Conductor Roit Feldenkreis, is presented for the first time in Paraguay. She is one of the brightest representatives of the new generation of Israeli conductors, and will participate in the concert as a guest director, thanks to the auspices of the Israeli Embassy.
The OSIC will also present one of its young talents, its first flutist, Adriana Aquino Navarro, who will offer as a soloist, an obligatory piece of flute repertoire: the Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, by the famous Danish composer Carl Nielsen.
Interview with Maestra Roit Feldenkreis
In the recess of her rehearsal with the Orchestra, full of freshness of her youth, Israeli director and soprano Roit Feldenkreis, confessed that she had always wanted to be a conductor, “When I started to sing, I wanted to take the place of the conductor of the orchestra”, she explains.
Then, savoring every word, she referred to the Program of the VI Concert of the 2016 Season of the OSIC, which she will lead as a guest conductor.
“Schumann wrote his Symphony No. 2 in a difficult time for him,” she expressed, explaining that “each movement is different, and transmits a whole set of human emotions; it’s as if many people express their feelings at the same time.” She concluded by testifying that “I take in all the sadness and joy, the whole soul of this symphony”
About Nielsen, Maestra Feldenkreis explained that it represents a different time to that of Schumann, the twentieth century, which especially stimulates. “Nielsen proposes in the music a special and joyful place in the sky for all humanity”, she said. The concerto evokes happy and dark places. “It is a great joy for me to direct this work, because I do not have many opportunities to lead Nielsen, unlike Schumann or Beethoven,” she said with a frank and contagious smile.
Mozart catches her for being sheer genius. “The Magic Flute” is her favorite opera. “The approach of the Overture – which is part of the Concert Program – is replicated with absolute accuracy in the later development of the opera,” she said while the glitter of her eyes betrayed admiration.
Plans
After this concert, she plans to direct works by French composers such as Saint-Saëns and Bizet, leading the Israeli Moshavot Chamber Orchestra, of which she is the founder and music director since 2011. In 2017 she will return to South America, will perform in Brazil, and then in New York, USA.
Expectation
Asked about her expectations about the upcoming performance in Paraguay, she lets out a longing for the soul: “I hope that the public opens their heart to enjoy and connect with the music and feel all the emotions with which the composers created their work”.
Original article: http://www.nanduti.com.py/2016/10/11/una-joven-maestra-israeli-dirigira-la-sinfonica-del-congreso/