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Se estrena “Viva la Libertad”, una creación de Lalo Schifrin que resuena en la era Milei
Del “grito sagrado” en el Himno Nacional a la dictadura autodenominada Revolución Libertadora. De los libertarios anarquistas de principio del siglo XX a los anarcocapitalistas de La Libertad Avanza. Del “¡Libres o muertos, jamás esclavos!” de la guerrilla setentista al “¡Viva la libertad, carajo!” de Javier Milei. Hay una larga línea zigzagueante que recorre la historia argentina. La idea es la misma, una promesa: redención. Y sigue, no se detiene: por estos días, en el Palacio Libertad (ex CCK), un grupo nutrido de músicos de primer nivel ensaya una pieza que quiere marcar un hito. Se titula ¡Viva la libertad! Los compositores son Lalo Schifrin y Rod Schejtman.
Con la tutela oficial del secretario de Cultura Leonardo Cifelli, y el eslogan de “Música para quienes jamás se rinden”, la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (dirigida por Emmanuel Siffert) dará dos conciertos en el centro cultural del centro porteño este fin de semana: viernes y sábado a las 20. El programa incluye The Plot de Misión: Imposible, Dirty Harry Suite, Bullitt, Mannix, Cincinnati Kid y La Magia di Vivere —las primeras y muy famosas mundialmente obras de Schifrin, la última de Schejtman—, un intermedio con fragmentos de un documental sobre los compositores , y la esperada creación conjunta: Sinfonía ¡Viva la Libertad!.
Los tintes partidarios y oficialistas pueden resultar evidentes, pero los creadores se desligan de cualquier etiqueta. Evitan hablar de “sinfonías mileistas” para centrar su retórica —incluso al estilo Milei— en una refundación nacional, pero desde el arte y la cultura. “No es para algunos argentinos. La compusimos para todos los argentinos”, asegura Schifrin desde Los Ángeles. Y subraya el objetivo unificador: “Un mensaje de esperanza musical para el país que amamos”. “Escribimos esta sinfonía dedicada a todos los argentinos, sin distinción”, agrega Schejtman a días del estreno de una obra que busca ser inolvidable.
Fue el año pasado cuando Lalo Schifrin llamó a Rod Schejtman. Había escuchado con mucha atención las composiciones para el WorldVision Composers Contest de Viena, conocido como el “Mundial de la Música Clásica”. “Fue una conversación inolvidable, casi surrealista”, recuerda el compositor argentino de cuarenta años. No es para menos: Schifrin —cinco Grammys, cuatro Emmys, seis nominaciones al Oscar y uno honorario, y una estrella con su nombre en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood— no sólo le brindaba elogios, también una oferta. “Le propongo que seamos socios y compongamos una gran obra juntos dedicada a la Argentina”, fueron las palabras del otro lado de la línea.
En los 92 años de vida que ostenta Boris Claudio Schifrin se incluyen postales como estas: tocar el piano a los seis años, estudiar en el Nacional Buenos Aires, participar de la bohemia francesa del jazz durante los cincuenta, ser el director musical de Dizzy Gillespie en los sesenta, componer bandas sonoras de películas como Harry el sucio, La leyenda del indomable y El viaje de los malditos, y ser mundialmente conocido —toda estrella tiene su hit— por componer la popular melodía de Misión Imposible. Una deuda pendiente: la música clásica. “Venga a Los Ángeles”, fue el pedido.
Desconcertado, le pidió una idea, una melodía, algo. Schifrin le tarareó ocho segundos de algo que venía zumbándole desde hacía tiempo. “Cuartas superpuestas”, añadió. “Desde el instante en que transcribí esa melodía en mi piano, supe que había nacido para ser interpretada por una gran sección de violines. Pensé entonces: si esta obra ha de rendir homenaje a la Argentina, debe ser grandiosa e imponente. Merece ser escrita para una orquesta sinfónica completa. Tomé esos ocho segundos iniciales, los desarrollé aplicando técnicas del repertorio clásico, y escribí un fragmento sinfónico de tres minutos, concebido para cien músicos”, cuenta Schejtman.
