Overview
- The concert took place on Saturday at Iglesia San Agustín in Canning with free entry and featured Orquesta Estudiantil Montana and Ensamble Coral del Sur in a community fundraising event.
- Orquesta de Cámara ARSIS is made up of 35 musicians aged 12–20 from southern Greater Buenos Aires and was chosen for the tenth edition of the French Academy of Young Talents.
- The French program gives the students one week of intensive instruction, joint rehearsals and shared concerts with peers from other countries, marking the first participation by a Latin American delegation.
- Organizers say the trip presents a major financial hurdle for families and have run multiple benefit events; reported estimates put airfares at about $1,720 per person and lodging and academy fees near €700 per student.
- Nelson Castro, who has a parallel career as a pianist and guest conductor, led the ARSIS performance including Sibelius’s Finlandia and closed the program with the Brindis from La Traviata, and the delegation is still scheduled to depart for France in August.