CALENDAR OF EVENTS : Past Events : 2010

Cuarteto Latinoamericano. Quintet of the Americas. Courtesy of the artists.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

Premiere of Mario Lavista's Gargantúa, for Wind Quintet and String Quartet.

Two leading ensembles with a longstanding commitment to Latin American music join forces to premiere Suite de Gargantúa, Mario Lavista’s new nonet. Lavista is one of the leading living Mexican composers, whose works have been performed throughout the world. He has been a member of the Academia de Artes de México since 1987 and El Colegio Nacional since 1998.

Celebrating 30 years in 2010, the Quintet of the Americas—Sato Moughalian, Matt Sullivan, Nicholas Gallas, Barbara Oldham, and Maureen Strenge — is dedicated to broadening the knowledge and appreciation of woodwind chamber music from the Western Hemisphere by performing, recording and commissioning music from the Americas. Formed in 1982, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano–Saúl Bitrán, Arón Bitrán, Javier Montiel, and Alvaro Bitrán—is known as the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet. This award-winning ensemble has performed and recorded most of the Latin American repertoire for string quartet.

In addition to Lavista’s new nonet, the concert includes music by Gabriela Ortiz.

Americas Society
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New York, NY
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