{"id":25429,"date":"2026-05-08T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/programblad\/lorenz-and-shostakovich\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T13:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:18:59","slug":"lorenz-and-shostakovich","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/en\/programblad\/lorenz-and-shostakovich\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenz and Shostakovich"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='no-program-container'> <div class='no-program-sidebar row w-100 m-0 justify-content-center '><div class='col-12 col-lg-6 p-0'><nav class='nav nav-tabs program-type-nav-tabs' id='program-type-nav-tab' role='tablist'><button class='nav-link program-type-nav-link active' id='nav-program-tab' data-bs-toggle='tab' data-bs-target='#nav-program-menu' data-linked-tab='#tab-program-content' type='button' role='tab' aria-controls='nav-program-menu tab-program-content' aria-selected='1'><span class='nav-link-text'><h5 class='mb-0'>Program<\/h5><\/span><\/button><button class='nav-link program-type-nav-link' id='nav-medverkande-tab' data-bs-toggle='tab' data-bs-target='#nav-medverkande-menu' data-linked-tab='#tab-medverkande-content' type='button' role='tab' aria-controls='nav-medverkande-menu tab-medverkande-content' aria-selected=''><span class='nav-link-text'><h5 class='mb-0'>Cast<\/h5><\/span><\/button><\/nav><\/div><\/div>\n            <div class='row w-100 m-0 justify-content-center'>\n                <div class='tab-content no-program-content col-12 col-lg-6 pt-24 pb-80 pt-lg-32  more-items' id='program-content'>\n                    <div class='no-program-type-content tab-pane fade active show' id='tab-program-content' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='nav-program-tab' tabindex='0'>\n        <div class='tab-content accordion accordion-flush' id='nav-program-content'>\n              <div class='tab-pane fade show active accordion-item no-program-item-accordion' id='tab-program-25430-content' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='nav-program-tab-25430' tabindex='0'>\n            <div id='collapse-25430' class='accordion-collapse collapse d-block' aria-labelledby='heading-25430' data-bs-parent='#nav-program-content'>\n                <div class='no-program-item-accordion-body accordion-body'>\n                \n<section class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-section nb-section position-relative  pb-48 pb-lg-64\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-container nb-container container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-row nb-row row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-column col nb-column col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  px-sm-8 pe-lg-32 ps-lg-0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h2 my-24 my-md-32 my-lg-48  no-bottom-line content-animation\">Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph m-0  h5\">Jessie Montgomery: <em>Records from a Vanishing City<\/em>, 13 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph m-0  h5\">Ricardo Lorenz:<em> Pataruco: Concert for Venezuelan Maracas and Orchestra<\/em>, 17 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph m-0  h5\">30-minute break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph m-0  h5\">Andrea Tarrodi: <em>Camelopardalis<\/em>, 9 min<strong> <\/strong><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph m-0  h5\">Dimitri Shostakovich: <em>Symphony No. 9<\/em>, 27 min<strong>  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph m-0\">I. Allegro<br\/>II. Moderato<br\/>III. Presto<br\/>IV. Largo<br\/>V. Allegretto<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  px-sm-8 pe-lg-32 ps-lg-0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h2 my-24 my-md-32 my-lg-48  no-bottom-line content-animation\">More about the concert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CELEBRATION AND FINALE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Norrlandsoperan concludes its spring season with a spectacular celebration program, looking toward New York, South Africa, and Caracas. Don\u2019t miss tonight\u2019s maracas solo concert featuring the orchestra\u2019s own percussionist, Maximilliano Polo, in the lead role. The evening\u2019s classical and closing piece is Shostakovich\u2019s Ninth Symphony, a short but hauntingly well-written masterpiece composed toward the end of the war in 1945.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spring season at the Norrlands Opera concludes with a true musical celebration, where a variety of musical styles from around the world share the spotlight. Conducting the concert\u2014in honor of the occasion and as expected\u2014is the company\u2019s own Eduardo Strausser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evening begins with a dreamlike excursion to the city of cities: the Big Apple, New York City. No other place can so effortlessly put people in a festive mood. There\u2019s something about the urban energy that seems to permeate every street corner. But it\u2019s also a city that, like all giant metropolises, is constantly reinventing itself, constantly changing its form. Jessie Montgomery captures some of that in her  <em>Records from a Vanishing City,  <\/em>a tribute to the eclectic soundscape that surrounded her in the bohemian neighborhoods  <em>East Village<\/em>  in New York as a child in the \u201980s and \u201990s. She believes this soundscape no longer exists, as Manhattan\u2019s once less affluent but vibrant neighborhoods have increasingly become a place for the super-rich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montgomery\u2019s wistful tribute to his hometown is followed by a 17-minute solo concerto for maracas and orchestra by the Venezuelan composer Ricardo Lorenz. Lorenz is known for his ability to draw upon the Latin American musical tradition to create art music that is both timeless and uniquely his own. He grew up and trained as a musician in Caracas, but later moved to the United States, where, among other things, he established and directed a music center for Latin American music. For many years, he was affiliated with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for which he has written several significant works. His roots in both of these musical traditions lend his compositions a thrilling unpredictability. He often challenges clich\u00e9s about what is typically Latin American, while at the same time giving well-established, classical compositional traditions their fair share of attention. The orchestra\u2019s own percussionist, Maximilliano Polo, will perform as the maracas soloist.