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Saturday 28 July 2018

Big crowds for Aruba Symphony Festival

peted against each other Symphony Festival, waving
playing different instru- the baton, the Aruba Sym-
ments, like the violin and phony Orchestra will close
chello. Croes tells that a the 2018 musical festivities
thirteen old girl won ‘play- with two works by Mendels-
ing incredible on her violin’. sohn: Violin Concerto in E
minor op.64 and Sympho-
Croes also enjoyed the jam ny No. 4 in A major op. 90.
session, although it was a Mr. Kazuhiro Takagi will be
challenge as the musicians the solo violinist. Mr. Takagi
are not used to play with has served tenures as con-
amplifiers. Which were nec- certmaster at the four dif-
essary this time as the per- ferent orchestras in three
formance was outside. Mu- different countries. He has
sicians weren’t really jam- performed as a soloist and
ming against each other, chamber musician in Eu-
explains Croes. “It’s more rope, the United States as
that we didn’t have a pro- well as in his native Japan.
gram, like normally when Simon Gollo was born in
everything is set upfront.” Venezuela, but spent his
formative years in Switzer-
The musicians played from land and is a Swiss citizen.
what people would per- Mr. Gollo has been invited
ceive as classical till tradi- to perform and teach in
tional Colombian compo- China in October. This will
sitions played by Orquesta be the 24th country where
de Camara Felix Morgan. he will have performed
ORANJESTAD – First time ever after last Wednesday lot of tourists in the public of They also performed on the as a musician! He was the
ever performing classical it seemed like classical jam- at least 250.” Freewinds ship in the Latin founder of the extremely
music on an outside podi- ming was what the crowd American concert. “Clas- successful Nuevo Mundo
um under the Aruban stars was waiting for. It was a Besides the opening and sical music is not that de- Festival y Academia of Ma-
and slightly in the ‘bushes’, huge crowd with a lot of lo- closure performances, are fined as people may think. racaibo that stopped func-
seemed like big challenge cals enjoying good quality the concerts for free. Al- It’s not only Bach, Mozart, tioning in 2012 because
for Aruba Symphony Festi- music. though the organization Chopin. And it’s not only of the social conditions in
val’s fourth edition this year. appreciates to receive do- about the instrument be- Venezuela. His love
But it was marvelous. One of the big men behind nations which they use for cause you can play Bach for Aruba started in 2006
this festival, Johnny Croes organizing next year’s fes- on a steel pan also”, Croes when he gave a concert
We’re talking about the tells that from 21 July on the tival. “The public has been concludes. for the benefit of the Aruba
Jam Session Wednesday performances attract a lot very generous till now”, Scholarship Foundation. His
night at Casibari Café. of people. “It’s going very says Croes. Sunday July 29 is the Fi- dream is now to see the
Jamming is not a classical well. The concert hall was nal Concert, all composi- Aruba Symphony Festival
music thing, as it’s more full on the opening night. During the festival also a tions from Mendelssohn. become the most impor-
a jazzy thing as is played Yesterday also a big crowd student competition took With Simon Gollo, the ar- tant classical music festival
mostly at this venue. How- at the Ritz-Carlton. Also a place. The students com- tistic director of the Aruba of the Caribbean region.q