The globe-trotting Venezuelan orchestra leader, just back from his latest European tour, is excited to soon take his first bite of the Big Apple
The project will combine historical preservation and a state-of-the art reinvention of the 93-year-old venue, which opened in 1929 as the Fox Theater
“To make a sports analogy, it’s like getting to coach the Yankees. Rafael’s career is really blossoming and taking off around the world right now. Conducting the New York Phil, boy, that’s like the icing on the cake!” Careau also regards Payare’s upcoming debut with the New York Philharmonic as a headline-commanding signifier of his rising stature in the classical-music world.“We have done 50 concerts in New York over the years and have three coming up in March at Carnegie Hall with Rafael. So, if he is a hit in December with the New York Phil — which I think he will be — it will be good for us.
She or he must listen intently to what each section of the orchestra is doing and help hone and tweak the feel, the inflections and the dynamics. And the conductor must find a balance between guiding the musicians to achieve a unified sound and collective focus, while encouraging them to express themselves and create something unique in each composition.
Asked to cite his most important conducting mentor, Payare immediately credited José Antonio Abreu, who died in 2018 at the age of 78. “The most important thing Abreu taught me is how to approach the music, the score, and then how you can express that with your hands. And that the less you talk, the better! Abreu was world-famous for not saying much in rehearsal. But you could always see his intensity in his eyes.”
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