Consistent with the leitmotif of the 19/20 Season of the Basque National Orchestra (A Journey into the Unknown), we propose legendary journeys and love affairs with epic music such as Grieg’s Peer Gynt suite and others that have been lost along the way, like the works of the composer Maria Anna Mozart, forgotten sister of the renowned Austrian composer.

We also aim to explore the relationships between music and ecology from different perspectives, to join the campaign for a cleaner world. We will do this through the Ekomusik programme, a concert that will be based on baroque music.

In addition to School Concerts and Family Concerts, which form the centrepiece of the cycle, the Music Room continues this season with the Open Rehearsals and with the collaboration of FEVAS-Full inclusion.

The Orchestra as a cultural-musical asset

Given the importance of creating synergies which enrich its contribution to the world of culture, completing the Basque National Orchestra activity is a wide-ranging catalogue of concerts in connection with important festivals and other cultural events and institutions. This capacity for adapting to each of the musical formats programmed enables the Orchestra to relate with audiences of different styles, interests and ages, hence its ability to reach a total of 150,000 spectators every season.

The Basque National Orchestra continues to give a prominent place in its programming to chamber music through its season of Miramón Matinées, which now celebrates its 28th year. This year, numerous ensembles made up of the musicians from the Orchestra will offer smaller-scale and intimate concerts that require them to be on top form, while giving greater prominence and visibility to the different members of the Orchestra.

Worthy of note in the programming for this season is that in addition to the usual string formations there will be other less common ensembles, such as Kolpeka, entirely composed of percussionists, or Cuivres en Pays Basque, a large ensemble of twenty musicians with a clear majority of brass wind instruments. There will be special guests such as the Basque pianist Josu Okiñena, who will offer a selection of Franz Liszt’s least remembered compositions. We will also welcome the visits of several sopranos, outstanding among which is Miren Urbieta-Vega, who previously participated as a soloist in the 17/18 season of the Basque National Orchestra.

Sponsor: Kutxa Fundazioa