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                      Tuesday 24 July 2018

            Thanking Simon Gollo, for the musical gift Aruba Symphony Festival


                                                                                                                                phony Festival will continue
                                                                                                                                in the Ritz-Carlton Ballroom
                                                                                                                                with a very varied program
                                                                                                                                starting  with  a  tango  by
                                                                                                                                Piazzola  and  ending  with
                                                                                                                                music  by  Schubert.  The
                                                                                                                                masters  will  play  different
                                                                                                                                instruments  solo,  in  trio  or
                                                                                                                                quintet.  Among  the  instru-
                                                                                                                                ments  featured  are  the
                                                                                                                                bassoon, flute, clarinet, cel-
                                                                                                                                lo,  violin  and  others.  This  is
                                                                                                                                an opportunity that no one
                                                                                                                                should  pass  up.  Admission
                                                                                                                                is  free,  thanks  to  a  gener-
                                                                                                                                ous gesture by Mrs. Louella
                                                                                                                                Brezovar - van Veen, direc-
                                                                                                                                tor of the prestigious hotel.
                                                                                                                                See you tonight at 8 at the
                                                                                                                                Ritz-Carlton Ballroom. q
            ORANJESTAD  ―  Saturday  one choir sing with the oth-     all the way from the other
            night   Aruba    Symphony  er  as  the  need  emerged.  side  of  our  planet,  Japan,
            Festival 20018 had its long-  Mozart's Ave Verum moved  and ending with the violin-
            awaited  inaugural  concert  many in the audience and  ist  Ronald  Villabono,  from
            at  the  Cas  di  Cultura  with  Rufo Wever's Pan Cayente  our  own  hemisphere,  all
            two  local  choirs,  Cantare  received  a  deafening  ap-  the  competitors  impressed
            and  Ars  Nova,  and  the  in-  plause.  An  amateur  piano  the  public  with  their  high
            ternationally  renowned  Pi-  player commented to me:  level of dexterity with which
            ano  Trio  Reverón.  The  pro-  "Ana  Maria's  piano  spoke  they  played  their  musical
            gram  was  indeed  varied.  sweetly  in  all  languages".   instruments.  Daniela  Perez
            Cantare  consists  of  only  Piano  Trio  Reverón  indeed  a  13  year  old  violinist  from
            women while Ars Nova has  earned  the  standing  ova-     Venezuela who played two
            tenors  and  basses.  They  tion  and  curtain  call  it  re-  pieces  by  J.  S.  Bach  cap-
            sang  classical  numbers  ceived from a very impas-       tured the hearts of all of us
            of  different  eras,  different  sioned audience.         present.  The American cel-
            genres,  different  parts  of                             list  Calvin  Armstrong  mas-
            the  world,  including  songs  Sunday  morning  eight  stu-  terly  interpreted  a  piece
            by Aruba composers Padú  dents competed in the Cas  from  Sonata  for  Cello  solo
            del Caribe and Rufo Wever.   di  Cultura  for  the  "Clyde  No.  8  by  the  Hungarian
            Some  were  interpreted  a  Harms" scholarship that the  musicologist  Zoltan  Koda-
            capella,  others  were  ac-  Aruba  Symphony  Festival  ly, a number that's difficult
            companied  by  piano,  gui-  presents  to  the  winner  ev-  to  play,  lacks  melody  yet
            tar and or cuatro.           ery year. The prize includes,  very interesting to listen to.
                                         among others, free partici-  I  don't  envy  the  members
            Although both choirs were  pation and the chance to  of the jury that has to select
            short of singers who were on  play  solo  in  a  concert  the  a  winner  who  will  be  an-
            vacation, the director, Cu-  following year.              nounced during the closing
            ban born Mayra Kock-Gar-                                  concert July 29th at Cas di
            rido had a successful eve-   Beginning  with  the  violinist  Cultura.
            ning by having members of  Yuko  Tanaka  who  came  Tonight  the  Aruba  Sym-
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