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Conductor pairs orchestra, clown on stage for extraordinary show

by REUTERS

LONDON Dec 02, 2021 - 4:37 pm GMT+3
Conductor Alondra de la Parra and clown performer Gabriela Munoz pose for a promotional picture for "The Silence of Sound" in La Bisbal d'Emporda, Spain on Aug. 17, 2021. (REUTERS)
Conductor Alondra de la Parra and clown performer Gabriela Munoz pose for a promotional picture for "The Silence of Sound" in La Bisbal d'Emporda, Spain on Aug. 17, 2021. (REUTERS)
by REUTERS Dec 02, 2021 4:37 pm

Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra has prepared a new multidisciplinary show combining performances by an orchestra and clown on stage.

De la Parra, who has conducted more than 100 orchestras including the London Philharmonic and the Orchestre de Paris, embraces a new format with "The Silence of Sound", and puts musicians on stage rather than in the pit. Through classical pieces, the orchestra plays a key role in the story-telling as the clown searches for fulfillment.

"The stories we tell in this show are just some out of the many possible stories one can come up with when listening to classical music," de la Parra told Reuters.

Clown performer Gabriela Munoz performs alongside members of the GIO Symphonia orchestra during a preview of "The Silence of Sound" in Girona, Spain, on Nov. 25, 2021. (REUTERS)
Clown performer Gabriela Munoz stands in front of the GIO Symphonia orchestra during a preview of "The Silence of Sound" in Girona, Spain on November 25, 2021. (REUTERS)

"We hope to reach a larger audience so that they fall in love with the orchestra, and also to give some comfort, dreams, imagination and art in this difficult period of time that we are living in."

Alongside the music, Mexican clown performer Gabriela Munoz, who does not speak during the performance, interacts with visual projections, such as birds in flight.

"My character is a character I’ve played for many years already," she said.

"We place her in this situation where she goes on a visual, melodic and emotional journey to find herself in tune with the music, or really, to find her inner music that allows her to dance to her own rhythm like we’re all capable of doing."

De la Parra's music selection includes pieces by Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky among others.

"I wanted to have very contrasting works, one after the other, that could be a very beautiful sample as an introduction to the orchestra of pieces that anybody can fall in love with immediately," she said.

Clown performer Gabriela Munoz and conductor Alondra de la Parra stand in front of audience following a preview performance of "The Silence of Sound" in Girona, Spain, on Nov. 25, 2021. (REUTERS)
Clown performer Gabriela Munoz performs during a preview of "The Silence of Sound" in Girona, Spain on Nov. 25, 2021. (REUTERS)

The two women have been working on the project for six years, more recently overcoming issues made difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Munoz only just recently performed alongside the GIO Symphonia orchestra ahead of a preview in front of an audience in Girona, Spain last week.

"The time we're living and going through this pandemic makes it even more relevant ... to remind (ourselves) how important it is to go through emotional journeys, to continue sharing," Munoz said.

"The Silence of Sound" will premiere in Mexico in July. De la Parra plans Mexican and European tours afterward.

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