INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — This year’s Summerfest concert will feature the Arpeggione Chamber Orchestra of Austria joined by musicians of the Symphony of the Americas, to be held Thursday, Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Christ by the Sea United Methodist Church, 3755 Highway A1A, Vero Beach.
Tickets are $35 for adults, $15 for students and can be purchased online at Cultural-Council.org, or call the Cultural Council’s office at (772) 770-4857.
The Symphony of the Americas, celebrating its 28th Anniversary in 2015 and designated as a Major Cultural Institution in South Florida’s Broward County, features internationally acclaimed guest artists from around the globe.
In addition, its myriad of outreach and educational programs throughout south Florida with full orchestra and ensembles enriches the lives of adults and children through the wonderful power of live, orchestral music.
Each year, the Symphony’s renowned Summerfest hosts an internationally acclaimed foreign chamber orchestra joined by selected Symphony of the Americas musicians for concerts In Europe, Florida and the Americas under Maestro Brooks-Bruzzese’s baton. It is the longest running music festival event in Florida, and one of the highest rated cultural projects funded by Florida’s Division of Cultural Affairs Cultural Exchange Grant Program.
The Symphony takes a leadership role in fostering cultural relations throughout Europe, the U.S. and the Americas through these musical exchanges with both European and American musicians in joint performance.
The Arpeggione Chamber Orchestra of Hohenems is an artistic gem, known for its virtuosity and first rate soloists and inspired by a passion to perform music of the highest artistic quality. Arpeggione plays both works of the classical repertoire as well as contemporary music with virtuosity and dedication, resulting in high acclaim from audience and critics as well. Musicians of the ensemble are from countries throughout Europe, bringing a diversity of traditions and an exciting freshness and complexity to its performances. Musicians are active in quartets and chamber music, and serve as faculty of local conservatories.
During its 20 year history, under the artistic direction of Professor Irakli Gogibedaschwili, the orchestra has performed more than 700 concerts in many parts of the world, including Europe, the U.S., Central and South America, Brazil, Russia and Israel. Under the direction of outstanding guest conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Arpeggione has played in the major European music festivals and concert halls including Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Tonhalle Zurich, Santa Cecilia in Rome, Sala Verdi in Milan, Grand Philharmonic Hall of St. Petersburg and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.
The orchestra’s performance home in Hohenems is the Renaissance palace of the family Waldburg-Zeil, an ideal concert space, providing excellent acoustics. Repertoire performed by Arpeggione has more than 120 different programs and numerous world premieres – many by renowned composers specifically for Arpeggione.
Numerous recordings have been made with ORF, SRF, DRS and the Bayerische Rundfunk, Radio Netherlands, Radio Slovenia and with NBC. Arpeggione appears in residence with the Symphony of the Americas Summerfest by popular request, a residency with the festival in 2007.