The Main Orchestra of the Royal Theater will offer a concert on November 14 at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, in which it will be the first performance in its history in China and where they will be under the command of maestro Gustavo Gimeno, new musical director of the Teatro Real.
The program will be composed of the Piano Concerto No. 5, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), with the participation of the Spanish pianist Javier Perianes; Witchy Love, by Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), and the Firebird Suite, by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971).
This performance is part of the strategic internationalization plan of the Teatro Real, with which it is carrying out interesting artistic, institutional and social projects in different countries, and strengthens its collaborative ties with China, which began institutionally in 2016 with its integration into the International League of Silk Road Theatres.
Since then, the Teatro Real has participated in the NCPA International Film Festival and the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, has organized the screening of Spanish-themed titles from its My Opera Player platform at the Instituto Cervantes headquarters in Beijing and Shanghai and has offered performances of Authentic Flamenco at the Pudong Art Museum and at the National Center for the Performing Arts, to which it now returns with symphonic music.
Last year, the Teatro Real was recognized with the Cátedra China Institutional Award, in its eighth edition, as the Spanish institution that has committed the most to promoting relations between Spain and China and for the organization of different artistic activities in the Asian country to publicize Spanish culture.
Ignacio García-Belenguergeneral director of the Spanish institution, collected the award from the Minister Counselor of Culture of the Chinese Embassy in Spain, He Young.
The Main Orchestra of the Teatro Real has performed in recent years in Germany, Austria, Belgium, the United States (four times), Finland, Holland, the United Kingdom and Russia (three performances).