New York Guitar Seminar: Puerto Rico

On June 26, Americas Society will host this event at 680 Park Avenue. Tickets are free. Registration will open to the general public one month before the event. Americas Society members can register at any time and have 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 the 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