Film Symphony Orchestra. Christmassy!

The acclaimed musical ensemble, Film Symphony Orchestra (FSO), will be performing a double bill of concerts on 26 and 27 December in the Sala Sinfónica (Symphony Hall) at the National Music Auditorium. On this occasion, a new Christmas show will be performed, Christmassy!  which includes the soundtracks of Christmas classics like Home Alone, Edward Scissorhands, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Love Actually and The Holiday, among others.

The Film Symphony Orchestra (FSO) was founded in 2011 by the musical conductor, Constantino Martínez-Orts. This ensemble is made up of more than 80 musicians and exclusively performs concerts of film music or music by composers closely linked to the seventh art. Its aim is to bring symphony music to a younger audience through the universal common thread of film.

Constantino Martínez-Orts is a composer and orchestra conductor born in Valencia in 1977, who has conducted ensembles like The BBC Concert Orchestra (United Kingdom), the Craiova Visrtuosi Chamber Orchestra (Romania), “Oltenia” Philharmonic Orchestra of Craiova (Romania) or the Sofia Festival Orchestra (Bulgaria). He is a professor at Berklee College of Music on its Valencia Campus and he has released five albums devoted to film music.

Artistic File:

Venue: National Music Auditorium - Sala Sinfónica

• Film Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor - Constantino Martínez-Orts

Programme: 

• Soundtracks from Home Alone, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Love Actually, A Christmas Carol, The Holiday, It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street...