Community Corner
Maestro Hector Olivera to Perform Organ Concert
Internationally acclaimed organist Hector Olivera will appear in concert at St. Francis de Sales Church in Sherman Oaks. Maestro Olivera will perform a virtuosic program featuring the works of Bach, Franck, Liszt, Stravinsky, and Tchaikowsky on the St. Francis de Sales Rodgers Organ and his own Roland Atelier AT-900 touring organ. This concert is made possible through the generosity of Fr. Michael Wakefield and Stephen Park.
Born in Buenos Aires, Hector Olivera is one of the most sought after and revered international concert organists of our present time. Mr. Olivera has performed solo concerts throughout the USA, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and Latin America and as guest soloist with prominent symphony orchestras worldwide. Whether in a prestigious venue like Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, Constitution Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, or in conjunction with a celebrated event like the Olympic games or the Classical Newport Music Festival, the most sophisticated and demanding organ aficionados claim that Maestro Hector Olivera is ‘one of the greatest organists in the world today.’