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the intermission, we\u2019ll hear a popular short piece by Andrea Tarrodi, <em>*Camelopardalis*<\/em>, inspired by the zodiac sign of the giraffe\u2014a constellation of celestial bodies visible from the southern part of the African continent. Resonant, dreamlike, with a cinematic quality so often found in Tarrodi\u2019s compositions. <br\/><br\/>The celebration continues with Dmitri Shostakovich\u2019s Ninth Symphony, known as his \u201cClassical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To some extent, it is indeed a \u201cparty symphony.\u201d It is said that, from the outset, Shostakovich planned something grand and magnificent to celebrate the Soviet Union\u2019s victory over the Nazis. Speaking to his students, he spoke enthusiastically of a massive orchestra with an accompanying choir in the style of Beethoven. But during the spring and summer of 1945, when he finally set to work, he seems to have abandoned this vision\u2014if it ever existed at all. The Ninth Symphony is light-hearted, playful, but not jubilant, not grandiose. Anyone who has listened to Shostakovich\u2019s brilliantly intelligent and sober music knows that pomposity was never his style. There is therefore reason to believe that he was teasing his students. \u201cThe musicians will enjoy playing it, and the critics will tear it apart,\u201d he is said to have remarked later. That\u2019s not quite how it turned out; many critics appreciated his technically masterful, though brief, Ninth Symphony. The premiere in St. Petersburg was broadcast live on the radio, and the work was well received. A few years later, in 1948, when Stalin\u2019s reign of terror truly took hold, it ended up on a list of banned works.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ninth Symphony is, first and foremost, short\u2014just 27 minutes\u2014and distinctly chamber-like. As always, spending time with Shostakovich is a special treat. Whatever the form, it is musical art that never ceases to surprise. The only thing you can expect is that you don\u2019t know what to expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h2\">More About <em>Pataruco<\/em> by Ricardo Lorenz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A concert featuring maracas and an orchestra might sound like an unexpected idea\u2014almost provocative, which is also reflected in the title <em>*Pataruco*<\/em> (Venezuelan slang for something cocky or defiant). But in Venezuela, maracas are far more than just a simple percussion instrument: they represent a highly developed and virtuosic tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The piece was written for percussionist Ed Harrison, who learned to play maracas in the Venezuelan style during his time in Caracas, where the technique is passed down orally in folk settings. His artistry inspired Lorenz to compose this unique concert piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The music does not aim to sound like pure folk music. Instead, the orchestra weaves a sonic world around the rhythmic patterns of the maracas\u2014sometimes in harmony, sometimes in playful contrast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The solo part is based on authentic playing techniques and is intended for percussionists with experience in this tradition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class='tab-pane fade' id='tab-medverkande-content' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='nav-medverkande-tab' tabindex='0'>\n        <div class='tab-content accordion accordion-flush' id='nav-medverkande-content'>\n              <div class='tab-pane fade show active accordion-item no-program-item-accordion' id='tab-medverkande-25360-content' role='tabpanel' aria-labelledby='nav-medverkande-tab-25360' tabindex='0'>\n            <div id='collapse-25360' class='accordion-collapse collapse d-block' aria-labelledby='heading-25360' data-bs-parent='#nav-medverkande-content'>\n                <div class='no-program-item-accordion-body accordion-body'>\n                \n<h3 class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-heading nb-heading nb-cursor-default nb-heading-h3\">The Musicians<\/h3>\n\n<div id=\"no-accordion-3e013f49-6545-4c8d-a90c-5bde000066f4\" class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion no-accordion accordion accordion-flush row w-100 m-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-3e013f49-6545-4c8d-a90c-5bde000066f4-0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-3e013f49-6545-4c8d-a90c-5bde000066f4-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eduardo-Strausser_DSC08001.jpg\" alt=\"Conductor: Eduardo Strausser\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Conductor: Eduardo Strausser<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-3e013f49-6545-4c8d-a90c-5bde000066f4-0\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-3e013f49-6545-4c8d-a90c-5bde000066f4\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  