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F I E S T A L A T I N O A M E R I C A N A
REPERTOIRE
Fiesta Latinoamericana is a proposal made by the Sorde Youth Orchestra of Uruguay. Te
Rhythms and melodies will make us travel through the American continent disembarking
inevitably in Rio de la Plata, steeped in tango and candombe.
Arturo Mrquez (Mxico 1950)
Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Inocente Carreo (Venezuela 1919)
Suite Margaritea
Silvestre Revueltas (Mexico 1899 - 1940)
Sensemay
Antonin Dvorak (Czech Republic 1841 - 1904)
Simphony No. 9 New World
Luis Cluzeau Mortet (Uruguay1888-1957)
Tamboriles
Astor Piazzolla (Argentina 1921 -1992)
Libertango
Carlos Gardel (Uruguay 1890 -1935)
Arr: Santiago Gutirrez
Homenaje a Gardel (Tango selection)
I stand before an orchestra that has a unique energy (...)
At the end of the concert, the attendants are not same as they were before Diego Zecharies (Spain, Uruguay).
Principal Doublebass player at the Galicia Symphonyc and at the BandArt Orchestra..
Astor Piazzolla (Argentina 1921 -1992)
Adis Nonino
Horacio Antonio Pintn Castellanos
(Uruguay 1905 -1983)
La Pualada
ngel Villoldo (Argentina 1861 - 1919)
El Choclo
Gerardo Matos Rodrguez (Uruguay 1897-1948)
La Cumparsita
Rubn Rada (Uruguay 1943)
Montevideo (candombe)
THE TOUR
During September and October 2014, the OJS will
tour through Europe and Israel. Successive per-
formances are scheduled in Tel-Aviv , Jerusalem
, Berlin, Frankfurt , Paris , Strassburg, Madrid ,
Barcelona , Valencia , Pamplona , La Corua and
Santiago de Compostela .
It is a youth orchestra, but with the
aim to achieve a high level as professionals.
Mtro Emmanuel Sifert (Switzerland),
Director at the Symphonic Orchestra of San Juan, Argentina
THE SODRE
YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Sodre Youth Orchestra is the National Youth Or-
chestra of Uruguay and develops its main season
in the Sodre National Auditorium Adela Reta.
It has conquered the public opinion because of
the quality shown on its concerts and has become
an indispensable tool for training and promoting
new musical talents.
Its director and founder, Mtro. Ariel Britos, has
been awarded as the UNESCO Artist for Peace,
has received the National Award for Citizen Ex-
cellence by the Latin American Center for Deve-
lopment, the Ariel de Oro award of the Ateneo de
Montevideo and the Fraternity Award from the
Bnai Brith.
Keeping the spirit of its origins which is integra-
ted in the system of Youth and Children Orches-
tras of Uruguay, the training pursues, besides
musical excellence, to enhance the intellectual
and cultural development in youth and to capture
new audiences.
Its more than 100 members carry out cultural and
academic exchanges with artists of international
careers who contribute to their experience and
projection.
In 2012 and 2013 the Youth Orchestra received
the Golden Citizen national award issued by the
Latin American Center for Development and
received the standing ovation in various per-
formances it presented in U.S.A. and Panama,
highlighting the performance at the Hall of the
Americas in the OAS in Washington DC.
ARIEL BRITOS
Founder of the System of Youth and Children
Orchestras of Uruguay and Director of the Sodre
Youth Orchestra.
For his concern for the promotion of social inter-
vention strategies through music he has been ho-
nored as UNESCO Artist for Peace, also awarded
with the 2013 Fraternity Award from the Bnai
Brith, Banda del Yi award from the Durazno
Intendancy, a Distinction from the Rotary Club of
Florida, the Quijote Award from the Cervantes
College, the Ariel de Oro award from the Ateneo
de Montevideo and he was also was recognized as
Golden Citizen for two consecutive years by the
Latin American Development Center.
He was trained in Venezuela for the conduction
of Children and Youth Orchestras, by applying
methods developed by Maestro Jos Antonio
Abreu, based on studying and learning musical
instruments through the Intensive Orchestral
Practice.
He is an active participant in UNESCO pro-
grams, the OAS and the CAF for the Creation
and Development of a Latin American System
of Youth and Children Orchestras and Choirs ;
also participated in a seminar on Leadership,
Democracy and Social Development in the In-
ter-American Institute for Social Development of
the Inter-American Development Bank.
In the international scene, he has directed in Ve-
nezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile,
Brazil and Germany, and also directed the Jos
Artigas Youth Symphony during its Internatio-
nal tours: Chile (2006), Te United States (2008)
and Spain (2010), highlighting his participation
at the Festival Internacional de Jvenes Orques-
tas de Murcia (i.e. International Festival of Young
Orchestras of Murcia), were he received exceptio-
nal crytics from the Spanish magazine specialized
on music Scherzo; i.e. ... the charras, truly
espectacular...under the direction of an electrif-
ying Britos...
Since 2011 he directs the SODRE Youth Orches-
tra on its main performances at the Auditorio
Nacional del Sodre Adela Reta (i.e. Sodre Na-
tional Auditorium Adela Reta) and on its inter-
national tours on Panam and the United States
(2013) which ended in the Hall of the Americas
of OAS in Washington DC, where they received a
standing ovation.
Te best concert of my life... was the one performed by the
SODRE Youth Orchestra of Uruguay Tey gave us
strength , emotion, passion and spontaneity.
OPPINION published at Ciudad del Saber
Panam, February 2013
THE FOUNDATION
Te Fundacin Sistema de Orquestas Juveni-
les e Infantiles del Uruguay ( i.e. System of
Youth and Children Orchestras of Uruguay),
is a non for proft organization that promotes
the study of music as a tool of human, inte-
llectual and social development in Uruguayan
children and youngsters.
Our children Involved in orchestras and
choirs, integrate values such as respect for
others, perseverance in the efort, develop-
ment of concentration, elevating self esteem,
habits of responsibility and teamwork.
Tese acquired values are rapidly projected in
their communities and families, who take as
an example of improvement, the eforts and
achievements that reaches every child.
Te Foundation participates in the global
network called Te System that takes as an
example the dynamics of the Accin Social
por la Msica (i.e. Social Action for Music),
launched in Venezuela in 1975 by the inter-
nationally renowned Maestro Jos Antonio
Abreu.
Nowadays in Uruguay there are working nine
centers of training called ncleos (i.e. cores)
where more than 1200 children are participa-
ting, and since the age of fve they receive an
instrument and begin their musical training.
Tey have a unique vocation and a devotion to their instruments.
Dietrich Paredes (Venezuela), director of the Caracas Youth Orchestra.
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