Rod Schejtman aterrizó en Los Ángeles con la partitura en el bolso. El estudio de Schifrin no escamoteaba rincones para ostentar sus reconocimientos. Pusieron play. El veterano compositor le pidió a su asistente que llame a su esposa para escucharla nuevamente con ella. “A partir de ese momento comenzamos a trabajar codo a codo. Pero componer junto al Maestro Schifrin fue mucho más que un proceso creativo: significó adentrarme en su mundo personal, compartir sus recuerdos, su visión artística, y recorrer su trayectoria a través de anécdotas y experiencias”, cuenta.
“Veíamos juntos fragmentos de sus películas, y él me confiaba los secretos de la técnica musical que había utilizado para cada escena. También fue profundamente revelador descubrir la cantidad de afinidades musicales que compartíamos, a pesar de la diferencia de medio siglo entre nosotros. Schifrin profesa una profunda admiración por Stravinsky y Olivier Messiaen —quien, por cierto, fue su maestro directo—, y comparte mi devoción por los grandes románticos como Chopin y Rachmaninoff, sin dejar de lado, por supuesto, su inquebrantable pasión por el jazz», agrega.
Cuando Infobae Cultura le pide una opinión sobre el presidente Javier Milei y la inevitable conexión entre el título de la pieza y la proclama arquetípica del actual gobierno, Schifrin esquiva el asunto. “La obra no necesita explicación. Es arte. Lo importante es que la escuchen y sientan lo que transmite nuestra música. Es una obra musical. Es mucho más que un título. Es la fusión de dos compositores argentinos, volcando su alma en notas para su país. Nuestro propósito fue componer una obra que lleve un mensaje de esperanza a toda la Argentina. Ojalá hayamos logrado expresar el coraje y la resiliencia del pueblo argentino: su capacidad de atravesar tiempos difíciles con alegría y optimismo”.
Su compañero creativo opta por una posición similar al escuchar el nombre del actual mandatario. “La libertad, como concepto, va mucho más allá de cualquier coyuntura política: es una fuerza que inspira, que moviliza el alma, y que tiene un eco muy profundo en el arte”, dice Schejtman, para luego agregar que “quienes nos dedicamos a la creación artística —más allá de estilos, lenguajes o fronteras— aspiramos a nutrir el espíritu humano, volcando lo más auténtico de nuestro ser en cada obra. Y no hay gesto más significativo que crear desde el amor por la tierra que nos vio nacer”.
Desde su casa en Los Ángeles, y por medio de Schejtman, Lalo Schifrin responde a las preguntas de Infobae Cultura. Cuenta que al saber que su colega y compatriota quería hacer la obra con él se “emocionó profundamente”. “Ese fue el punto de partida. Me emocioné. Y cuando yo me emociono, surgen mis ideas. El hecho de poder componer una obra dedicada a la Argentina junto al Maestro Schejtman me dio un gran entusiasmo y me hizo sentir nuevamente la necesidad de escribir. Y ese entusiasmo nació gracias a él. Él fue la razón por la que pudimos terminar esta sinfonía en tan solo seis meses”.
“El estreno de esta sinfonía representa lo más importante en este momento de mi vida. Estoy seguro de que la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional hará una interpretación increíble. Tengo muchos recuerdos hermosos de esta orquesta, que también fue muy importante para mi padre, Luis Schifrin“, y luego confiesa ”una profunda nostalgia por la Argentina», y que “la música es mi forma de volver”. La obra, dice, “no es para algunos”: “La compusimos para todos los argentinos. Un homenaje a nuestro país y a nuestro espíritu de resiliencia. Un mensaje de esperanza musical para el país que amamos”.
