Brazilian concert pianist Clélia Iruzun has her Americas Society debut with solo works by Villa-Lobos, Lecuona, Chopin, Mignone, and Gottschalk.
Sebastián Zubieta leads Meridionalis in a performance of several of Pablo Ortiz’s recent choral works, including Maizal del Gregoriano (Arnaldo Calveyra) and Leaving Limerick (Ric
Two-piano, two-percussion quartet Yarn/Wire has their Americas Society debut in a program focusing on living composers from Colombia.
In collaboration with the Centro de Experimentación del Teatro Colón, Music of the Americas presents the U.S. premiere of Mexican composer Mario Lavista’s Maithuna, among other works.
Based on the autobiography of noted music executive André Midani, André Midani — An Insider’s Story of Brazilian Music explores Brazilian music throughout his career.
A singular coming together of talents, Redes, commissioned by a progressive Mexican government, was cowritten and shot by photographer Paul Strand, with a recently recorded score by Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas.
Argentine lutenist/vihuelist Ariel Abramovich and soprano María Cristina Kiehr, who form Armonía Concertada, imagine a lute and voice program drawn from existing polyphonic music, a common practice in the Renaissance. The concert features works by Juan Vásquez, Adrian Willaert, Jacques Arcadelt, and Mateo Flecha.
Experiential Orchestra, led by James Blachly, highlights over three centuries of Latin American music for chamber orchestra.
In April, Meridionalis tours to Latin America, performing choral music in Havana, Cuba, and as part of the Música Sacra festival in Quito, Ecuador.
The New Docta Festival was cofounded in 2013 by Argentine musicians Solange and Sami Merdinian with French cellist Yves Dharamraj to bring classical music to their hometown of Córdoba. This performance spotlights their work in Argentina, featuring all three cofounders, along with pianist Philip Edward Fisher.