For the tenth year, Music of the Americas and New York Guitar Seminar team up to present some of the best guitar music from the Americas.
Music
In collaboration with the Centro de Experimentación del Teatro Colón, Americas Society presents the U.S. premiere production of Daniel D'Adamo's first opera, Kamchatka, at Dixon Place.
In their New York debut, Paris-based chamber group Ensemble ALMAVIVA presents an intimate evening of music, including works by Alberto Ginastera (Argentina), Javier Álvarez (Mexico), and Iván Solano (Spain/France).
Music of the Americas presents a portrait concert of Canada-based composer Dániel Péter Biró, featuring the U.S. premiere of his cycle Ethica, among other works.
This concert will draw from the experimental chamber music composed in the 1960s by fellows at the Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales (CLAEM) of the Instituto Di Tella in Buenos Aires.
The April 26 concert celebrates the rich musical contributions of world-renowned Cuban conductor/composer Guido López-Gavilán, with performances by his two sons Ilmar (violin) and Aldo (piano) alongside mezzo-soprano Anna Tonna, pianist Cristina Altamura, percussionists David Degge and Adam Sliwinski (Sō Percussion), and Os Ensemble, led by Raquel Klein.
Argentine vocalist Sofía Rei and Colombian-Venezuelan guitarist Juancho Herrera team up to celebrate iconic Argentine "Nueva Figuración" artist Jorge de la Vega's original music.
Come see the award-winning documentary on the life and work of Brazilian concert pianist Nelson Freire, who will attend the screening.
Legendary Argentine folk guitarist and composer Juan Falú performs solo in his Music of the Americas debut.
In their Americas Society debut, Talea Ensemble presents the world premiere of a new cycle by the Brazilian composer.