Monday, December 1, 2014

Music of the Americas: Spring 2015 Preview

Americas Society's Spring 2015 concerts include a variety of music such as Argentine folk music, Colombian love songs, and early music from Bolivia.

Music of the Americas announces its Spring 2015 line-up. Stay up to date with all of our events and follow us on Twitter @MusicAmericas!

Colombian vocalist Lucía Pulido performs "Canciones de Despecho" (Songs of Broken Love) at Americas Society on February 12, based on a set of boleros and waltzes. With a backline including Sergio Reyes (violin, melodica), Sebastian Cruz (guitar), and Pedro Giraudo (bass).

Lucía Pulido performs Etelvina Maldonado's Por qué me pegas at Lincoln Center. <ul> <li>Young Cuban pianist <a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/concert-cuban-pianist-willanny-darias" target="_blank">Willanny Darias</a> performs a recital on February 24 at Americas Society as part of Cuban Culture Festival New York, presented by the American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. </li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/M9ieUk2W2Is" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> Willanny Darias performs Scriabin's Sonata no. 3 op 23, Manhattan School of Music, 2014. <ul> <li>Bolivian/UK ensemble <a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/arakaendar-bolivian-music-jesuit-missions" target="_blank">Arakaendar Orchestra and Choir</a> presents a program entitled "Baroque Music from Jesuit Missions in Bolivia" on March 5 at Hispanic Society of America. </li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JPfQvOxcvyQ" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> Father Piotr Nawrot speaks about the Bolivian Baroque project. <ul> <li>New music band <a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/international-contemporary-ensemble-mario-davidovsky" target="_blank">International Contemporary Ensemble</a> premieres a new work by Argentine composer Mario Davidovsky and celebrates his chamber music on March 13.</li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/heaDEw_SuUI" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> ICE performs Davidovsky's Festino with Dan Lippel, guitar soloist. <ul> <li>Canadian clarinet <a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/new-date-concert-exponential-ensemble-adaskin-string-trio">Pascal Archer</a> returns to Americas Society on March 30 in a program centered around Argentine-U.S. composer Osvaldo Golijov's Dream and Prayers of Isaac the Blind. With Adaskin String Trio and violinist Annie Trépanier.</li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_jKf4Pw0a4I?feature=player_embedded" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> Pascal Archer with Adaskin String Trio perform Crusell Quartet, op. 2, no. 1 <ul> <li>The teen ensemble <a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/face-music-new-music-puerto-rico" target="_blank">Face the Music</a>, led by Jennifer Undercofler, performs a program of new music from Puerto Rico on April 24.</li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/i8yqVF1ydKI" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> Quartet This Side Up members perform Francis Schwartz's Cannibal Caliban with violist Kyle Blessing at the Queens Museum (2014). <ul> <li><a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/meridionalis-music-francisco-lópez-capillas" target="_blank">Meridionalis</a> performs the music of Francisco López Capillas at Hispanic Society of America on April 27. </li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AuEq6OqUxNg" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> Meridionalis performs Judas mercator pessimus by José Maurício Nunes Garcia (2012).  <ul> <li>Music of the Americas presents the New York debut of Argentine hotshot folk duo <a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/new-york-debut-luna-monti-and-juan-quintero" target="_blank">Luna Monti and Juan Quintero</a><a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/new-york-debut-luna-monti-and-juan-quintero" target="_blank"> </a>on May 5 featuring Puerto Rican saxophonist Miguel Zenón. The duo recently released their fifth duo album, Después de usted, and frequently perform throughout Latin America.</li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0-jD7utLyuU" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> <div style="margin-left: 40px;">Luna Monti and Juan Quintero perform Jorge Biagosch's Chacarerita Mchiporodoble with Koki and Pajarin Saavedra</div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <ul> <li>Ithaca College professors <a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/wendy-mehne-and-pablo-cohen-new-music-flute-and-guitar" target="_blank">Wendy Mehne and Pablo Cohen</a> perform a diverse program for flute and guitar at Americas Society on May 11. This event is part of Chamber Music America's National Chamber Music Month.</li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/d8Hm5wV3s_I" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> Wendy Mehne performs Davidovsky's Synchronism for flute and tape, April 2014. <ul> <li>Music of the Americas and the Centro de Experimentación del Teatro Colón team up to present the U.S. premiere of <a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/hercules-mato-grosso" target="_blank">Hercules in Mato Grosso</a> at the experimental theater Dixon Place on May 20.</li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/XQae8BbCkKo" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> Preview of Hércules en el Matto Grosso courtesy CETC (2014). <ul> <li>We collaborate again with <a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/make-music-new-york-valéria-bonafé" target="_blank">Make Music New York</a>, the yearly outdoor music extravaganza, on June 21 with a site-specific commission by Brazilian composer Valéria Bonafé in Central Park.</li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="280" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/B5RXORB2HzQ?list=PL3C481B34FD446974" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> <div style="margin-left: 40px;">Camerata Aberta premieres Bonafé's LAN at Americas Society in 2011.</div> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> </div> <ul> <li>On June 30, Peruvian guitarist <a href="http://www.as-coa.org/events/new-york-guitar-seminar-mannes-2015-jorge-caballero" target="_blank">Jorge Caballero</a> performs Mussorgsky's complete Pictures at an Exhibition, among other Russian orchestral masterworks, as part of the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes. </li> </ul> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OH1yOUK-fw4?list=RDinmaBnA5HN8" width="500" class="youtube-player"/> Jorge Caballero performs Albeniz's Evocación from Iberia at the Met Museum (2013).

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