2023 Underwriting Recipient

UNM Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday 25 September 7:30pm
WORLD PREMIERE
...Contempla, alma, y considera
double concerto for oboe and viola
by Sérgio Azevedo (b. 1968)
Kevin Vigneau, oboe
Kimberly Fredenburgh, viola
Sebastián Serrano-Ayala, conductor
UNM Symphony Orchestra

Other works on the program:

• Bolero Maurice Ravel
• Capriccio español Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Huapango José Pablo Moncayo

Popejoy Hall
$15 adults, $10 seniors, $5 UNM students
general admission
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All pieces on the program are tied by the utilization of folk and popular materials from the regions of Iberia to Nuevo México​.

The University of New Mexico Symphony Orchestra commissioned Dr. Sérgio Azevedo, a leading contemporary Português composer, to write a concerto for oboe, viola, and orchestra. The concerto utilizes materials from the collected folk and indigenous music found in the John Donald Robb Archives at the University Libraries Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections. The work will have a programmatic element related to the story of an Iberian immigrant's journey to Nuevo México​.

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Dr. Serrano-Ayala photo by Jota Pardo

Dr. Sebastián Serrano-Ayala is the newly-appointed Visiting Professor of Orchestral Studies at UNM. An advocate for the music of our time, Colombian-born conductor Sebastián Serrano-Ayala blends inclusive collaboration, and effortless conducting with fresh and timely interpretations. Sebastián is actively involved with symphonic music and educational programs in the United States and an avid adjudicator. He has also served as Assistant Conductor with the Skagit Symphony and the Saratoga Orchestra, and has held Conducting Fellowships at the the Cabrillo Festival, the National Orchestral Institute, Symphony Tacoma, Allentown Symphony Orchestra and the Mostly Modern Festival in NY, where he premiered works with the American Modern Ensemble.

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Below is an example of Sérgio Azevedo's compositional oeuvre: "O vento sopra onde quer..." (The wind blows where it wants) Concerto para Orquestra de Sopros (2020) performed by BSP, directed by Francisco Ferreira, 30 October 2021. Dr. Azevedo served as "BSP Composer in Residence" in 2020.

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