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National Symphony Orchestra to Play Again <\/STRONG><\/P> D<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>ominican President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez attended the inauguration and gala concert in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater which marked the resumption of the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction the maestro Jos\u00e9 Antonio Molina. <\/P> \u201cA new National Symphony Orchestra is being born today. It is an achievement of the cultural administration of President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s government and is something the Dominican cultural community has been longing for, especially among those who know and love classical music,\u201d said Lantigua. <\/P> President Fern\u00e1ndez arrived at the Eduardo Brito National Theater with his wife, First Lady Margarita Cede\u00f1o de Fern\u00e1ndez where they were received by a committee made up of the Minister of Culture Jos\u00e9 Rafael Lantigua, Franklin Dom\u00ednguez, Alex\u00e1ndez Santana and Bernarda Jorge, according to information released by the President\u2019s Office of Information, Press and Publicity. In explaining some of the changes in the Symphony Orchestra, Culture Minster Jos\u00e9 Rafael Lantigua pledged that the Orchestra\u2019s future is full of renewed prospects. \u201cA new National Symphony Orchestra is being born today. It is an achievement of the cultural administration of President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s government and is something the Dominican cultural community has been longing for, especially among those who know and love classical music,\u201d said Lantigua. \u201cIt is a true rebirth of our very first musical organization. The process is continuing and requires another year to fully complete the Strategic Plan with respect to the definitive conformation of the Orchestra members which will include musicians from abroad,\u201d he pointed out. He added that in that future Dominicans will witness the growth of a renewed, talented, professional orchestra under the direction of \u201cour most important musical director, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Molina.\u201d The National Symphony Orchestra, the first musical organization in the country, has been in recess for the past six months as part of the Ministry of Culture\u2019s Strategic Plan to completely renovate the orchestra after having chosen Jos\u00e9 Antonio Molina to be director. These changes form part of Decree 245-09 from March 2009. The new phase of the Symphony includes Wednesday presentations throughout October and November in the M\u00e1ximo Avil\u00e9s Blonda Hall of the Fine Arts Palace. The inauguration concert included Molina\u2019s Novi Temporis fanfare, Concerto No. 1 in B minor for piano and orchestra by Tchaikovsky with Cuban pianist Jorge Luis Prats doing the piano solo. After intermission, they played Symphony No. 1 in E Minor by Jean Sibelius. At the National Symphony Orchestra concert, Cuban pianist Jorge Luis Prats dedicated a Cuban dance piece by Ignacio Cervantes to President Fern\u00e1ndez and the audience, all of whom were delighted by the performance. Others present at the gala concert included Vice President Rafael Alburquerque and his wife Marta de Alburquerque, Presidential Secretary C\u00e9sar Pina Toribio and Labor Minister Max Puig, among others. <\/P> National Symphony Orchestra to Play Again Dominican President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez attended the inauguration and gala concert in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater which marked the resumption of the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction the maestro Jos\u00e9 Antonio Molina. \u201cA new National Symphony Orchestra is being born today. 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\nDate of Publication: October 02, 2009<\/EM><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"