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Tuesday 16 July 2019

Aruba Symphony Festival kicks off this Wednesday

ORANJESTAD — The Aruba Symphony Festival and Academy is
an international event where every year, first-class musicians from
around the globe make Aruba their destination. During these 12
intensive days of music-making, guest artists and students from
more than 15 countries give the happy island an unforgettable
experience with full-house concerts, workshops, conferences and
classes led by celebrated international artists. Most of these con-
certs are FREE, some have a small admission and NEW is that the
festival offers VIP packages this year. This is an event you don't
want to miss. The concerts that are on the program for this Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday are:

July 17

CAS DI CULTURA 8:00 pm
Opening Concert
Welcome to Aruba, songs dedicated to Aruba and its nature by
Tica Giel, Soprano, St. Ana School’s Children’s Choir and “Den
Harmonia” Female Choir. Variations on the theme “Ah, vous dirai-
je, maman!” C Major. KV 265 W.A Mozart by Edith Peña on piano July 19
- “Arpeggione” Sonata D. 821 – F. Schubert by Randolph Kelly on
violin and Edith Peña on piano and Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 38 – J. Where: CAS DI CULTURA 8.00 PM
Brahms by Adam Liu on cello and Edith Peña, piano. What: Faculty Concert
Trio for Trumpet, Violin & Piano. “Sonata” – E. Ewazen by Carl Cranmer on piano
July 18 Olivier Piguet on violin and Jean Christophe Dobrzelewski on Trumpet. Cello
Suite No 4 in Eb Major BWV 1010 – J.S Bach by Adam Liu on Cello. Quintet in
Where: CASIBARI 8.00 PM G minor, Op. 39 – S. Prokofiev by Meghan Woodard on oboe, Boja Kragulj on
What: Classical Jam clarinet, Olivier Piguet on violin, Randolph Kelly on violin and George Amorim
Meet our Musicians – at Casibari Cafe on bass.

VIP Access tickets are obtainable at all bookstores, at the four stores of Aruba Vision Center, at Cas di Cultura and at the board members of
the Aruba Symphony Festival: Alberto Perret-Gentil (aperret@perretingenieros.com), Johnny Croes (johnnycroes62@gmail.com), Clyde Harms
(clydeharms@yahoo.com) y Orietta Mansur (oriettamansur@gmail.com). VIP Access tickets make wonderful gifts for family and friends, personal
or commercial. For more about the program and the performers at the Aruba Symphony Festival 2019, visit www.arubasymphonyfestival.com.

Aruban named as next president International Olympic Committee

ORANJESTAD — Nicole Hoevertsz tee for the Paris games in 2024.
(55), a former synchronized These titles often indicate a fu-
swimmer from Aruba, has been ture president ship for the IOC as
topic for the chit chat in Olympi- is stated in the article. No to be
cland as being the possible next forgotten is the appointed chair
president of the International of the Olympic Athletes from Rus-
Olympic Committee (IOC), ac- sia (OAR) Implementation Group
cording to a publication of Inside during the winter games 2017 in
The Games. At the moment Ho- Pyeongchang, a sure sign she
evertsz is a member of the IOC was considered the safest of
Executive Board. She is a mem- safe pairs of hands, Owen wrote.
ber of the International Olympic
Committee since 2006. Hoevertsz is quoted: "It is amaz-
ing that somebody from a small
While the current president, island like Aruba, a woman from
Thomas Bach, will not be ex- a country that has never won an
pected to leave until 2025, Hoe- Olympic medal, that I am where I
vertsz’ name has been heard to am today. I am very much aware
be his successor. The columnist of that and I am very apprecia-
David Owen has written an ex- tive of that. This is not just for big
tensive article about the Aruban countries: I am a product of the
and mentions that Hoevertsz did universality of what the Olympic
achieve the president ship of Movement stands for, and I am
the coordination committee of very much a defender of that
the Los Angeles games in 2028 principle because if it was just
this year. Also she is the vice- the big and powerful countries, I
president of this same commit- would not be sitting here."q