After traveling to the four corners of the world using his violin as a plane ticket, Orchester symphonique de Longueuil conductor Alexandre Da Costa experienced one of his memorable stops on Friday night in London as part of the Platinum celebration Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Next to the Hungarian National Folk Ensemble, the violinist performed Rhapsody No. 2 of Béla Bartók as guest soloist and representative of Canada, opening a three-hour concert-event.
It is a great honor to be herereacted to Alexandre Da Costa in an interview after his performance.
” I’ve done 2000 concerts abroad. […] But that line in my CV, will always bring back very, very good memories. “
The show, intended as a gift from Hungary to the Queen of England in honor of her 70 -year reign, blended the works. the most technical and complex of the country in the choreographies of the dancers of the Hungarian National Folklore Ensemble.
In total, approximately 150 artists walked the boards of Sadler’s Wells Theater of London, including musicians of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Conquer the world through art
For Alexandre Da Costa, this return to the stage abroad serves as a reminder after many years of pandemic: the big dream.
This is my place to be a musician who travels and represents my country to the best of my ability, he says. Nakakatouch talaga.
Alexandre Da Costa’s desire for greatness is not limited to his solo career.
In August, the Orchester symphonique de Longueuil, which he conducts, will tour abroad for the first time in its history – a series of ten concerts in Brazil and Colombia. In 2024, the group will head to Austria and Spain.
You have to feel that what you do in Quebec is highly exported, he says. We are a very good people of creators, and a very powerful incubator of art recognized around the world.
” It’s worth the desire to cover the world through art, not because of ambition, but because of the desire to share something mysterious with people. “
The Symphonic balconies immortality
During the pandemic, Alexandre Da Costa suppressed his international dreams to protect, in his own way, the most vulnerable.
I have big questions. I told myself that I wasn’t bringing enough radiance and therapy to people who needed ithe says.
Thus he decided, along with a small group of musicians and musicians from the Orchester symphonique de Longueuil, to travel throughout Quebec to offer about 120 intimate concerts in the grounds of residences for the elderly, CHSLD and hospitals.
More than this Symphonic balconiesthe group’s repertoire, which first centered on the work of Beethoven and Mozart, gradually evolved to make room for adaptations of Quebec’s great songs, such as I love you like crazyby Robert Charleois, at An opportunity we haveby Jean-Pierre Ferland.
Everything will be immortalized in an album titled Stradivarius, I rememberto be released in June.
For Alexandre Da Costa, it’s about symphonize Quebec and French-speaking music in a wordless format, allowing him to travel across language borders.
Music is a general language that can be shared with any audiencehe concludes.
Source: Radio-Canada
