Camerata Quartet honors don Jaime Benitez
In conmemoration of Jaime Benitez centenary, the Camerata Quartet performed a recital at the Arecibo campus of the University of Puerto Rico. The program included pieces by Mozart, Turina, and Piazzolla. Special guests included Roberto Rexach Benitez and Luis E. Agrait.

Quartet invited again to Tortola
Following a succesful debut last year, Camerata Quartet performed again at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The group played pieces by Mozart, Turina, and Borodin.  After the concert we had a reception attended by  the Hon. Governor Pearey and  Dr. Michael E. O'Neal, president of the college.

 
Camerata records works by Milano
Camerata Filarmónica began recording the last  works of composer Roberto Milano. Milano was at the Puerto Rico Conservatory faculty until his untimely death in 2005. Camerata plans to record all of his last works, some of them not yet performed publicly. 

David Sanchez Performs Symphonic Jazz 
Camerata Filarmónica joined jazz virtuoso saxophonist David Sanchez to present his most recent recording, Coral, in Puerto Rico. Under the baton of distinguished Argentinean pianist and composer Carlos Franzetti, Camerata accompanied David in lush orchestral renditions of his Latin American repertoire. The concert, which took place on September 30, 2005 at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, was a fundraising gala for the University of Puerto Rico radio station, WRTU. You may read a review here.

Camerata Performs at Ponce 
On May 27, Camerata Filarmónica offered a chamber music soireé at the Interamerican University at Ponce, as part of the Fundación Musical de Ponce season. Flutist Josué Casillas, arpist Elisa Torres and violist Emanuel Olivieri (all principal players of the Puerto Rico Symphony) performed music by Mozart, Moreno-Buendía, Ibert, Debussy. Soprano Laura Rey and pianist Teresa Acevedo completed the program with five Latin American love songs by composers Yvette Souviron, Eduardo Sánchez and Jaime León. You can read a review here.


Posthumous Premiere of Roberto Milano 
Camerata Filarmónica and violist Emanuel Olivieri offered the posthumous premiere of Roberto Milano's Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra, at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. Professor Francisco Cabán conducted the work, which is in four movements: Prelude, Romance, Scherzo and Elegia. Also in the program was Joaquin Turina's Scene Andalouse for viola, piano, and string quartet, and Sir Arthur Bliss' Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte.  Pianist Teresa Acevedo was featured in these two works. Maestro Milano, distinguished composition teacher at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, passed away unexpectedly last February, leaving an extensive catalog of works in all genres. 


Puerto Rico Symphony Adapts A Musical Zoo
The Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to produce the educational concert The Orchestra: a Musical Zoo. The program was first presented by Camerata Filarmónica to an audience of 1,800 children in Guaynabo's Center for Performing Arts. Cuatro virtuoso Edwin Colón Zayas and actress Carola García will be joining the orchestra to show the children the basic of orchestral music.


Camerata at Tortola
Camerata performed a chamber music recital at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The group played pieces by Mozart, Turina, Bliss, Piazzolla and the world premiere of Javier de la Torre's Pentámero de Venus for strings and piano. We thank President Dr. Michael E. O'Neal and Staff members Marietta and Ivonne for their hospitality.