The San Antonio Philharmonic's new executive director Roberto Treviño shares his plans for the future of the orchestra.
, Treviño said he recognizes the Philharmonic’s musicians as inheritors of the 83-year history of the former San Antonio Symphony and feels empowered to realize his vision of building connections with the orchestra’s diverse community.
A portrait of San Antonio Symphony founder Max Reiter leans against a wall at the San Antonio Philharmonic offices.The San Antonio Report spoke to Treviño about his hopes for the future of the San Antonio Philharmonic. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.Though representation of Black, Indigenous and people of color in orchestra administrations throughout the U.S. is improving, a Latino executive director remains rare.
Former Mayor Henry Cisneros told me himself, that us coming to the West Side was a dream he held since 1981 when he was mayor of San Antonio, of having this orchestra embrace the broader audience playing more music of the Americas, and how that blends into us being a versatile, diverse and dynamic orchestra.Melhart Music Center
I look around this community and I see faces that look like my face when I was a kid. And I just imagine that they might feel the same way I did. If I can connect and inspire somebody, and us as an organization, then we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing. that we just announced, it would be $600,000 more for us to play the Tobin Center than at the First Baptist Church. We’d love to be at the Tobin Center, but there are so many different forces at play.
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