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Alejandro Escuer. (Image: Roey Yohai Studios)
Alejandro Escuer: Postmodern Flute Project
Mexican flutist-composer Alejandro Escuer is back on our stage with a program of music for flute and electronics.
Alejandro Escuer. (Image: Roey Yohai Studios)
Overview
On October 25, we will host this concert in person, and tickets are free.
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Alejandro Escuer (b. 1963) is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist and flutist who is at ease performing as a soloist with symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, or performing solo recitals. He has captivated audiences with his commitment to and delight in performing a unique selection of original works, ranging from established masterpieces to new Latin American works and his own compositions and improvisations.
The Postmodern Flute Project starts this year and will continue for several years with new pieces, commissions, and premieres until 2034, when Escuer plans to dedicate his time fully to composing.
Program:
- Gabriela Ortiz (b. 1964): New Work for flute, voice, and electronics (with soprano Carla López Speciale)
- Jacob TV (b. 1951): Billie
- Alejandro Escuer: Dreaming the End of War (2023)
- Manuel Rocha Iturbide (b. 1963): Semi no Koe
- Gonzalo Macías (b. 1958): Maquin-Son
- Jorge Verdin (1965-2024): Maquinaria
Escuer has been a driving force in the Mexican new music scene for decades and been the artistic director and producer of more than one hundred and fifty concerts featuring over fifty premieres. He has received numerous prizes and awards in Mexico and abroad, including a Rockefeller Foundation Award (1995), The National Interpreters Competition (first prize), and many others. He is also on the faculty at the Escuela Nacional de Música of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and has delivered master classes and concert-lectures across the Americas. He has developed new expressive instrumental techniques and technologies for his instrument.
Alejandro Escuer holds degrees from Conservatorio Nacional de Música, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, the Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam, and earned his doctorate from New York University. He has recorded over a dozen albums as a soloist and music director.
Funders
The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation.
The Fall 2024 Music program is also supported, in part, by the Howard Gilman Foundation, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
