BandArt Orchestra

Orquesta BandArt
Orchestra
BandArt Orchestra' at El Escorial. Música al atardecer of Patrimonio Nacional 2010
Founded	2005
Location	Spain
Principal conductor	Gordan Nikolić
Website	www.bandart.es

BandArt is an independent Spanish orchestra made up of musicians from more than a dozen different countries. Its artistic director is Gordan Nikolić, concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra.

BandArt, born in 2005 within Spanish festival of Lucena Cordoba. It is an independent orchestra formed by musicians of whom many are members of some of the most prestigious orchestras in Europe. The Serbian Gordan Nikolić, soloist and concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra and artistic director of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, is the art director and soul of BandArt. The name “BandArt” was chosen because it captures perfectly the orchestra’s talent and aspirations. "Band" comes from the Spanish word bandas, traditional wind ensembles, still strongly alive in many localities in Spain where local people of all generations meet regularly to socialize and play music of all styles, from Zarzuela to Bizet, driven by a folkloristic, popular enthusiasm. "Art", where the musical language and musician’s instincts are exposed to far more complex forms which call in their interpretation for much more elaborated nuances and deeper interdependence of all its elements. BandArt 's aim is to explore the possibilities of strengthening the links of those two worlds, the local and the universal, on the platform of great composer’s music.

BandArt has performed in the most prestigious festivals and concert series in Spain, including the Ciclo de Ibermusica, Ciclo Palau 100 (Palau de la Música Catalana) conducted by Sir Colin Davis, Ciclo Sinfónico de la Fundación Caja Madrid, Peralada Festival performing Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck with La Fura dels Baus, (DVD recording for Cmajor Label), Artes no Camino festival and El Escorial Festival, with the support of Patrimonio Nacional. They have also performed in the Palau de la Música de València and in the Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid. In July 2016 BandArt performed Mozart´s Idomeneo at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele in a production by the Ludwigsburg Festival and the refugees’ German association Zuflucht Kultur e.V.