, both as a soloist, in chamber ensembles and with orchestras. He has also collaborated with young artists such as Massimiliano Miani, first soloist clarinet of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and violinist Ana María Valderrama. Since 2014, he has played piano duo with Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro.
He has received awards in numerous competitions (F. Mendelssohn International Competition for young pianists 2003 - 1st prize; the International Piano Competition Halina Czerny-Stefańska in memoriam, Poznan, 2008 - 4th prize; International Piano Competition Performance Without Limits, Lodz, 2013 - 1st prize). He has recorded two piano music CDs, premiering music by Italian composers Mario Zafred and Antonio Bibalo. Since 2013, he has been an artist for Odradek Records, where he debuted with a CD recording of Franz Liszt's paraphrases and transcriptions of Giuseppe Verdi's music.
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Performed by: Andrea Jiménez, soprano, and Rinaldo Zhok, piano
Pianist and composer. The friendship between his father and Emilio Arrieta influenced Joaquín Larregla to take up musical studies. In Pamplona, he attended the Municipal Academy of Music and, thanks to Arrieta, completed his studies at the Madrid Conservatory. In the capital, he attended the gatherings that Emilio Arrieta organised at his house. In these gatherings he came into contact with Julián Gayarre who, when returning from his travels, brought scores of newly released operas for Joaquín Larregla to perform. Based on the poetry of Eusebio Blasco, Larregla composed Cuatro melodías: Padre nuestro, Laurak-bat (zortziko), Nacer y morir (poetic-musical thought) and Canción cómica.
14 to 18 September 2020.
Andrea Jiménez
She began her musical studies at the Pablo Sarasate Conservatory in Pamplona, specialising in violin and singing. With a scholarship from the University of Bern (Switzerland) and the Government of Navarre, in 2016 she was part of the Swiss Opera Studio of the University of Bern. At the same time, she worked at the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn in the 2017/18 season, performing the roles of Brigitte in Iolanta by Tchaikovsky, Valencienne in Die lustige Witwe by Lehár, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by Gazzaniga in Swiss theatres, under directors such as Vladislav Karklin or Jérôme Pillement. Among her performances, she has stood out in roles such as that of Fräulein Silberklang in Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor, Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Serpina in Pergolesi's La serva padrona, or Adina and Giannetta in Donizetti's L’elisir d’amore.
Rinaldo Zhok
Born in Trieste (Italy), he began learning piano at the age of 7 under his mother’s teaching. He continued his studies with Clara Lenuzza at the Giuseppe Tartini State Conservatory in Trieste. He completed his education at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, under the guidance of the famous duo Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, specialising in piano duo together with Cristina Santín. As a soloist, he continued his training at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen (Germany), where he obtained his second Konzertdiplom under the guidance of Boris Bloch. He also studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy), graduating cum laude under the guidance of Sergio Perticaroli and Stefano Fiuzzi. He continued his training in courses imparted by such teachers such as Lazar Berman, Riccardo Zadra, Dario De Rosa, Mauro Minguzzi and Pier Narciso Masi. He has performed numerous concerts in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and Norway, both as a soloist, in chamber ensembles and with orchestras. He has also collaborated with young artists such as Massimiliano Miani, first soloist clarinet of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and violinist Ana María Valderrama. Since 2014, he has played piano duo with Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro.
He has received awards in numerous competitions (F. Mendelssohn International Competition for young pianists 2003 - 1st prize; the International Piano Competition Halina Czerny-Stefańska in memoriam, Poznan, 2008 - 4th prize; International Piano Competition Performance Without Limits, Lodz, 2013 - 1st prize). He has recorded two piano music CDs, premiering music by Italian composers Mario Zafred and Antonio Bibalo. Since 2013, he has been an artist for Odradek Records, where he debuted with a CD recording of Franz Liszt's paraphrases and transcriptions of Giuseppe Verdi's music.
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