Alondra de la Parra conducts Bach, Enhco, and Stravinsky — With Vassilena Serafimova, Thomas Enhco, and The Impossible Orchestra
Festival Paax GNP 2025: Timeless Sounds
Cast
Vassilena Serafimova — Marimba
Thomas Enhco — Pianist
The Impossible Orchestra
Alondra de la Parra — Conductor
Program notes
Acclaimed composer-pianist Thomas Enhco and marimba player Vassilena Serafimova, who “adapts the art of the marimba with unlimited sensitivity” (ClassiqueNews), reunite their unique duo at this exceptional concert from the 2025 Festival Paax GNP! They begin with Bach’s Concerto BWV 1062 in C minor, a transcription of the famous Double Violin Concerto, and proceed to tackle Enhco’s own Double Concerto for Piano, Marimba, and Orchestra (2019). The evening concludes with Stravinsky’s Petrushka (1947 version), a score full of color and vitality, performed by the all-star lineup of artists in The Impossible Orchestra — which brings together musicians from preeminent orchestras all over the world — and conducted with energy and emotion by Alondra de la Parra.
Created by Alondra de la Parra and nestled in the paradise of the Mexican Caribbean, the Festival Paax GNP comes to medici.tv for its 2025 edition, and you can catch four live broadcast concerts all with the extraordinary Impossible Orchestra and internationally renowned soloists in symphonic favorites, contemporary classics, and thrilling world premieres, plus special features produced by medici.tv!
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