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David Handel is Music Director Designate of La Serena (Chile) Symphony
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
New York, NY – American conductor David Handel has been named Music Director Designate of the La Serena (Chile) Symphony Orchestra.
By an overwhelming consensus, the musicians and Board of the Orchestra have elected the American-born Handel to this position. During the 2010 concert season, he will conduct the Orchestra in three programs and in 2011 will take on full Music Director responsibilities.
The La Serena Symphony Orchestra has a long history of serving Chile's second oldest and historic port City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Serena,_Chile), as well as its surrounding communities. It is a professional ensemble and is affiliated with the prestigious University of La Serena. The Orchestra was recently awarded an important seed grant from the national government toward expanding their activities and promoting the music of Chilean composers.
David Handel has served as Music Director of the UNCuyo Symphony Orchestra (Mendoza, Argentina) from 2005 - 2008, and since 1998, has lead the National Symphony Orchestra of Bolivia (http://www.sinfonicabolivia.org/) through a period of important and widely reported artistic and institutional growth. Maestro Handel will continue as Music Director of the NSO Bolivia, as well as Artistic Director to the Guadalquivir International Festival in Tarija, Bolivia (http://www.sinfonicabolivia.org/festival_guadalquivir2010.php). Beyond his commitments as Music Director, David Handel leads an extremely busy schedule as guest conductor with orchestras around the globe. During the 2010 concert season, Maestro Handel has engagements in February with the Koszalin (Poland) Philharmonic, in March conducting the Moscow City Symphony-Russian Federal Orchestra, in May leading the San Juan (Argentina) Symphony Orchestra and conducting in Mexico City, in June in Bogota, Colombia and on tour with the NSO Bolivia (he will also be touring with them later in the year in Arequipa, Peru and Northern Chile). In addition, he will lead the La Serena Symphony Orchestra in June, September and October. In March of this year, Maestro Handel will lead the third edition of the Guadalquivir International Festival in Tarija, Bolivia, bringing together some 100 of the finest orchestral musicians from throughout the continent and beyond.
David Handel has developed an extraordinary reputation as one of the most respected and innovative conductors in Latin America. His imaginative programming and distinctive community approach have brought record numbers of Bolivians to National Symphony concerts. Since the beginning of his tenure in Bolivia, audience attendance has grown twelve-fold, most of the new audience composed of young concert-goers.
Early in his career, David Handel served as apprentice conductor to Kurt Masur, then Music Director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Since then, he has led orchestras throughout the world, including programs for international radio and television broadcast. For more about him, visit http://www.blueorchid.de/uk/handel/index.php.
Press inquiries about Maestro Handel can be directed to Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
New York, NY – American conductor David Handel has been named Music Director Designate of the La Serena (Chile) Symphony Orchestra.
By an overwhelming consensus, the musicians and Board of the Orchestra have elected the American-born Handel to this position. During the 2010 concert season, he will conduct the Orchestra in three programs and in 2011 will take on full Music Director responsibilities.
The La Serena Symphony Orchestra has a long history of serving Chile's second oldest and historic port City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Serena,_Chile), as well as its surrounding communities. It is a professional ensemble and is affiliated with the prestigious University of La Serena. The Orchestra was recently awarded an important seed grant from the national government toward expanding their activities and promoting the music of Chilean composers.
David Handel has served as Music Director of the UNCuyo Symphony Orchestra (Mendoza, Argentina) from 2005 - 2008, and since 1998, has lead the National Symphony Orchestra of Bolivia (http://www.sinfonicabolivia.org/) through a period of important and widely reported artistic and institutional growth. Maestro Handel will continue as Music Director of the NSO Bolivia, as well as Artistic Director to the Guadalquivir International Festival in Tarija, Bolivia (http://www.sinfonicabolivia.org/festival_guadalquivir2010.php). Beyond his commitments as Music Director, David Handel leads an extremely busy schedule as guest conductor with orchestras around the globe. During the 2010 concert season, Maestro Handel has engagements in February with the Koszalin (Poland) Philharmonic, in March conducting the Moscow City Symphony-Russian Federal Orchestra, in May leading the San Juan (Argentina) Symphony Orchestra and conducting in Mexico City, in June in Bogota, Colombia and on tour with the NSO Bolivia (he will also be touring with them later in the year in Arequipa, Peru and Northern Chile). In addition, he will lead the La Serena Symphony Orchestra in June, September and October. In March of this year, Maestro Handel will lead the third edition of the Guadalquivir International Festival in Tarija, Bolivia, bringing together some 100 of the finest orchestral musicians from throughout the continent and beyond.
David Handel has developed an extraordinary reputation as one of the most respected and innovative conductors in Latin America. His imaginative programming and distinctive community approach have brought record numbers of Bolivians to National Symphony concerts. Since the beginning of his tenure in Bolivia, audience attendance has grown twelve-fold, most of the new audience composed of young concert-goers.
Early in his career, David Handel served as apprentice conductor to Kurt Masur, then Music Director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Since then, he has led orchestras throughout the world, including programs for international radio and television broadcast. For more about him, visit http://www.blueorchid.de/uk/handel/index.php.
Press inquiries about Maestro Handel can be directed to Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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