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Thursday 10 augusT 2017
Memories of the 2017 Aruba Symphony Festival (Part 2)

Carlos Botero from Colombia directs the Nuevo Mundo Chamber Orchestra playing J. S. Bach’s Bran-
denburg Concerto No. 6 during an evening of German music on board the Freewinds.

The 2012 Grammyy Award
winning La Catrina Quartet
delighting the audience with
music from Latin American
composers. The group is made
up of Simon Gollo, Switzerland/
Venezula, violin; Daniel Vega-
Albela, Mexico, violin; Jorge
Espinoza, Chile, cello; Jorge
Martinez-Rios, Mexico, viola.

A crowd of nearly 300 climb up the Free-
winds gang plank to attend the Latin Music
Concert featuring the Grammy winner La
Catrina Quartet.
ORANJESTAD - Following
Venezuelans Maria Ga- the successes of 2015 and
briela Rodriguez, Jesus 2016, this year in July the
David Medina and German
Marcano showed off their Aruba Symphony Festival
musical versatility playing staged yet another ex-
many varieties of Venezu- citing series of live clas-
elan music and their musi- sical music at the Cas di
cal dexterity exchanging Cultura Theatre and on
seven different instruments board the Freewinds, in
as they went along. the port of Oranjestad.
Today’s memories are of
the two concerts on the
Freewinds. For more infor-
mation visit www.nuevo-
mundofestival.com or
Facebook Cas di Cultura.
The Festival next year is
scheduled for July 18 – 28,
2018.

The captain thanks the Nuevo
Mundo Foundation for stag-
ing two of the 2017 Festival
concerts on the Freewinds
and offers his ship for future
concerts.
The Viola Septet of the Aruba Symphony Festival made its debut July 26 on board the
Freewinds playing German music during the Concerti Grossi. Venezuelan born Me-
lissa Melendez, principal violist at Kingsville Symphony Orchestra (Texas) announces
the next number. Extreme left, John Kelly, principal violist with the Pittsburg Symphony
Orchestra, one of the top 5 orchestras of USA. Other participants are from Colombia,
Mexico and Chile.