Caracas Municipal Symphony Orchestra celebrates 46 years of experience

Published at: 26/01/2026 11:41 AM

The Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Caracas (OSMC) will celebrate 46 years of history with a cultural agenda that begins with the cycle “From Baroque to Impressionism”, as an invitation to rediscover academic music from a renewed perspective.

According to Venezolana de Televisión, this program starts under the baton of master Daniel Gil, who assumes this as his first season as head of the Artistic Direction.

This program pays a heartfelt tribute to the legacy of the maestro Rodolfo Saglimbeni, whose imprint profoundly marked the history of the orchestra thanks to his extraordinary ability to design diverse, pedagogical and magnetic programs, capable of connecting with audiences of different generations and sensitivities.

The cycle began this Saturday 24th with a highly refined concert under the baton of the guest director, teacher Isabel Palacios. The program will include works by Purcell, Vivaldi, Lully, Rameau, Bach and Handel. This time, the soloists to participate in this repertoire will be the soprano Greylis Bracho, the teacher María Fernanda Montero, the violinist Jhulianna Ramos and the Camerata de Caracas.

Meanwhile, next Saturday, January 31 at 4:00 in the afternoon, a concert conducted by Daniel Gil will premiere, to celebrate balance and clarity with Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga with the Overture of the opera “The Happy Slaves”, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22; with the pianist Samuel Sanguino and Haydn's monumental Symphony No. 104 “London”, a work that synthesizes the spirit of an entire era.

Saturday, February 7, will be an evening dedicated entirely to the genius of Bonn. The Coriolan Overture, the Piano Concerto No. 4 with the soloist Federico Dávila and the Symphony No. 4 reveal a profoundly human, visionary and transformative Beethoven.

Also, on Saturday, February 21, the Romanticism concert will be held, the program consists of the Overture of the Opera “Oberon” by von Weber, Piano Concerto No. 1 by Liszt performed by pianist Andrés Roig and Symphony No. 3 “Scottish” by Mendelssohn.

The cycle will culminate with a sensory proposal dedicated to Impressionism on Saturday 21st. A soundscape with pieces by Satie “Gymnopédies”, Ravel “Pavana for a deceased infanta”, Debussy “Nocturnos”, Ravel's “My Mother the Goose” orchestral suite, with the participation of the Aequalis Aurea Choir, under the direction of teacher Ana María Raga.

Mazo News Team