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Double winner of the “ECHO” discography award, Ram\u00f3n Ortega Quero (Granada, 1988) is recognized worldwide as one of the most inspiring musicians of his generation. He began his musical education with Miguel Quir\u00f3s at the Conservatory in his hometown. In 2003, Daniel Barenboim invited him to the West-East Divan Orchestra, and soon after, Ortega Quero met professor Gregor Witt, with whom he trained for the next four years.<\/p>\n
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He won the first prize at the ARD International Music Competition in 2007 and was nominated for the “new musical hope” of the European Concert Directorate in the 2010\/2011 season. He is a scholarship holder of the Borletti Buitoni Trust. Since 2008, Ortega Quero is the solo oboist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. In addition to regular solo performances with prominent international orchestras, he also collaborates with respected conductors, including Riccardo Muti, Herbert Blomstedt, Sir Colin Davies, John Eliot Gardiner, Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Bernhard Haitink and Sir Simon Rattle. In the field of chamber music, Ortega has performed, among others, with Elena Bashkirov, Kit Armstrong, Mitsuko Uchida, Herbert Schuch and Sebastian Manza at numerous concerts and international festivals, and regularly collaborates with famous musicians such as Janine Jansen, Guy Braunstein and Tabea Zimmermann.<\/p>\n
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In 2015, Ram\u00f3n premiered the oboe concerto Legacy,<\/em> dedicated to him by composer Oscar Navarro. He made his Carnegie Hall recital debut in 2016. In the 2018\/19 season, he was artist in residence at the Ciudad de Granada Symphony Orchestra. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ramon\u2019s debut CD Shadows<\/em> for Solo Musica, released in October 2010, was awarded the ECHO KLASSIK as \u201cNewcomer of the Year\u201d. In October 2012, he won his second ECHO Klassik award for the \u201cChamber Music recording of the year\u201d. His most recent releases include JS Bach New Oboe Sonatas and Variation 5<\/em> for Berlin Classics and Haydn & Stamitz<\/em> and \u2018Bach Unbuttoned\u2019 <\/em>for Pentatone. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gary Levinson is the Senior Principal Associate Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth. Known for his Bel Canto playing style and adroit technique, Mr. Levinson made his New York Philharmonic solo debut in 1991, under the baton of Erich Leinsdorf, coinciding with the completion of his Master\u2019s of Music degree at the Juilliard School, where his teachers included Dorothy DeLay, Glenn Dicterow and Felix Galimir. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Levinson began studying the violin at the age of five with Professor Sergeev at the Leningrad Special Music School. After immigrating to the United States in 1977, he won the top prize at the 1986 Romano Romanini International Violin Competition in Brescia, Italy, as well as becoming the top American Prize winner at the 1987 Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris, France. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As a soloist, Mr. Levinson has collaborated with Erich Leinsdorf, Jaap van Zweden, Miguel Harth-Bedoya and many others. Much sought-after as a chamber musician, Mr. Levinson has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell, Eugenia Zukerman, Lukas Foss, Carter Brey, Joseph Kalichstein and Christopher O\u2019Riley. In March 1998, Mr. Levinson was appointed as the first violinist of the Elysium String Quartet. He led the inaugural season of the Mykonos International Music Festiva<\/em>l in August 1998 as well as a gala concert honoring the Elysium String Quartet<\/em> at the United States Ambassador\u2019s Residence in Athens, Greece and three critically acclaimed recordings. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The summer season takes him to various music festivals, such as the Strings Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, The Miami Music Festival where he is the Director of Strings in Miami, Florida, the Summit Music Festival in Purchase, NY and the San Miguel de Allende Music Festival. He served on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival from 2001-2010. Outside of the US, he was featured in Audition Perform in Chichester, United Kingdom, the Banhoff Rolandseck Festival, Germany, China and South Korea. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mr. Levinson performs on an Antonio Stradivari violin, crafted in 1726. It is graciously made available for his use by the Dallas Symphony Association. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" VATROSLAV LISINSKI CONCERT HALL (SMALL HALL)<\/p>\n Sunday, 21 February 2027 <\/p>\n Soloist: Ram\u00f3n Ortega Quero, oboe<\/strong><\/p>\n Concertmaster: Gary Levinson \u2013 Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, Cello and Strings, Op. 3, No. 11, RV 565 <\/i><\/p>\n 2. Domenico Cimarosa: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in C minor<\/i><\/p>\n 3. Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4<\/i><\/p>\n 4. Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 (arr. A. Tarkmann for Oboe, Strings and B.c.)<\/i><\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for Lute, Suite No. 3<\/i><\/p>\n Antonio Pasculli: Simpatici Ricordi della \u201eTraviata” di Verdi (orch. W. Renz)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,119,120],"tags":[199,200,148,157],"class_list":["post-7000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-195","category-concerts","category-current-season","tag-gary-levinson","tag-ramon-ortega","tag-vatroslav-lisinski-concert-hall","tag-zagreb-soloists"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/zagrebacki-solisti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RamonOrtegaQuero03.jpg\")
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A champion of contemporary music, Mr. Levinson recorded the Margaret Brouwer Violin Concerto under the baton of 2012 Musical America\u2019s Conductor of the Year, Jaap van Zweden in 2012. He premiered and recorded several works dedicated to Mr. Levinson by award winning Iranian composer, Behzad Ranjbaran. In 1996 he, along with his father, renowned double bassist Eugene Levinson, recorded the world premiere for CALA Records of Dances of Life<\/em>, a bass and violin duo, written for and dedicated to the Levinsons. Mr. Levinson also collaborated with New York Philharmonic Principal English Hornist Thomas Stacy in a CD for CALA\u2019s New York Legend<\/em>s series. The complete Beethoven Violin and Piano Sonatas with acclaimed pianist Daredjan Kakouberi were released in August, 2011. The Vivaldi Four Season<\/em>s and the Brouwer Violin Concerto<\/em> were released in 2013. His CD, My New York Years<\/em>, debuted to critical acclaim in January 2007. In the summer of 1999, Mr. Levinson completed a critically acclaimed all Mozart CD, featuring the Elysium String Quartet and three then New York Philharmonic principals \u2013 Stanley Drucker, clarinet, Joseph Robinson, oboe and L. William Kuyper, Horn. The American Record Guide<\/em> hailed it \u201cutterly Mozartean\u2026full of good spirits and a real sense of occasion\u201d. The CD is currently available. In the summer of 1999, Lucas Foss chose Mr. Levinson and the ESQ to collaborate with him on an all-Bach CD of works never before recorded in that artists\u2019 distinguished career.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/zagrebacki-solisti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Beethoven100289-scaled-e1749713501379.jpg\")
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