photo: Brooke Lavalley
Vitier will perform as pianist in his Misa Cubana with the Westerville Symphony, the Otterbein University combined choirs and Capriccio Columbus in a performance conducted by Otterbein professor Gayle Walker, this Sunday, April 24 at 5 p.m. in Fritsche Theatre of Otterbein University’s Cowan Hall.
photo: Brooke Lavalley
This month, the sounds and rhythms of Cuba have spread across the campus of Otterbein University in Westerville.
Cuban composer and pianist Jose Maria Vitier — accompanied by his wife, Silvia Rodriguez Rivero — has taken part in a residency there since April 1. While in central Ohio, the Havana native has given master classes and heard his work featured in concerts.
This weekend, as he nears the conclusion of his visit, the Westerville Symphony will perform one of his most popular works, a Roman Catholic Mass titled “Misa Cubana.”
For the Sunday concert, the orchestra will join Capriccio Columbus and three university ensembles: the Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorale and Concert Choir. Vitier and Dean Marcellana will play the piano parts.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Cary Hall at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music.
Cuban-born brothers Orlando Alonso and Orlay Alonso will share the stage –and the keyboard- performing four hands in their New York concert on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Cary Hall at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Tickets available at http://thealonsobrothers.bpt.me
This weekend, the adventurous, romantic and inspiring artists of the Bohemian Trio (saxophone & chekeré, cello, piano) return to Armor Hall with their signature spicy mix of traditional and new jazz works, infused with Afro-Cuban rhythms and flair. The performance lasts approximately one hour.
Tickets: Adults $28/22 Wave Hill Member, Children (ages 8–18) $15/$12 Wave Hill Member. Order tickets online or onsite at the Perkins Visitors Center, starting August 26. Member pre-sale starts August 14. A $2 surcharge will be added to telephone registrations. For additional information, please call 718.549.3200 x251.
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Cuban pianist Jorge Luis Prats, barred for 30 years from performing in the U.S., took Rachmaninoff, the audience and the entire orchestra, as well, into his superbly talented hands. If ever a reason was needed to end the embargo, Prats was it. His second Concerto was heart-stopping and heart-breaking in turns, and brought the house to its feet for an unstoppable applause that led a moved Prats to deliver an almost unbelievable three encores: Ignacio Cervantes’ “Danzas Cubanas,” Ernesto Lecuona’s “Mazurka” and Richard Wagner’s “Liebestod” (Liszt’s arrangement) from “Tristan and Isolde.” The year ahead has a high bar to reach, to match this.”
Guest review by Johanna Keller
On Thursday evening, Cuban-born pianist Horacio Gutiérrez, along with conductor Rossen Milanov leading the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, demonstrated the power of the pianissimo in a sparkling and propulsive rendering of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58. read more —>
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Rossen Milanov, conductor; Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
Thursday, August 20, 2015 • 08:15pm
Location • Amphitheater
In the Steppes of Central Asia—Alexander Borodin 9′
Piano Concerto No.4, op.58, G major—Ludwig van Beethoven 34′
Symphony No.5, op.100, B-flat major—Serge Prokofiev 46′
Tickets: www.chqtickets.com | (716) 357-6250
Angelica and Orlando talk about their upcoming concerts, Rio 2016 Olympics and more in this interview with NY1 presenter Philip Klint.
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An exclusive double-bill presentation starring two of the most exciting performers in today’s classical music scene, the Brazilian soprano Angelica de la Riva and the Cuban pianist and conductor Orlando Alonso.
May 17 & 24 | 8 PM
The DiMenna Center
450 W 37th St. (off 10th Ave.), NYC
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These concerts are presented by The Cuban Cultural Center of New York.
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Jorge Luis Prats plays Goyescas of Enrique Granados at his upcoming concert in Belgium. Listen to his recording of “La Maja y el Ruiseñor”!
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