Schejtman comparte la idea: “Desde hace siglos, los compositores buscamos inspirar. La música siempre refleja su tiempo: lo bueno y lo doloroso, la luz y la sombra”. Ambos comparten “no solo la pasión por nuestro arte, sino también un profundo amor por nuestro país”. Por tal motivo “escribimos esta sinfonía dedicada a todos los argentinos, sin distinción. Una creación que nace del amor por nuestra tierra y del deseo sincero de rendir homenaje a nuestra gente. Y, por encima de todo, buscamos dejar un legado de : que la música nos recuerde siempre que lo mejor siempre está por venir”.
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Trump goes after Schumer: Tell him ‘GO TO HELL’
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss the President Donald Trump accusing Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer of extortion after asking for $1B unfrozen in exchange for nominee confirmations.
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Senate Republicans faced a choice recently: Remain in session and confirm more of President Trump’s nominees, or finally abandon Washington for the vaunted August recess.
Senators hung around – a little while – knocking out some of the President’s nominees for administration positions. But not all. That drew the ire of some conservatives, Trump loyalists and President Donald Trump himself.
Trump seethed at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for requiring the Senate to run lengthy parliamentary traps and incinerate valuable floor time to confirm even non-controversial nominees. The President finally unloaded on the New York Democrat in a digital coup de grace, telling him to «GO TO HELL!»
It’s notable that Trump has not yet met with Schumer or House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., during his second term. But then again, this is a two-way street. And Democrats remember multiple tumultuous meetings with Mr. Trump during the last time he was in office. It culminated in verbal grappling between the President and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, and ended with Democrats abandoning the meeting after only a few moments.
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So, it’s far from certain any such meeting would yield anything remotely productive.
But back to the «August recess.»
First, it’s important to establish that members of the House and Senate are not on «summer vacation.» Sure, there are always some breaks to visit with family and friends. Lawmakers are people, too. But truly, this is not a «break.» Lawmakers are always «on.» Not everything they do is centered around Washington. Any congressman or senator worth their salt will tell you that spending time back in their home states or districts is just as important – if not more so – than what goes down on Capitol Hill. Meeting with constituents. Visiting businesses. Conducting town hall meetings. Stopping by local coffee bars. Breaking bread at diners. Chatting up the local press corps.
Members also use this longer respite for political travel and fact-finding missions overseas. These «CODELS» – short for «Congressional Delegation» – are a critical function for lawmakers to build bridges with foreign leaders and make their marks on how the U.S. approaches the rest of the globe. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., have recently led groups on trips to Israel. At least one other major trip is booked for later this month.
So, the «August recess» is not inherently a «bad» thing. It’s an essential part of the job and probably one of the biggest misnomers in American politics.
Still, many Americans simply dismiss August as a «vacation» for House members and senators, and it is a challenging optic for Congress.
Which brings us back to the tension between staying in session to get «something» done and returning home.
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It’s clear the Senate could have stayed in session to plow through more of President Trump’s nominees. Schumer and other Democrats simply weren’t going to relent and allow Republicans to confirm a slate of nominees «en bloc.» That’s where the Senate greenlights a large slate of nominees all at once and approves them either by unanimous consent or via voice vote. The Senate confirms the nominees all at once. The House certainly could have stayed in session to hammer out a few spending bills ahead of the deadline to fund the government by October 1.
But here’s a stark reality – especially for the Senate:
Lawmakers and staff desperately needed a break.
Period. Full stop.
Since May, the Senate in particular has conducted multiple overnight, round-the-clock and weekend sessions. Not just a few. The Senate voted deep into the night or overnight on the Big, Beautiful Bill. Then the Senate was back for late-night sessions confirming nominees.
Yes. This is the people’s business. But the floor staff and support teams were exhausted. Senate leaders were mindful of that. And that’s to say nothing of the lawmakers themselves.
It’s anecdotal, but lawmakers probably needed a break from one another, too. That makes them happier – and probably more productive when they return to Washington.
