| Founded in the year 1963, the
Bilbao Accordion Symphonic Orchestra, under the management of Amagoia
Loroņo, daughter of the founder, the maestro Josu Loroņo, is a pioneer
in our country. It is composed of righteous accordionists, being one of
the best orchestras in Europe of its kind.
Amagoia Loroņo is as well the director of the music centre "Loroņo
Musikaltegia" of Bilbao and together with a team of music and
accordion professors, plays an important role in musical pedagogy, where
all the orchestra components come from. |
| Its extensive repertory covering different categories (classical
music, zarzuela, ballroom, int'l, popular, etc) can create a
diverse program to accommodate the musical liking of people of
different ages, sometimes neglected in a musical program more
dedicated to a younger public. |
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| Aside from its own concerts in Bilbao, the
Orchestra has performed hundreds of them in Germany, Poland, France,
Portugal, Colombia, several Spanish and Basque cities, and specially featuring the
Galician tour and the several concerts among the theatres in the
community of Madrid. |
| Furthermore, the Bilbao Accordion Symphonic
Orchestra has created a didactic show called "DO RE MI KA "
where by means of several musical examples, diverse musical and
orchestra "secrets" are shown to the public. "DO RE MI KA
" in its Basque version and under the collaboration of the "Diputacion
Foral de Bizkaia (provincial basque government)" is being performed
around the theatres of Bizkaia in a campaign dedicated to the young
students of Bizkaia. |
| Maestro Josu Loroņo has been distinguished with different
rewards from different institutions due to his unceasing
artistic career. Some of these tributes have been given by the
Excma. Diputacion Foral de Bizkaia and the Excmo. Ayuntamiento
de la Villa de Bilbao. |
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The pedagogic and professional work of Maestro Josu Loroņo
has spread to the Conservatorio Superior de Musica Juan
Crisostomo Arriaga as teacher of harmony, as well as taking part
as a jury in national and international accordion competitions. |
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