Amsterdam, August 11, 2025. The main hall of the Concert Gebouw in the Dutch capital welcomed the Cuban ensemble, the Havana Lyceum Orchestra, with their performance of "Mozart and Mambo."
The evening offered to the Dutch audience, an excellent combination of Mozart's work with Cuban rhythms and composers. The program included important works such as El Bodeguero (Richard Egües), Mozart's Symphony No. 33 in B-flat, and the internationally renowned "Guatanamera," which closed the evening.
The Havana Lyceum Orchestra was founded in 2016 under the auspices of the City Historian's Office and the Havana Mozart Lyceum, with support from the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation and the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble. José Antonio Méndez Padrón is the principal conductor, and Ulises Hernández, both founders, is the general director. It is comprised of musicians who graduated from the University of the Arts (ISA) and received the CUBADISCO International Award in 2018. It has performed with prominent soloists such as Renaud Capuçon, Matthias Göerne, and Sarah Willis, with whom it performed the show "Mozart and Mambo."
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