py-32\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Eduardo Strausser, chief conductor of the Norrlandsoperan, was born in 1985 in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, and has been living in Berlin for several years. He is a frequently engaged conductor and has worked with orchestras in South America, Europe, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. He is also an experienced opera conductor, a skill he developed during his tenure as Resident Conductor at Teatro S\u00e3o Paulo from 2014 to 2016. Even during his studies at the Zurich University of the Arts, Eduardo developed an interest in works by contemporary composers, a passion he brings with him to the Norrlands Opera. He was appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director at the Norrlands Opera, a position he assumed in the fall of 2024 with a term running through the spring of 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eduardo Strausser also collaborates regularly with the Kansas City Symphony and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and has conducted the Bamberger Symphoniker, the Utah Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the Orchestre de Montpellier, and the Argovia Philharmonic. Previous collaborations include orchestras in Europe such as the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In the United States, he has worked with the symphony orchestras of North Carolina, Detroit, and Indianapolis. He has also worked with the Sydney and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, as well as the New Zealand and West Australian Symphony Orchestras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eduardo-Strausser_DSC08001.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eduardo-Strausser_DSC08001.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eduardo-Strausser_DSC08001-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eduardo-Strausser_DSC08001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eduardo-Strausser_DSC08001-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\" object-fit-contain object-position-center\"><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-norrlandsoperan-blocks-accordion-item accordion-item\"><div class=\"no-accordion-header\"><button class=\"no-accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#no-accordion-3e013f49-6545-4c8d-a90c-5bde000066f4-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"no-accordion-3e013f49-6545-4c8d-a90c-5bde000066f4-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-accordion-header-img\" src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Maximiliano_Polo240116_0Y7A4897_webb-liggande.jpg\" alt=\"Soloist: Maximilliano Polo\"\/><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Soloist: Maximilliano Polo<\/span><span class=\"accordion-button-icon\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M7.99821 16C7.99821 15.7347 8.10357 15.4804 8.2911 15.2929C8.47864 15.1053 8.733 15 8.99821 15L20.5842 15L16.2902 10.708C16.1972 10.615 16.1235 10.5046 16.0732 10.3831C16.0228 10.2616 15.9969 10.1314 15.9969 9.99996C15.9969 9.86847 16.0228 9.73827 16.0732 9.61679C16.1235 9.49531 16.1972 9.38494 16.2902 9.29196C16.3832 9.19898 16.4936 9.12523 16.615 9.07491C16.7365 9.02459 16.8667 8.9987 16.9982 8.9987C17.1297 8.9987 17.2599 9.02459 17.3814 9.07491C17.5029 9.12523 17.6132 9.19898 17.7062 9.29196L23.7062 15.292C23.7993 15.3848 23.8732 15.4952 23.9236 15.6167C23.9741 15.7382 24 15.8684 24 16C24 16.1315 23.9741 16.2617 23.9236 16.3832C23.8732 16.5047 23.7993 16.6151 23.7062 16.708L17.7062 22.708C17.5184 22.8957 17.2638 23.0012 16.9982 23.0012C16.7327 23.0012 16.478 22.8957 16.2902 22.708C16.1024 22.5202 15.997 22.2655 15.997 22C15.997 21.7344 16.1024 21.4797 16.2902 21.292L20.5842 17L8.99821 17C8.733 17 8.47864 16.8946 8.2911 16.7071C8.10357 16.5195 7.99821 16.2652 7.99821 16Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><div id=\"no-accordion-3e013f49-6545-4c8d-a90c-5bde000066f4-1\" class=\"accordion-collapse position-relative collapse\" data-bs-parent=\"#no-accordion-3e013f49-6545-4c8d-a90c-5bde000066f4\"><div class=\"no-accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-group nb-group  py-32\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-paragraph nb-paragraph\">Maximilliano Polo is a Venezuelan percussionist with roots in Valencia.<br><br>He began his musical studies in percussion at the Carabobo Conservatory and later continued at the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar Conservatory and the National University of the Arts in Caracas.<br\/>Maximiliano has performed with the Orchestra of the Americas during the 2011, 2017, and 2018 seasons.<br><br>He has been a member of orchestras such as the Caracas Municipal Symphony Orchestra and the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, and since 2024 he has been the principal percussionist with the Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra.<br><br>At the same time, he has devoted himself to researching Venezuelan maracas and how they are played. This close connection to Venezuelan music has led him to perform as a maracas player with various Venezuelan music ensembles, which has further strengthened his desire and motivation to bring his music and identity to new stages \u2014with the maracas as a symbol of his homeland and a bearer of its cultural and human values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<picture class=\"wp-block-noor-blocks-image nb-mask nb-image\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Maximiliano_Polo240116_0Y7A4897_webb-liggande.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Maximiliano_Polo240116_0Y7A4897_webb-liggande.jpg 540w, https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Maximiliano_Polo240116_0Y7A4897_webb-liggande-150x150.jpg 150w, 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