With this concert that brings together ClàssicAnd music and imagery, we see the start of a collaboration with the Ull-Nu Festival, with the aim of connecting with other cultural initiatives in the country. Un viatge [A Journey] is a composition by Albert Gumi with text by Albert Villaró, premiered on the 30th anniversary of the Andorran Constitution. With the national classical orchestra of Andorra (ONCA) as the protagonist, this show combines music and projected images to offer a visual and audio journey through the country's history in a unique and spectacular environment. An immersive experience that merges heritage, audiovisual creation and emotion into one, transporting audiences through time and memory.
Interpreters
Albert Gumí
Professor at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC) teaching 'Improvisation in classical and contemporary music and improvisation in pedagogy'.
As a clarinet player, in his youth he won several national and international competitions. He has played as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles in iconic venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Santa Cecilia Auditorium in Rome, and the Edinburgh Festival, among others. He has recorded some twenty CDs. He has collaborated with a number of orchestras, such as the Orquestra del Teatre Lliure, the Orquestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Orquestra Sinfónica de Granada, the Orquestra de Cadaqu��s, Le Concert des Nations, among others. Throughout his extensive career he has alternated playing original instruments from the 18th century and contemporary music, as well as a variety of folk music traditions related to the clarinet, especially Klezmer music.
He is artistic director of the Fundació Orquestra Nacional Clàssica d'Andorra and is a member of the artistic committee of the Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya (JONC). As a conductor, he has specialised in groups of young musicians, such as the Jonca, the Jove Orquestra Simfònica de l'Anoia Aleví, the Orquestra Infantil Julià Carbonell de les Terres de Lleida, the Orquestra Integrada (a group made up of young people with functional diversity and young people from music schools), the Jove Orquestra Simfònica Penedès Anoia Garraf (JOSPAG), the Orquestra de Girona, and many more.
He is the composer of over a hundred works for symphony, chamber, instrumental and vocal orchestras and is the author of a collection of musician biographies (Editorial Mediterrània).
He is the creator of numerous educational projects for the Fundació la Caixa (musical workshops, family concerts and music projects for people with intellectual disabilities, among others). He arranges educational concerts for numerous entities and institutions, such as the Auditori Nacional de Catalunya.
ORQUESTRA NACIONAL CLÀSSICA D'ANDORRA
Albert Gumí, Artistic Director
The Orquestra Nacional Clàssica d'Andorra (ONCA) debuted in 1993 as a string orchestra under the direction of the Andorran violinist Gerard Claret, who served as its concertmaster until 2020. It is managed by the ONCA Foundation, an entity formed by the Government of Andorra and the Creand Foundation, which are the trustees. Since 2021, its artistic direction has been in the hands of the musician, composer and orchestra conductor Albert Gumí. In 2023 it celebrated its 30th anniversary.
The ONCA is a versatile orchestra that adapts its formation to the artistic programme, combining chamber and symphonic arrangements.
The ONCA has signed agreements abroad, such as the one with the Teatre Auditori Sant Cugat and the Escola Municipal de Música Victòria dels Àngels de Sant Cugat del Vallès and the one with the Fundació Orfeó Català - Palau de la Música Catalana.
The ONCA has been conducted by Lord Yehudi Menuhin, on his 80th birthday, by Jordi Casas, Antoni Ros Marbà, Pierre Cao, Fernando Marina, Salvador Brotons, David Brophy and Mario de Rose, among others. On behalf of the ONCA Foundation, Marzio Conti, the conductor who initiated the ONCA's classical format, was the driving force behind the premiere of Symphony No. 2, Andorrana (2007) by Sergio Rendine.
The ONCA has given concerts in Andorra, Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany and Portugal, and has acquired a position of prestige on the international music scene. It has appeared at various festivals, such as the Festival Internacional Narciso Yepes Ordino i Fundació Crèdit Andorrà (Principality of Andorra), the Festival Pau Casals de Prada de Conflent, the Festival Internacional de Música Pau Casals del Vendrell, the Schubertíada de Vilabertran, the Festival Brudieu de la Seu d'Urgell, the Tardor Musical de Sòria, the Serenates de València, the Mercat de Música Viva de Vic, the Festival Castell de Santa Florentina, Sant Pere Sallavinera, the Festival Castell de Peralada, the Festival Estoril Lisboa, the Festival Mil·lenni in Madrid and Barcelona, the Concerts d'Estiu de Santes Creus, Torroella de Montgrí, the Jardins de Cap Roig, the Festival de Jazz de Barcelona and the Festival Internacional de Música de Cambrils. It has also performed in regular concert series at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, the Auditorio de Galicia, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Auditorio de Zaragoza, the Teatre Auditori Felip Pedrell in Tortosa, the Teatre Auditori Sant Cugat, the Auditori Enric Granados in Lleida and the Auditori de Barcelona.
The ONCA has performed with internationally renowned soloists such as Narciso Yepes, Victòria dels Àngels, Lluís Claret, Alexandre Da Costa, Marçal Cervera, Joan Enric Lluna, Jean Pierre Rampal, Claudi Arimany, Patrick Gallois, Joaquín Achúcarro, José Cura, Josep Bros, Leo Nucci, Josep Maria Colom, Maurice André, Josep Carreras, György Sebök, Jaume Aragall, Michel Lethiec, Manuel Barrueco, Quartet Casals, Caetano Veloso, Susana Rinaldi, Barbara Hendricks, Gary Hoffman, Carlos Núñez, Mireia Pintó, Marc Canturri, Elena Copons, Joan Cabero, Toni Marsol, Lambert Climent, Marta Matheu, Josep Pizarro, Nina, Llibert Fortuny, Amaral, Jaume Sisa, Maria del Mar Bonet, Lluís Gavaldà, Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Refree and Love of Lesbian. It has collaborated with the Cor Nacional dels Petits Cantors d'Andorra, the Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana, l'Orfeó Català, the Cor Madrigal and the Coral Càrmina.