But this still doesn’t solve the political dilemma facing Republican senators with a substantial core of their party demanding they remain moored in Washington to grind out nominees.
And it may not satisfy President Trump, either.
There’s lots of Senate talk now about «changing the rules» to accelerate the confirmation of nominees.
One thing is for sure: the Senate won’t change the «rules» to expedite the confirmation process. The Senate boasts 44 standing rules. It takes 67 votes to break a filibuster on an actual rules change. But what Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., could do is back the Senate into a special parliamentary posture where he can initiate a new «precedent» to confirm different types of nominees. That’s a maneuver that late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., executed to confirm some of former President Obama’s nominees. The same with former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to confirm Supreme Court nominees.
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«New precedents» in the Senate require some complicated parliamentary wrangling. But only a simple majority is necessary to make good on this gambit for nominees. So, it’s easier and much more plausible than «changing the rules.»
To the lay person, a new «precedent» doesn’t sound important. But there’s a reason why the Senate only has 44 standing rules and a voluminous book of precedents. You can accomplish a lot in the Senate if you’re able to concoct a new precedent.
And note that it’s not just Republicans who want to change the way the Senate does things for some lower-tier, non-controversial nominees. Some Senate Democrats have expressed interest in changes, too.
President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have strongly over the confirmation of a number of Trump’s nominees for various administration positions. (Getty Images)
There are only so many minutes and so many hours. Time is just as valuable to Democrats as it is to Republicans.
Everyone on Capitol Hill knows that more long nights and overnight sessions await lawmakers in September and the fall as the Senate attempts to confirm additional nominees.
That’s to say nothing of avoiding a government shutdown in October.
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This is why Senate Republicans elected to stick around for a bit recently – and then call it a day. Or a month.
After all, there is only so much time available in August.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of a concerted effort in the United States and beyond to «break down» the bond between Christians and Jews.
Speaking at an event last month in Jerusalem attended by Pastor Paula White-Cain, spiritual advisor to President Donald Trump and head of the White House Office of Faith and Anti-Semitism, Netanyahu stated, the «partnership that promotes Judeo-Christian values, that protects Israel’s Christians as nowhere else in the Middle East. That truth is being reversed,»
«As part of this campaign,» he continued, Israel is now being portrayed as a threat to Christians.»
Netanyahu said that Israel is home to a thriving Christian community — unique in a region where Christians often face persecution. He pointed to Nazareth as a place where Christian life is visible and open, contrasting it with Bethlehem, where the Christian population declined sharply — from 80% to under 20% — after Israel withdrew, and the Palestinian Authority assumed control, leading to reduced protections for the community.
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Pastor Paula White-Cain, spiritual advisor to President Donald Trump and head of the White House Office of Faith and Antisemitism (sitting next to Sara Netanyahu) meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at Daystar’s «Together As One» event in Jerusalem, as part of a visit organized by Niv Jacobi, President of The Meaning Channel. (Felipe Volokita, The Meaning Channel.)
Pastor John Hagee, the influential Founder and Chairman of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), said fringe online agitators and politicians are motivated by two distinct impulses in their attacks on Israel.
«The true narcissists, regardless of politics, will pursue relevance through antisemitic contrarianism if they perceive themselves to be slipping from the world’s stage. Tragically, trafficking in antisemitism is one of the shortest paths to infamy,» he told Fox News Digital.
«For the true Jew-haters, Christian Zionism has been correctly perceived as the bulwark against the rise of American antisemitism. As Israel’s Minister for Strategic Affairs [Ron Dermer] has pointed out, Christian Zionism is the backbone of American support for Israel.
«Those who hate Israel and want to see it destroyed understand that the Jewish-Christian alliance prevents them from achieving their terrible aims; it’s logical then that they would seek to drive a wedge between Jews and Christians. Our relationship is a direct and unequivocal refutation of their evil ideology and aims,» he said.
