Presentation of Basque National Orchestra 2012/2013 Season

Basque Deputy Minister of Culture Antonio Rivera, BNO General Director Iñigo Alberdi, and BNO Principal Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada presented the Basque Orchestra's 2012/2013 concert season at BNO headquarters in Miramón. The Deputy Minister spoke optimistically about the Orchestra's success and its committed effort to reach out to new audiences. Before wrapping up his presentation, Rivera thanked Andrés Orozco-Estrada in the name of the Basque Government for his excellent work at the helm of the Basque National Orchestra. Iñigo Alberdi went through the long list of events planned for this season - including both concerts and activities in other areas - all aimed at keeping the Orchestra on its upward path. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, who will be ending his term as principal conductor in June 2013, said that the Basque National Orchestra has been a fundamental part of his career and that he will make the most of the time he has left with the BNO.

"Musika irekia" ("música abierta" or open music) is the motto chosen for the Basque National Orchestra's new concert season. "Open music" is meant to express the character and personality of the Orchestra, an organization whose raison d'être lies squarely in the promotion of culture and education and whose music is geared to different styles, formats and audiences. Based on its core activity, the Season Concerts, the Basque National Orchestra changes like a chameleon to deliver its "open music" in all shapes and forms. It is the orchestra of the Miramón Matinées, Music Room events, KlasikAT concerts, Music Laboratory and online concerts. It is also the orchestra that wants to open its music to the disadvantaged and more vulnerable audiences; it is the orchestra that passes on a legacy of Basque and universal music through its recordings; it is the orchestra that supports up-and-coming musicians and creates synergies with other areas of art; it is the orchestra that travels, sharing its music with other places and people.

The Basque National Orchestra is an enormous open space in constant evolution. It is dynamic, innovative and accessible, an organization that studies and designs every idea with a specific audience in mind, and for the enjoyment of all. It is also a necessary place for coexistence, a place for sharing ideas, a confluence of messages through various media, both real and virtual. Its goal is to reach society as a whole, adapting to the interests of individuals. It is always music, open music, music that enables everyone in our society to find his or her own space.

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