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On stage
2024
2025
2026
2026
On stage
Febreuary 28
Universal Orchestra
Nodal Special
Pedregal Event Center
San Antonio de Belén, Heredia
9:00 p.m.
March 8
OSUCR
Season Concert I
-Fanny Mendelssohn – Oberture in Do Major
-Julio Fonseca – Gran Fantasía Sinfónica – Luissana Padilla (Guest Conductor)
-Adrián Goizueta – Quincordio para guitarra y orquesta – David Coto (Soloist)
-Adrián Goizueta/Andrés Soto – Tribute to Adrián Goizueta
-Alberto Ginastera – Suite from the ballet Estancia
National Theater
5:00 p.m.
March 14
Orquesta Universal
Yandel Sinfónico
Pedregal Event Center
San Antonio de Belén, Heredia
5:00 p.m.
March 26
OSUCR
Season Concert II
Territories of the Imagination
-Susan Campos Fonseca – The Point Where the Trees Rest for Viola and Orchestra (Manuel Loaiza – Soloist) *World premiere
-Symphonie Fantastique – Héctor Berlioz
Aula Magna
Universityy of Costa Rica
7:00 p.m.
March 27
OSUCR
Season Concert II
Territories of the Imagination
-Susan Campos Fonseca – The Point Where the Trees Rest for Viola and Orchestra (Manuel Loaiza – Soloist) *World premiere
-Symphonie Fantastique – Héctor Berlioz
Palmares Catholic Church
Alajuela
7:00 p.m.
April 24
Sonic Memory of the Nation
Orlando Jacinto García – A Sonic Specter from Another Time *World Premiere
Manuel Matarrita Venegas – Four Tales of Anguish *World Premiere
Julio Fonseca – Gran Fantasía Sinfónica
Sergio Delgado – Symphony No. 2 (Picturesque Costa Rican Scenes) *World Premiere
Aula Magna
Universityy of Costa Rica
7:00 p.m.
April 25
Community Concert
Sonic Memory of the Nation
Orlando Jacinto García – A Sonic Specter from Another Time *World Premiere
Manuel Matarrita Venegas – Four Tales of Anguish *World Premiere
Julio Fonseca – Gran Fantasía Sinfónica
Sergio Delgado – Symphony No. 2 (Picturesque Costa Rican Scenes) *World Premiere
Catholic Church of Saint Anthony
Escazú
7:00 p.m.
April 5
Carlos Enrique Vargas National Music Prize Ceremony – Conducting Category
“The prize is awarded to Alejandro Gutiérrez Mena in recognition of his outstanding and prolific orchestral conducting work during the year 2025, demonstrating a solid balance of technical quality, versatility, artistic achievement and ambition, as well as adaptability and dialogue with the Costa Rican environment.”
National Theater
San José
7:00 p.m.
May 15
National Symphony Orchestra of Panama
Ciudad de Panamá
Panamá
7:00 p.m.
May 22
National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica
-Carl Maria von Weber -Overture Oberon
Carl Maria von Weber – Oberon Overture
Ernest Chausson – Poème, Op. 25 (Irina Casasnovas Jilobokov – Violin)
Bedřich Smetana – Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)
Mauricio Villalobos – Peace in Gaza (Mauricio Villalobos – Horn)
Giovanni Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante (Fernando Muñoz – Violin, Javier Sherab Campos – Double Bass)
Georges Bizet / Giraud – Carmen Suite No. 1
Escazú
7:00 p.m.
May 30
OSUCR and OSEAM
Season Concert IV – Humanity and Transcendence
G. Verdi – Requiem
Sofía Corrales – Soprano
Karla Pineda – Mezzosoprano
Ernesto Rodríguez – Tenor
Alexis Trejos – Bass
EAM Choirs and UCR Coral
San José
7:00 p.m.
May 31
OSUCR and OSEAM
Humanity and Trascendence
G. Verdi – Requiem
Sofía Corrales – Soprano
Karla Pineda – Mezzosoprano
Ernesto Rodríguez – Tenor
Alexis Trejos – Bass
EAM Choirs and UCR Coral
Guápiles
12:00 m.d.
June 2
OSUCR and OSEAM
Humanity and Trascendence
G. Verdi – Requiem
Sofía Corrales – Soprano
Karla Pineda – Mezzosoprano
Ernesto Rodríguez – Tenor
Alexis Trejos – Bass
EAM Choirs and UCR Coral
Cartago
7:00 p.m.
June 26
OSUCR
V Season Concert – Emerging Voices
Soloists selected in the “University Soloists” Competition
UCR
7:00 p.m.
July 16
National Symphony Orchestra of Panama
Richard Wagner – Overture to Rienzi
F. Doppler – Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra (Gabriel Yela and Gabriel Goñi – Soloists)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances
Guatemala City
7:00 p.m.
July 26 y 27
OSUCR
Season Concert VI – Echoes of the Caribbean
Andrés Soto – Dances of Passion and Disdain
Bernardo Quesada – What Their Eyes Saw
Isabel Guzmán – Commissioned work (to be announced)
7:00 p.m.
September 6
OSUCR
Season Concert VII – Uncle Ale’s Concert
Uncle Ale and the Land of Dreams (Family Concert)
Universidad de Costa Rica
10:00 y 11:00 a.m.
Octuber 2
OSUCR
Season Concert VIII – Music Without Borders
P. I. Tchaikovsky – Scene and Waltz from Swan Lake Suite
J. Strauss – The Blue Danube
Delgado – Symphony No. 2
Neapolitan Songs
Adrián Goizueta / Andrés Soto – Tribute to Adrián Goizueta
J. Williams – Harry Potter
J. Williams – Star Wars Suite
Rumba in Cahuita
Guzmán – Costa Rican Inspirations
Ciudad Quesada
7:00 p.m.
Octuber 30
OSUCR
Season Concert IX – Gardens, Dance and Fire
150th Anniversary of Manuel de Falla
Mario Alfagüel – Piano Concerto – Manuel Matarrita (Soloist)
Manuel de Falla – Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Manuel Matarrita (Soloist)
Manuel de Falla – The Three-Cornered Hat (Suite No. 2)
Universidad de Costa Rica
7:00 p.m.
Octuber 31
OSUCR
Season Concert IX – Gardens, Dance and Fire
150th Anniversary of Manuel de Falla
Mario Alfagüel – Piano Concerto – Manuel Matarrita (Soloist)
Manuel de Falla – Nights in the Gardens of Spain – Manuel Matarrita (Soloist)
Manuel de Falla – The Three-Cornered Hat (Suite No. 2)
7:00 p.m.
Noviember 27
OSUCR
Season Concert X – Cathedral of Sound
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 2 (Original Version)
7:00 p.m.
Noviember 28
OSUCR
Cathedral of Sound
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 2 (Original Version)
7:00 p.m.
December 6
OSUCR
Season Concert XI – Christmas and Year’s End
7:00 p.m.
December 11
OSUCR
Season Concert XI – Christmas and Year’s End
3:00 p.m.