Singer Yvonne Manfreda, conductor Borja Quintas to celebrate Mahler music in Tbilisi concert

Award-winning Austrian mezzo-soprano Yvonne Manfreda and Spanish conductor Borja Quintas will join the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra for a concert paying homage to Gustav Mahler’s music in Georgia’s capital on Sunday.

The two acclaimed European artists will perform works by the late-Romantic era composer at the city’s Jansug Kakhidze Centre for Music and Culture.

They will showcase the music of one of the most frequently performed composers whose work represented a transition from the 19th century composing to the 20th century modernism.

See Yvonne Manfreda perform Mahler’s 1904 song cycle Kindertotenlieder below:

Yvonne Manfreda has been featured for her vocal performances at events and venues including the Maria Callas Festival and the Teatro Goldoni in Italy.

The mezzo-soprano has also performed with orchestras including the Norddeutsche Philharmonie and the Volkstheater Rostock in Germany.

Manfreda has been awarded the Best Singer prize at the international Competition Citta di Bologna and First Prize of the International Singing Competition Piero Boni.

Borja Quintas graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Madrid before embarking on a conducting career in Spain, Russia and beyond.

He had led orchestras including the Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and New Russia Symphony Orchestra.

Quintas has also worked as principal conductor of the Soria Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Madrid WYD Symphony Orchestra and Choir.

The Spanish conductor also led the Madrid State Children's Choir until 2015 as artistic director.