Escuela de Música Soli Deo

Donation from: Pennsylvania State University School of Music Strings Department

The Escuela de Música Soli Deo is a music school on the outskirts of Lima. Strings were distributed in May 2024 from a generous donation made my Pennsylvania State University School of Music Strings Department.

Here’s a YouTube link to find out more about the school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBd-jotExFM

And here’s a YouTube link to here them play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_6YsAMkJX8

Orquesta Sinfónica Juan José Landaeta

The Juan José Landaeta Symphony Orchestra is a youth orchestra full of freshness, dynamism and versatility. Its musicians are between 15 and 22 years old. They are based in Caracas. It comes from a musical lineage of great value, has in its musicians the impetus of youth and the experience of having played before the Venezuelan public and in the most important stages of the world.

Here a link to the orchestra’s webpage: https://elsistema.org.ve/agrupaciones/orquesta-sinfonica-juan-jose-landaeta/

Here is a YouTube Link of the orchestra: https://youtu.be/mk7itZ3v8sw

Thanks to the following donors for the strings:

• Erika Cedeño: Karlsruhe

• Juan Camilo Velásquez: Saarbrücken

• Maria Gabriela Barreto: Mainz

• Esther Hermann: Lübeck

• Theresa Reustle: Leipzig

• Anna Rheinländer: Hannover

• Axel Haase: Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe

• Olivia Rose Francis: Würzburg

• Marina Pelaez Romero: Tonhalle Düsseldorf

• Sofía Ogas: Karlsruhe

• Esther Enkelmann: Rostock/Freiburg

• Sara Herrada-Romero: Würth Philharmoniker

• Leng Hung: Theater Erfurt

• Chen Chen: Trossingen

• Musicians of the Sinfonieorchester Aachen

• Musicians of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern

• Musicians of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

• Musicians from Poland

Violin class in Carúpano, Venezuela

Here we donated strings to a violin class from a music school in Carúpano, a city located in the east of Venezuela. This school is also part of El Sistema, maybe one of the oldest schools and it has formed many great musicians. The violin teacher Alexander Gonzales Rojas contacted us to help his students with strings. Being the school located far from the big cities, it’s even more difficult for them to have access to strings or accessories.

They were super happy and grateful for the strings, with which they were able to play their Christmas recital :)

The strings were donated by:

• Juan Camilo Velásquez: Saarbrücken

• Maria Gabriela Barreto: Mainz

Caracas, Venezuela

Here are various donations to individual musicians from Caracas, including some guitar strings. The acoustic guitar strings donations were to the musicians of “El Valle” Church in Caracas.

Thanks to these donors for the strings:

• Axel Haase: Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe

• Olivia Rose Francis: Würzburg

• Sofía Ogas: Karlsruhe

• Sara Herrada-Romero: Würth Philharmoniker

• Leng Hung: Theater Erfurt

• Musicians from Poland

National Double Bass Festival, Venezuela

A donation of strings was made to several of the participants: students, coordinators and double bass teachers from several cities of Venezuela, so that they could continue playing and bring the strings to other students.

Several double bass strings sets were given to teachers and students of the music schools of the states of Anzoategui, Yaracuy, Lara (Tamaca), Mérida, Aragua, Guárico and Sucre

Thanks to these donors for the strings:

• Christian Berghoff-Flüel, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

• Musicians of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern

• Musicians of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Orquesta José Francisco del Castillo & Orquesta Evencio Castellanos

The Orquesta José Francisco del Castillo began its activities in 2013, with the aim of giving continuity to the musical training of young orchestral musicians from music schools of the South West Axis of the Capital District, Caracas.

The Orquesta Evencio Castellanos is also a youth orchestra in Caracas. It is named after the great Venezuelan composer Evencio Castellanos.

Both orchestras played a concert together. After the concert, they received the strings.

The donors to this school were: Matthias Buck, Christian Berghoff, Ann-Katrin Klebsch, Irmelin Thomsen, Sylwia Poplawska (Halberstadt), Diego Bañuelos (Philharmonie Baden Baden), Sornitza Baharova Rieß, Thurid Pribbernow (München), Shier Hayat (Frankfurt), Flor Stammer (Switzerland), Friedrike Seeßelberg und Andrea (Hannover)

Caracas, Venezuela

Pre-Infantile Metropolitan Orchestra

The strings all came from Germany. They were donated by: Sara Herrada-Romero: Würth Philharmoniker, Wolfgang Grabner: Hessisches Staatsorchester, Wilbert and Rebecca Pepper: Munich, Steffen Schrank: Bochum, Matthias Buck: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen.

Caracas, Venezuela

Montalbán Music School

The Montalban music school is one of the main ones in Caracas and it’s part of “El sistema de orquestas y coros infantiles y juveniles de Venezuela”. Due to Covid restrictions, we could not bring the entire orchestras together, these four talented musicians received the strings on behalf of the 2 orchestras. The donors were all from Germany, specifically:

Orquesta Metropolitana de Montalbán (19 violins, 8 violas, 10 cellos, 7 double bass)

Donors: Axel Haase, Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe, Fabian Grimm, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Leng Hung, Theater Erfurt, Ann-Katrin Klebsch, Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Kevin Guerra, Karlsruhe, Musicians of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern, Eyal Heimann, Karlsruhe-Germany, Musicians of Symphonieorschester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Masanori Tsuboi, Saarbrücken, Christian Berghoff-Flüel, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen 

Orquesta prejuvenil de Montalbán (with musicians between 9 and 14 years: 29 violins, 6 violas, 5 cellos, 9 double bass)

Donors: Matthias Buck, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Ana Zambrano, Philharmonie Baden Baden, Ana Pelczer, Karlsruhe, Leng Hung, Theater Erfurt, Nina Cromm, Karlsruhe-Germany, Paul Rah, Munich, Christian Berghoff-Flüel, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

Amazonas Music School, south Venezuela

The donors to this school were: Matthias Buck, Christian Berghoff, Ann-Katrin Klebsch, Irmelin Thomsen

Cartagena, Colombia

Fundación Cakike

The strings all came from Poland. They were donated by: Maria Shetty, Aukso Orchestra (Tychy), Mr & Mrs Koczur (Wroclaw), Aleksandra Ploskonka, and many others.

Medellín, Colombia

La escuela de música la Milagrosa (The Milagrosa music school), part of La Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín (the network of music schools in Medellín)

Bogotá, Colombia

Proyecto Filarmónico Entre Cuerdas

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Bello, Antioquia, Colombia

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Pereira, Colombia

Escuela de Formación Cultural, Cuerdas Sinfonicas (Cultural training school, Symphonic Strings department)

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Canaima, Venezuela

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A huge thank you to the following people for donating strings to Canaima:

• Sena Umul, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

• Thurid Pribbernow, Karlsruhe

• Francesca Rivinius, Hannover

• Nina Cromm, Karlsruhe

• Christian Berghoff-Flüel, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

• Carlos Klimpel and Yuuko Akahoshi, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern

• Agata

Venezuela

These donations were not part of a bigger donation to a school or project, they went to musicians who requested strings via our “Do you need strings”? form.