Alejandro Vela
IN CONCERT IN THE RANDALL EWING KEMPER HALL
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Alejandro Vela
Classical Piano
Alejandro Vela has played in 35 countries including major venues in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Romania, Ukraine, Israel, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Japan. Born in the border community of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico; he studied with Hortensia Vela Mante, Robert Avalon, and Yoheved Kaplinsky. He obtained a Bachelor and a Masters degree from the Juilliard School, The Performing Arts Conservatory located at Lincoln Center Plaza in New York. He has performed with the Chicago, Houston, San Francisco Symphony Orchestras, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Antonio, State of Mexico, Xalapa, Santo Domingo, and the Philharmonics of Mexico City, Jalisco, Queretaro and the Desert. He has performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, at the Radio Hall in Bucharest, Alice Tully Hall in New York, National Auditorium in Taipei, National Museum of Tokyo, and Juarez Theater of Guanajuato, among others.
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PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827:
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
(Transcribed by Franz Liszt)
• Allegro con brio
• Andante con moto
• Scherzo
• Allegro
Duration: 40 minutes
Intermission
George Gershwin, 1898-1937:
Rhapsody in Blue
Astor Piazzolla, 1921-1992:
Adiós Nonino
Manuel Maria Ponce, 1882-1948:
Balada Mexicana
Duration: 35 minutes