Hagee also warned that anti-Israel narratives are being amplified online and through the mainstream media «to the exclusive benefit of Palestinian terrorists.»
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During his speech, Netanyahu focused on some in the voices in the media. «So, Israel, the guardian of Christianity in the Middle East, is presented on American television by purchased influencers. It’s presented as the enemy of Christianity. What folly, what lies. What a travesty of truth,» he said.
«We must fight for our common values, we must stand up for the truth. And by standing up for the truth, you stand up with Israel, and you stand with the Jewish people against this abomination of falsehoods,» he concluded.
Netanyahu’s comments came against the backdrop of recent allegations that extremist settlers had targeted a historic church in the West Bank, and the IDF had deliberately targeted a church in Gaza.
Jesus the King Church in Nazareth, Israel (Photo: Pastor Saleem Shalash.)
In mid-July, the Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem claimed that «radical Israelis» had intentionally set a fire near the Church of Saint George in Taybeh. However, Israel Police later confirmed that the ancient church ruins were undamaged and that the fire, of unknown origin, was confined to a nearby open area.
Separately, the IDF confirmed that a July 17 mortar strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza was the result of an «unintentional deviation of munitions.» An investigation found that the church had been accidentally hit during operational activity in Gaza City. The military said it facilitated humanitarian aid deliveries to the church and coordinated a visit by clergy from the Greek and Latin Patriarchates.
Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center in Jerusalem and a former evangelical advisor to President Donald Trump, pointed to the billions of dollars invested by anti-Israel actors to influence young minds on American campuses.
Thousands of evangelical Christian pilgrims pray during a prayer gathering on the Dead Sea shore in Ein Gedi on September 20, 2013, in the Judean Desert, during their annual visit to Israel to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot (Tabernacles) and to express solidarity with Israel. Some five thousand Christian pilgrims from around the world arrived for a week-long visit to Israel, in an annual show of solidarity with the Jewish state. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
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«The bottom line on this narrative is that there’s a belief system that Israel’s existence is illegitimate. They don’t say this about any other country in the world, no matter how bloody its origins. This belief system gets Jews killed. Anti-Zionism is antisemitism,» he said.
«My message to Bible-believing Christians is to teach a biblical worldview that Israel is the Bible land. The church in Germany was evangelical Protestant. They aligned with the Nazi party, had swastikas on its altars, and believed that God sent the chancellor.
«This happened because they rejected a biblical worldview and bought into what is called ‘replacement theology.’ That’s the reason why I have developed a significant curriculum to teach the church and its leaders,» Evans noted.
David Parsons, Senior Vice President and Spokesman of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), told Fox News Digital that Christian support for Israel — rooted in decades, if not centuries, of history—has grown to unprecedented levels, though it is being heavily tested amid the war against Hamas in Gaza.
«It predates Trump and Netanyahu, it will be there after those leaders are gone,» he said.
Students at Columbia University participate in an anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protest. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
«We have to pass the baton to a new generation, and this is where the challenge is coming, as a lot of the young Christians aren’t buying into the same rationale as their parents to support Israel, which a lot of it was based on certain prophetic scenarios and prophecy charts about Israel’s role,» he continued.
«We see it as God being faithful to his covenant promises to the patriarch Abraham 4,000 years ago. If God is faithful to what he promised Jewish people millennia ago, then he will be faithful to what he’s promised us under the new covenant,» he said.
Parsons noted that bringing young Christians to experience Israel firsthand helps cultivate that connection.
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«A lot of the young evangelical supporters of Israel are not in some of these elite universities where they’re being poisoned against Israel, and so we have hope,» he said.
«When you see the amazing things that Israel has done — the pager operation [against Hezbollah], how they defeated Iran in 12 days — if you’re a young person, you have to be impressed with Israel’s creativity and ingenuity,» he continued. «Eventually, once we get a resolution of the Gaza situation, there will be a whole new generation of Christians that are curious enough to come and check it out.»
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