A fresh, blood-curdling fantasy! El Sistema's new great talent! Raphael Payare (Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra), a prodigy following Dudamel A graduate of El Sistema in Venezuela, which has produced Dudamel and others, Payare is one of the hottest conductors in Venezuela. In 2014, he was appointed principal of the Ulster Orchestra, a position well-known to British music lovers, and in 2022, he was finally appointed music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He is an El Sistema graduate with a vivid musicality, and a student of the importance of memorization. The "Symphonie fantastique" and the "Carnival of Rome" are two of his recent highlights. The first performance of "Symphonie fantastique" is based on the 1830 version before the three-movement revision! PENTATONE