In 2013, the Formentor Sunset Classics became the perfect demonstration of how the Barceló Formentor Hotel is perpetuating the intimate relationship it has had with culture right from the beginning. The festival got under way on the 22nd of June with a Russian Epic concert conducted by one of the leading figures in Russian classical music, Maestro Mikhail Tatarnikov. It comes to an end with a spectacular Beethoven concert featuring the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by Zubin Mehta, which will take place on the 13th of September.
All of this has been made possible by the invaluable collaboration of Majorcan composer Joan Valent, who has studied violoncello, piano, analysis, composition and conducting in Palma de Majorca, Barcelona and Los Angeles. A musician of considerable experience, Valent has been the Director of the prestigious “Festival de Pollença” and has created the “Ballet Carmen” for the Sara Baras Company. He has also composed soundtracks for such movies as “The Bicycle”, “The Box”, “Serrallonga”, “The Consul of Sodom” and the latest creation of Andrés Vicente Gómez, “Ay Carmela!”
Maestro Daniel Barenboim will perform a unique piano recital in Majorca, in the exclusive settings of the Barceló Formentor Hotel. The Maestro’s own piano will be shipped specially for this concert from the La Scala Theatre. He will interpret works by Schubert and particularly by Chopin, given the composer’s strong association with Majorca.
FORMENTOR SUNSET CLASSICS
Hotel Barceló Formentor
Playa Formentor s/n
07470 Port de Pollença
Majorca, Spain
