The artist Gil de Gálvez closed last August 28 his musical tour around Latin America, which has taken him to offer recitals and talks in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, with the support of the Cultural Work of UNEATLANTICO and FUNIBER.
In Peru, the first stop of the tour, the maestro passed through Cuzco, Lima and Arequipa, where he gave a master class to the students of the Catholic University of San Pablo (UCSP) and where he offered a violin and piano recital together with pianist Julmer Nuñez in the Convent of Santa Catalina de Arequipa, with an excellent reception. The program chosen for the occasion featured works by Kreisler, Beethoven and Brahms, as well as Spanish composers such as Monasterio and Albéniz.
In Bolivia, he traveled to the cities of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Sucre and La Paz, where he performed in the same program with pianist Carlos Benítez, and as conductor and soloist, together with Orquestas Unidas de la UEB, Fundación Niño Feliz and Bellas Artes and the Santa Ana de Velasco Orchestra. He also gave a lecture at the Bolivian Evangelical University and is already working on future projects with the Embassy of Spain in that country.
In addition, the Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca (USFX) awarded him a recognition during the concert he gave at the Teatro Gran Mariscal de Sucre (Bolivia) “for his invaluable contribution and commitment to music, and the strengthening of cultural ties between Spain and Bolivia”.
As last stop of the tour, the maestro traveled to Ecuador, where he conducted the Youth Orchestra of the Prefecture of Guayas, at the Anthropological and Contemporary Art Museum of Guayaquil. He also gave master classes entitled “The importance of the first steps in violin practice” and “The importance of music as a fundamental pillar of human development”, both held at the Presley Norton Museum.
Gil de Gálvez is a multifaceted artist who approaches music from different points of view: interpretation, pedagogy, dissemination, management and research, with the violin, his instrument, and orchestra conducting as a common thread. Since 1996 he is First Violin and leader of the prestigious Spanish string orchestra Concerto Malaga. As a conductor he has an important career that began with his debut at the National Theater of El Salvador, obtaining a great success conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Venezuela at the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas.