Arts & Entertainment

The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) has a big year ahead. 2015 marks “100 Years of Orchestral Tradition in Jalisco,” as JPO publicity calls its celebration of the establishment in 1915 by the illustrious José Rolón of a group of musicians playing symphony and chamber music. 

Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, who performs at the Teatro Degollado on January 16 and 18 with the Jalisco Philarmonic Orchestra, has been described by the Los Angeles Times as “one of the more elegant and accomplished pianists on the planet.”

Free recitals
Classical guitarist Gabriel Tejo.
Casa López Portillo (Liceo 177), Friday, December 19. Free.

The International Book Fair (FIL) closed with a rare display of British-Argentine cordiality, as Mila Milosevic (left), director of the British Council in Mexico, exchanged gifts with Argentina’s Culture Secretary Franco Vitali (right). 

Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra
Homage to Richard Strauss: Marco Parisotto, music director; Stefan Dohr, horn (Berlín Philharmonic). Richard Strauss’ “Salome op.54: Dance of the seven veils,” “Concerto for horn no.2, TrV 283 in E-flat major” and “Ein Heldenleben, op.40.”
Teatro Degollado, Friday, December 12, 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 14, 12:30 p.m.

After 15 years without hearing anything but short segments of one of the best known and most performed choral works in Western music, tapatíos are about to get an earful of “The Messiah.”