National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia is "Against Oblivion"

An important group of Embassies and Permanent Missions of Colombia have come together to show the world, the history, trajectory and achievements of the National Symphony Orchestra, which has stood out nationally and internationally for its quality, professionalism and now it becomes example of adaptation to new realities, such as mandatory isolation due to the pandemic.   This history of the OSNC has been compiled in the documentary "Against Oblivion" and with a cinematographic narrative language and reviews its inspiring career.   Next March 9 at 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria) on the teams platform at this link https://bit.ly/3uCWuPQ, a group of artists , personalities and connoisseurs of national and international musical life will present and speak about the history of this orchestra that lives music as a fabric of the new reality, going through the lives of the members, their challenges, conflicts and emotions from the soul of the artist.   Among the guests will be the chief conductor of the OSNC Olivier Grangean, the renowned soprano and cultural manager Yalilé Cardona, the general secretary of the Israel Philharmonic Avi Shoshani, the manager of the OSNC Juan Antonio Cuéllar and the director of the international music festival from Cartagena Julia Salvi among others.   The one-hour event seeks to raise awareness and bring the international community closer to Colombia through music with the OSNC, whose origins date back to 1846. With music and talent as an incentive, you will be able to learn more about this orchestra than performs more than 70 concerts a year that includes among its repertoire opera, ballet and zarzuela; as well as chamber and sacred music groups that have also combined interpretations of other genres such as vallenato, salsa, boleros, and even in 2014 she was the winner of the Latin Grammy award for "best traditional pop album" with singer-songwriter Fonseca.   Among the embassies that have joined this music and brotherhood event are Austria, Israel, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland , UN Geneva and Finland From the long list of great soloists who have performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, the most outstanding voices are Arthur Rubinstein, Claudio Arrau, Efrem Zimbalist, Johannes Moser, Benjamin Schmid, and in the field of opera, among others. recognized in the world as Andrea Bocelli, Juan Diego Flórez, José Carreras and Gabriela Montero among others.