Fabio Mazzitelli • Omar Cyrulnik • Pablo Pollitzer • Bea Odoriz
Mazzitelli is dedicated to the dissemination of Argentine music in his own country and abroad. He is a member of the new music ensemble Grupo Encuentros de Música Contemporánea which has performed in Argentina, Chile, España, Francia, Italia, Alemania, Austria, Suiza, Holanda, Polonia, Armenia and Estonia. As a member of the ensemble, he was named Peace Ambassador by the Mil Milenios de Paz Foundation in 2014.
Mazzitelli is regularly invited to participate in festivals and serve as adjudicator at international flute competitions. In 2015, he was an adjudicator at the XVII l Concurso Nacional “Enrico Zangarelli” in Citta di Castello, Italy, and taught master classes at the DIMA Doremi International Music Academy in Arezzo, Italy. In 2016, he performed at the Festival “Siete noches” organized by the conservatory Bruno Maderna (Cesena, Italy), and his performance in Laureana de Borrello was televised for the entire region of Calabria. He participates regularly in the Spring Music Festival organized by the Conservatory of Cesena, Italy. In 2016, he was awarded honorific membership into the Associazione Culturale Musicale Intercomunale Mtro. Paolo Ragone.
Cyrulnik has toured major cities in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brasil, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Finland, Poland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Israel and Egypt.
He has taught workshops and seminars at the Innsbruck Mozarteum; Monteverdi Conservatory of Bolzano; Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem; Victoria and New South Wales Universities; Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney Universities; Perth and Adelaide Conservatories; Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, University of Wellington; The Cairo Conservatory, National Arts Academy of Malaysia; Jakarta Kensenian Institute; Association of Art Portugal; Dynamo Arts Center of Zurich; and Warsov Conservatory. He has served as juror in The International Competition Michele Pittaluga Alessandria, Italy, Luis Sigall International Competition (Vina del Mar, Chile), International Competition Arianne Urshalmi (Jerusalem, Israel), International Competition (Krzyzowa, Poland) and Grosetto International Guitar Competition (Italy).
Reviews
"Omar Cyrulnik is a musician with a formidable technique and a profound romantic sensibility."
—The Sydney Morning Herald
"Some great teacher once said that music is all that happens between note and note. Omar Cyrulnik, guitarist, seems to bring that vision to its ultimate consequences."
—Clarin. Buenos Aires
"Omar Cyrulnik played with energy and dynamism when necessary and may also appeal to the technical sensitivity if required. His versions of works by Argentine and Brouwer are simply excellent. Delicious from start to finish."
—London Classical Guitar Magazine
At the Colón theater Pollitzer sang Alban Berg's Wozzeck, E. Mastronardi's La venganza de Don Mendo, G. Gandini's La ciudad ausente, C. Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, A. Vives' Doña Francisquita, G. Puccini's Il Tabarro, Giordano's Fedora, Monteverdi's L’Orfeo and Rameau's Les indies galantes. He played the leading roles of Renaud from Gluck's Armida and Luzio from Wagner's Das liebesverbot, among others.
Pollitzer has sung in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Finland, Estonia, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru and Mexico. He sang also with the Chamber Opera of the Teatro Colón, K. Weil's Mahagonny songspiel and Leos Janacek's The diary of one who disappeared in Buenos Aires, Chile and Mexico. Additionally, he sang a principal role in Britten's The mad women with the company Lirica Lado B. and in the show Non ti scordar di me with the Compañía Enhorabuena.
He directed Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in the San Benito Church; in 2016 he directed Pasquini's La sete di Cristo in the Sacra Music series in San Isidro and in the CCK's Argentina Hall. In 2017 he sang in Carissimi's oratorios Jonas and Jephte in the production “Carissimi, territory of sacrifice” for the same cycles.
Odoriz has staged non-operatic musical works such as Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Virgine at the Teatro Colón; Schubert's song cycle Die schöne müllerin; Schumann's Dichterliebe and his Opus 24 cycles Frauenlieben und leben. Additionally, Los amores en tiempos de Monteverdi based on madrigals; Moliere's Le malade imaginaire, Girondo and Gerszenzon's De tropos, noes y perros, Pasquini's oratorio La sete di Cristo; and “Carissimi, territory of sacrifice” based on Carissimi's oratorios Jephte and Jonas. She has also contributed to the staging of Cavalli's opera La Virtu degli strali d’amore.
Odoriz’s theatre works set to music by contemporary musicians and from the musical canon have been performed across Argentina as well as in Madrid, Paris, Washington (DC) and New York. Her list of works includes Arena, entre la carne y el hueso (play and opera versions), Odio a mi familia, La Parte Pendiente, Ten Piedad de Mí, El ir al encuentro, Mariela, Desierto Aire (with Jorge Sanchez), Afuera llueve, Trois pas d’ici and Caída Crónica for which she received a Germán Rozenmacher award.
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15), the Ohio State School of Music and the Organization of Hispanic/Latino Faculty and Staff proudly present a series of concerts and musical experiences that highlight the culture of Latin America.
These events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
Thank you to our sponsors
Center for Latin American Studies • Department of Spanish and Portuguese • Office of Outreach and Engagement • The Ohio Arts Council • The Ohio State University, Newark campus