7 pm ET

Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York

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Pierre Ferreyra Mansilla and Matthew Kaplan

Pierre Ferreyra Mansilla and Matthew Kaplan. (Image: Roey Yohai Studios)

7 pm ET

Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York

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Overview

On June 26, we will host this concert in person at 680 Park. Registration will open to the general public one month before the event. Tickets are free. Americas Society members can register at any time and enjoy early and reserved seating at the event. Not a member? Join today! Contact membership@as-coa.org with any questions.

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For over a decade, Music of the Americas has presented the opening event of the New York Guitar Seminar, featuring leading guitarists and guitar music from teh AMericas such as Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Elías Barreiro, the Newman-Oltman Guitar Duo, and João Luiz, among others. 

This year, the concert will focus on the music of Puerto Rican guitar composers Roberto Sierra, Ernesto Cordero, and Leonardo Egúrbida, performed by musicians of the 25th New York Guitar Seminar: Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo (Laura Oltman and Michael Newman) Arturo Castro Nogueras, Hermelindo Ruiz, and Dúo Copla (José Maldonado and Ernesto Ramos Vásquez) 

Program 

  • Roberto Sierra: Tres homenajes húngaros (1995) 
    • à Bartók 
    • à Liszt 
    • à Ligeti 

Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo (Laura Oltman and Michael Newman) 

  • Sierra: Sonata para guitarra No. 1 (2010) 
    • Con pasión 
    • Expresivo, casi religioso 
    • Scherzando 
    • Salseado 

Arturo Castro Nogueras 

  • Sierra: Sonata para guitarra No. 2 (2023) (US Premiere) 
    • Agitado 
    • Sensual 
    • Rítmico 
    • Movido 

Hermelindo Ruiz 

  • Ernesto Cordero: Sonata tropical (2001) 
    • Mi Güajarita 
    • Canción azul 
    • Salsa en piñones 

Dúo Copla (José Maldonado and Ernesto Ramos Vásquez) 

  • Leonardo Egúrbida Avilés: Dos danzas 
    • Flor de jaguar (1980) 
    • Los dos amigos (1985) 

Dúo Copla

In collaboration with
New York Guitar Seminar
Funders

The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation.

The 2024-2025 series is also supported, in part, by the Howard Gilman Foundation, Augustine Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Mex-Am Cultural Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, and Mid Atlantic Arts.