Movie Concert in Panamá 
Camerata's director Emanuel Olivieri was invited by the National Symphony Orchestra of Panamá to conduct a concert of movie soundtracks. Performed for a full house at the historic Teatro Nacional, the concert was a fundraiser for Club Activo 20-30 Las Cumbres, a charity foundation for children. 

Italian Evening at Horned Dorset Primavera 
Camerata performed music by Italian composer Luigi Boccherini at the Horned Dorset Primavera concert series. Guest musicians included flutist Milton Dávila, and violinist Francisco Cabán The evening concluded with an exquisite dinner prepared by chef Aaron Wratten and his staff. 

Musical Zoo with the Puerto Rico Symphony 
The Puerto Rico Symphony presented the educational concert  The Orchestra: a Musical Zoo at the Luis A. Ferre Fine Arts Center in Santurce. Conductor Emanuel Olivieri led the show, which included singing and dancing by more than 1,700 children and adults that packed the Antonio Paoli Hall. In the second half of the show, the orchestra performed Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf  with guest narrator Myrna Casas and the puppets of Teatro Cibuco. 

Roberto Milano's Sinfonietta No. 2
Camerata recorded the world premiere of Roberto Milano's Sinfonietta no. 2 for Flugelhorn and String Orchestra. Puerto Rico Symphony member Luis Bermúdez played the flugel part. The three-movement work, inspired by biblical texts (Psalm XXIII, St. John Baptist), is a significant addition to the flugel and orchestra repertoire. Recording will be available in Summer.

Schubert Night at Horned Dorset Primavera
Camerata performed Schubert's "Trout" Quintet at the exclusive Horned Dorset Primavera Resort in Rincón. Pianist Diana Figueroa played the hundred-year-old Steinway at the beautiful dining room were guests were treated after the concert to the exquisite cuisine of chef Aaron Wratten.

Cinema Romance at Interamerican University
Camerata Orchestra was invited once more by the Interamerican University at Arecibo to present our Romantic Movies Concert with guest sax virtuoso Edgar Abraham. 

Mozart Concert
Camerata Quartet performed an all-Mozart concert as part of the Horned Dorset Primavera Concert Weekends. The next day we performed a concert of light classics and Puerto Rican popular music.

2nd Movie and Videogame Music Night
Camerata performed its second Movies and Videogames Music concert on September 20th at a sold-out Guaynabo Performing Arts Center. Please visit videoconcierto.com for photos and video clip.

Camerata with Iván Rijos
Camerata Filarmónica will perform with virtuoso guitarist Iván Rijos next May 9 at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Tortola. The repertory includes classics (Vivaldi, Granados, Schubert) and Puerto Rican popular music. 

 

Concert at Interamerican University in Arecibo
Camerata Filarmónica Orchestra performed their Romantic Movie Concert at the Interamerican University, Arecibo campus. We had virtuoso sax player Edgar Abraham as guest artist. For more information on future movie and videogame music concerts visit www.videoconcierto.com .

St. Valentine's Concert
Camerata Filarmónica Orchestra will perform Music from Romantic Movies, next February 14 at the Arriví Theater in San Juan. Program will include selections from Titanic, Beauty and the Beast, Casablanca, Ghost, Enchanted, Pretty Woman and others. For more information visit www.videoconcierto.com .

Halloween Concert
Camerata Filarmónica will perform a concert of Halloween movies and videogames , next October 25 and 26 at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center. Program will include selections from Psycho, Harry Potter, Addams Family, Jaws, Phantom of the Opera and others. For more information visit www.videoconcierto.com .

Movies and Videogames Concert
Camerata Filarmónica will perform a concert of movie and videogame music, next August 17 at the Guaynabo Performing Arts Center. Program will include selections from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Mario Bros., Chronicles of Narnia, James Bond Movies, Kingdom Hearts, Halo, and others. For more information visit www.videoconcierto.com .

 
Camerata Quartet honors don Jaime Benitez
In conmemoration of Jaime Benítez 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 Benítez 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 Sánchez 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, and 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 Cabón 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 Garcóa 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.