“Brachot Para Golda Meir,” a symphony in honor of the late Israeli Premier Golda Meir by Colombia’s leading contemporary composer, will have its world premier performance at the Kennedy Center here on May 15. It will be performed at the 13th Inter-American Music Festival by the Festival Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jorge Mester.
The composer, Blas Emilio Atehortua, who is of Sephardic Jewish descent, said the inspiration for his work was the universal admiration of Mrs. Meir. Admission to the concert is free by courtesy of grants from the Gwendolyn and Morris Cafritz Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and corporate patrons. Harold Boxer, general director of the Inter-American Music and Arts Festivals Foundation, said the concert will be taped for world-wide broadcast by the Voice of America.
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