PRESS  9 December, 2021

Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra hopes to entice audiences with her love of classical music through a new multi-disciplinary performance in which she pairs an orchestra and a clown on stage.

De la Parra, who has conducted more than 100 orchestras including the London Philharmonic and the Orchestre de Paris, embraces a new format with “The Silence of Sound”, and puts musicians on stage rather than in the pit.

Through classical pieces, the orchestra plays a key role in the story-telling as the clown searches for fulfilment.

“The stories we tell in this show are just some out of the many possible stories one can come up with when listening to classical music,” de la Parra told Reuters.

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Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-the-silence-of-sound-idCAKBN2IG4BD

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