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Alondra de la Parra has conducted some of the world's most renowned orchestras, including the Orchestre de Paris, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, The WDR Symphony Orchestra, Le Verbier Festival Orchestra (VFO), the BBC Philharmonic, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, L'Orchestra - Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
In 2024, she was appointed Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of ORCAM, the Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, a position she'll be assuming September 2024.
In April 2022, she was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano. In the 2022-2023 season, she conducts a Brahms cycle with the Münchner Symphoniker. The season is completed with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, the Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the DR Symfoni orkestret in Denmark, OSESP - Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai in Torino and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia. She is a regular guest of the Royal Opera House in London.
In 2016 she took up the position of Music Director of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, a post she held until the end of 2019.
Highlights in previous seasons include Carlos Padrissa's acclaimed stage production of Mozart's Thamos, King of Egypt with the Camerata Salzburg and the theatre collective La Fura dels Baus at Mozartwoche Salzburg 2019.
Dates

August 1, 2026

Festival PAAX GNP 2026

Heartbeats of the Earth
Symphonic Concert

The Impossible Orchestra
Orchestra of the Community of Madrid

Leo Rondón, Venezuelan cuatro
Edicson Ruiz, double bass

Program:
Leo Rondón — Entreverao Llanero for Venezuelan Cuatro and Orchestra. World Premiere
Tan Dun — Wolf Totem, Concerto for Double Bass
Silvestre Revueltas — Night of the Mayas

Hotel Xcaret Arte, Cancun, Mexico

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August 26, 2027

Festival Escena Escorial

The Colors of America

Joven Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid

Thomas Enhco, piano

Program:
John Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine
George Gershwin – Concerto in F
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri – Three Brazilian Dances
Astor Piazzolla – Tangazo
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2

Teatro Auditorio San Lorenzo de El Escorial

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August 29, 2026

Festival Escena Escorial

Choros and Milongas

Youth Chamber Orchestra of the Community of Madrid

Yamandu Costa, guitar

Program:
Yamandu Costa – Concerto Fronteira
Yamandu Costa and Paulo Cesar Pinheiro – Segredo da Vivencia
Yamandu Costa and Paulo Cesar Pinheiro – Sarará
Astor Piazzolla – Decaríssimo
Ernesto Nazareth – Brejeiro
Yamandu Costa – Mariana
Manuel de Falla (arranged by Elodie Bouny) – La Vida Breve, Spanish Dance No. 1
Radamés Gnattali (arranged by Paulo Aragão) – Valsa Triste

Teatro Auditorio San Lorenzo de El Escorial

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September 4, 2026

Festival Escena Escorial

Die to Live

Orchestra and Choir of the Community of Madrid
RTVE Choir

Serena Sáenz, soprano
Gaëlle Arquez, mezzo-soprano
Javier Carmena, choir director

Program:
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

Teatro Auditorio San Lorenzo de El Escorial

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