SUMMERFEST
EDITION 2017
FLORIDA – REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
Broward’s longest running Summerfest is back, presenting its 26th annual festival, for one month of performances throughout Florida and the Americas. Nourish your artistic soul with the Symphony of the Americas and Musicfor International. The Symphony is a Broward County designated Major Cultural Institution, celebrating its 30th Anniversary this season. We offer a month of concerts across Florida and the Americas starting July 14 bringing the masterful sounds of the Summerfest Chamber Orchestra to audiences in every corner of the world.
The Summerfest traditionally includes musicians and soloists from acclaimed orchestras from all over Europe, including the Gewandhaus Orchester (Germany), the Arpeggione Chamber Orchestra (Austria), the Mission Chamber Orchestra (Italy), the Orchester Symphonique du Mont Blanc (France ), the Hungarian Virtuosos (Hungary) and others. These unite with musicians from the Symphony of the Americas in the performance of pieces in different styles, from classical music to popular string music.
Presented in association with Musicfor Europa, the Festival aligns with their international mission to promote music, donate musical instruments and time to work with young students. Overall, more than 10 different countries are represented by musicians on stage at Summerfest concerts.
Under the baton of Artistic Director, Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese, orchestral concerts feature the music of Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Elgar, Vaughn Williams, Piazzolla, Moncayo, Ravel’s Bolero, and more. Of relevance, a composition commissioned to the Italian composer in residence Lorenzo Turchi-Floris will be performed, the soloists are the acclaimed Swiss guitarist Alessio Nebiolo, the violinist Valentin Mansurov from Russia and the violist David Pedraza from Mexico.
Summerfest outreach includes a July week of performances for residents and students of Panama in partnership with the US Embassy, Bern Resorts, Rotary Clubs and Instituto Nacional de Cultura. Educational events reaching over 8,000 students expose and introduce the masterful sounds of American, European and Latin composers through Summerfest. Many have never before experienced the exhilaration of the music of great composers in live performances.

SUMMERFEST 2017
FLORIDA – REPUBLIC OF PANAMA

FESTIVAL 2017
Partnership
Artistic Director
Document
Summerfest Chamber Orchestra
ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS
VIOLINS I
Orlando Forte (Principal) (Cuba)
Valentin Mansurov (Uzbekistan)
Joselyne Mariotti (Switzerland)
Enrique Reynosa (Mexico)
Giorgio Tentoni (Italy)
VIOLINS II
Svetlana Forte (Principal) (Ukraine)
Ludwig Carrasco (Mexico)
Giulia Gori (Italy)
Sandy Riblett (USA)
VIOLAS
David Pedraza (Principal) (Mexico)
Nicola Narduzzi (Italy)
Laura Sinclair (Canada)
CELLOS
Aziz Sapaev (Principal) (Uzbekistan)
Gozde Turgut (Turkey)
Domitille Coppey (Switzerland)
DOUBLE-BASS
Roger Bustamante (Principal) (Peru)
HARPICHORD
Renée LaBonte (USA)
SOLOISTS
Lorenzo Turchi-Floris (Piano) (Italy)
Alessio Nebiolo (Guitar) (Italy)
Valentin Mansurov (Violin) (Uzbekistan)
David Pedraza (Viola) (Mexico)
Ricardo Velásquez * (Tenor) (Panama)
* Added only in Panama concerts
MUSIC PROGRAM
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Songs
(Arranged by Robert Longfield)
Felix Mendelssohn
Sinfonia No. 8 in D Major
Astor Piazzolla
Oblivìon
(Arranged by Kischkel)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for 2 Violins and strings in D minor, BWV 1043
(Arranged by David Pedraza)
Valentin Mansurov, violin
David Pedraza, viola
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto “Alla Rustica” for Strings in G Major
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
(Arranged by Orlando Forte)
Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, conductor
Lorenzo Turchi-Floris
Tarantango
Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, piano

WATCH VIDEOS - SUMMERFEST 2017
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
(Arranged by Jamin Hoffman)
Edward Elgar
Salut d’Amour
(Arranged by Lorenzo Turchi-Floris)
Lorenzo Turchi-Floris
Prelude & Fugue for guitar and String Orchestra
(World Premiere commissioned for Summerfest 2017)
Alessio Nebiolo, guitar
Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, conductor
CD - SUMMERFEST 2017
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Guitar and Strings in D Major RV93
Alessio Nebiolo, guitar
Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, conductor
Joe Hisaichi
Melody Road
José Pablo Moncayo
Huapango
CONCERTS
FLORIDA PERFORMANCES
15 JULY – 2:00 PM
John Knox Village
651 SW 6th St.
Pompano Beach
15 JULY – 7:30 PM
Miramar Cultural Center Theater
Miramar
19 JULY – 7:30 PM
Dor Dorim Auditorium
Weston Philharmonic Society
2360 Glades Circle
Weston
22 JULY – 7:00 PM
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Amaturo Theater
201 SW 5th Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale
PANAMA PERFORMANCES
24 JULY – 9:30 AM
Instituto Bern
Las Mañanitas
Educational Concert
25 JULY – 9:00 AM
INAC – Instituto Nacional de Cultura
Panama
Educational Concert
25 JULY – 8:00 PM
Joseph’s Church
Panama
Rotary Club of Panama presentation
26 JULY – 8:00 PM
Miramar Hotel
Panama
Gala Concert
27 JULY – 10:00 AM
Local public school
Panama
Educational Concert
27 JULY – 7:00 PM
Town Center Costa del Este
Panama
Gala Concert
28 JULY – 3:00 PM
Educational concert
Colon
US Embassy sponsored masterclasses
given by selected musicians
28 JULY – 6:00 PM
Educational concert
Colon
29 JULY – 9:00 AM
Miramar Hotel
Panama
Educational Concert
31 JULY – 9:00 AM
Miramar Hotel
Panama
FLORIDA PERFORMANCES
3 AUGUST – 7:30 PM
Pompano Beach Cultural Center
Pompano Beach
5 AUGUST – 7:00 PM
Florida Atlantic university Theater
Boca Raton
10 AUGUST – 7:00 PM
Susan B. Katz Theater
17189 Sheridan St.
Pembroke Pines
12 AUGUST – 8:00 PM
Miami Lakes Methodist Church
14800 NW 67th Ave
Miami Lakes, FL
13 AUGUST – 2:00 PM
Christ by the Sea,
United Methodist Church
3755 Hwy AIA
Vero Beach
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SUMMERFEST IN PANAMA
Lessons and instruments demonstrations in Panama schools




























