Venezuela in Concert is a posthumous tribute that will be offered to Maestro José Antonio Abreu, father of "El Sistema" who died on March 24 of this year. The concert will feature Ensamble 7/4, Héctor Molina y Yaritzy Cabrera, the Choir and the Orchestra from Encantus Voices & Ensemble, with soloists Elizabeth Quintanales, soprano; Adriana Portales, alto; Carlos Silva & Roberto Ojeda, tenors, and Carlos Chialastri, bass; conducted by Maibel Troia & Tarcisio Barreto.

 

Ensamble 7/4 was born out of the friendship of 7 young people who wanted to cross the borders of academic music and immerse themselves in the wide world of traditional Venezuelan music, Latin American music and Jazz, always with the level of technical and artistic demand that were given in their academic training within El Sistema.

 

They have participated in the most important festivals and made concert tours through countries such as Germany, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, USA, Italy and Venezuela; being artists of the Austrian brand SCHAGERL.

 

Recently Ensamble 7/4 was recognized at the Global Music Awards with two silver medals for its album "Welcome to America" ??in the categories "Best Instrumental Grouping" and "Best Performer" where Venezuelan artists such as Gustavo Dudamel, the composer Giancarlo Castro D'Addona, trumpeter Pacho Flores and guitarist Jesús González have also obtained this recognition in previous editions.

 

Héctor Molina, composer and founding member of the famous group C4 Trío, will show us the rhythmic benefits of the typical instrument of Venezuela, the cuatro, being his group one of the greatest ambassadors in the musical diffusion that are making their way in the international music scene.

 

Encantus Voices & Ensemble, is a choral and instrumental group that shows the excellent artistic quality of all its members. It is conformed by a select group of singers and instrumentalists of high level and great versatility who have the ability to perform all kinds of music and works ranging from the most complex repertoire of the last century to the Latin American and universal compositions of our days.

 

Tarcisio Barreto trained as a conductor, composer and violinist in El Sistema, was the musical director of the Lara Symphony Orchestra, the Western Opera Company and executive director of the Vicente Emilio Sojo Conservatory of Music of Lara State. He has participated in numerous improvement courses in Venezuela, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Norway and the United States. As guest conductor and soloist he has performed in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Norway, Uruguay and the United States.

 

Maibel Troia is the founding Director of the National Choral System, formed as a choral and orchestral conductor, pianist, arranger and composer. She is the Coordinator of the International Federation of Choral Music, IFCM, in the Caribbean area. Together with María Guinand, she directed the Simón Bolívar University Choir at the First Choral Olympics in Linz 2000 in Austria, where they won three gold medals. She has been responsible for the creation of more than a dozen nuclei in the popular neighborhoods of Caracas and was director of the Sinfónico Corales productions of outstanding teachers, such as José Antonio Abreu, Gustavo Dudamel, Alfredo Rugeles, Alberto Grau, Eduardo Marturet, Christian Vásquez, Sir Simon Rattle, Claudio Abbado, Helmuth Rilling, Zubin Mehta and Krzysztof Penderecki among others.