Victoria Kapralova
ORCHESTRA CERESIO WITH AHMED EL SAEDI AND VICTORIA KAPRALOVA
2 August 2026, 7.00 pm
Montagnola, Centro scolastico
Orchestra Ceresio
Victoria Kapralova, cello
Ahmed El Saedi, conductor
On 2 August at 7.00 pm, Orchestra Ceresio performs in Montagnola under the direction of Ahmed El Saedi. The soloist of the evening is cellist Victoria Kapralova.
The programme is devoted to Viennese Classicism and combines the formal clarity of Mozart, Haydn and Schubert with a warm, lyrical and Mediterranean reading. Between overture, solo concerto and symphony, the evening traces a path in which elegance, energy and cantabile meet.
For Ceresio Estate, this concert also represents an encounter with a new orchestral formation bringing its own sound to the landscape of the Luganese.
Free admission.
Music by:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Haydn
Franz Schubert
BIOGRAPHIES
Ahmed El Saedi
Egyptian conductor and composer Ahmed El Saedi is Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Cairo Symphony Orchestra. After studying in Egypt, he continued his training in Vienna and Germany, beginning an international career that has taken him to orchestras and opera houses in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. Founder of the Egyptian Philharmonic Society, he is regarded as one of the leading figures in the promotion of symphonic and chamber music culture in Egypt.
Victoria Kapralova
Victoria Kapralova is a cellist active internationally as both soloist and chamber musician. She appears regularly with orchestras and at festivals in Europe and the Middle East and is invited by major concert institutions. Her repertoire ranges from Classicism to twentieth-century music, with particular attention to the concerto literature for cello.
Ahmed El Saedi