Usach Classical Orchestra

With a program dedicated to Chileans abroad, the orchestra will address classical and contemporary repertoire in the concert.  

Directed by Nicolas Rauss, the group will perform Dance of Hells, from the opera Orpheus and Euridice by C.W. Gluck and Cello Concerto in D major by J. Haydn, with the Chilean cellist living in the United States, Pablo Mahave-Veglia. 

The presentation will end with Trittico Botticelliano by Ottorino Respighi and The Clouds and the Days, premiere by the Chilean composer living in Germany, Christian Vásquez (Antítesis).

Pablo Mahave-Veglia, Violoncello
The cellist is currently a cello teacher at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, USA. Dr. Mahave-Veglia is an instrumentalist and teacher of broad interests, with repertoire from the early baroque, with instruments and techniques of the time, to the research, promotion and recording of works by Latin American composers.
Currently, he is also touring with the program “Not So Alone”, a recital that focuses on the idea of ​​creating polyphony in works for cello with electronic or video counterpoint. This program of works by Andrés Alcalde, Bill Ryan, Steve Reich, Edgardo Cantón and Robert Muczynski will be presented in eight cities in the northern United States. During the same year, trips as a guest artist to the International Music Festival in Salta, Argentina also stand out. 
In the last season, Professor Mahave-Veglia presented the complete works for cello and piano by Beethoven using both instruments and stylistic techniques contemporary to the composer. Each of the nine concerts focused on one of Beethoven's compositional eras and were repeated at Grand Valley State University, as well as other concerts in St. Louis, Ann Arbor and Chicago. Dr. Mahave-Veglia earned degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University and the Eastman School of Music in the US. Additionally, he attended music festivals such as Frutillar (Chile), Banff (Canada), Pacific (Japan), Jerusalem (Israel), and Schleswig-Holstein and Heidelberg (Germany). His discography includes recordings for the Eroica, Centaur, Audite, Ghostly International and Innova labels, and his website is pmvcello.com. It is performed on a cello made by William Forster in London in 1790.