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The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) is getting off to an agile start in 2022, under new Director Jose Luis Castillo, with the inclusion of an “electrizante” and unusual concert, which apparently inspired the new season’s graphic theme: an enigmatic pair of glasses and cherry blossom sprig.
Guadalajara Mayor Pablo Lemus confirmed that the GDLuz festival will be held over from its traditional dates around February 14—the anniversary of the foundation of Guadalajara—until March 2, when Covid-19 infections should be lighter.
(Subject to change)
• Cuarteto Latinamericano (Classical quartet), Conjunto de las Artes, Thursday, January 20, 8:30 p.m.
The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) will open 2022 with a special concert featuring a program of popular waltzes, polkas and classical marches in PALCCO’s Sala José Pablo Moncayo on Sunday, January 30, 12:30 p.m.
A striking photograph of a Peruvian anchovy fisherman by Ernesto Benavides is juxtaposed against street life in the central walkway of Avenida Chapultepec in Guadalajara.
After a successful Ajijic debut in early October, the young students who make up the Virtuosi Guadalajara string orchestra are returning to Lakeside with a new program featuring works by English composers Benjamin Britten and Peter Warlock, as well as Bach’s timeless classic, the Brandenburg Concerto #3 for String Orchestra.
Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra
The final program of the season sees two OFJ ensembles interpreting “The Quartet for the End of Time” by Olivier Messiaen and “Quinteto Instrumental” by Heitor Villa-Lobos.
