The real wealth of a people is undoubtedly its culture. Therefore, in times of crisis we must not lose the north, although the economic problems are the most important headaches, the future of culture and the education of the sensitivity of young people must be our main concern against the desolation general.La Young Orchestra of

Euskal Herria has a trajectory of 15 years very interesting and in accordance with the aforementioned objective. A lot of talents have come out of this nest and a lot of them are going to come out. Proof of this has been the Orchestra’s winter concert cycle. The beautiful interpretations, tastefully, under the warm and friendly union of Juan José Ocón, were signs of the quality of the group, but the most striking part of the session were the soloists. María Rallo, violin, at the age of 15, and violinist Julen Zelaia, seventeen, taught music lessons and stage form nica.El concert began with

Dimitri Shostakovich. This author’s “Chamber Symphony 110” is an adaptation to the ensemble of the 8th string quartet dedicated to “the victims of fascism and war” and realized through the string orchestra version of Rudolf Barshai. With this work, Shostakovich wanted to show the deep wound that World War II caused to everyone. The members of the Young Orchestra conveyed all the feelings that explain the work: the threat, the fear, the despair… they were perfectly represented. Hot sonority and flexible musicality were the main features.

We enter a more playful environment with Mozart’s “Concertante Symphony for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K 364”. For the solo violin, the solo viola, the work is written for two oboes, two tubes and strings, and it can be said that it is a kind of gender between the symphony and the concert, ideal to lengthen the soloists Rallo and Zelaia, whose sheet music is really difficult. We didn't miss the two boys. They acted as experienced, safe and well-trained artists. They perfectly fulfilled their role in both the technical and the interpretative aspects. And it proved that the technique left them, with the duo they played like a tip, full of devils but completely dominated.

The Orchestra also gave the public a very special bis. The soundtrack of the film The Impossible, by the composer Fernando Velázquez, who was a member of the Young Orchestra of Euskal Herria, has been awarded. Very nice, very well interpreted. Congratulations.