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2022-07-08 10:30:06
This sympathetic trio pay homage to composer Carla Bley through intimate chamber jazz
2021-03-18 07:22:32
10 Preludes and Fugues of Latin America
Mónica Cárdenas 10 Preludes and Fugues of Latin America, Sonata Herencia; Mónica Cárdenas; Tonada VP Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 17 March 2021 Star rating: 3.0 (★★★) Latin American and Western classical music fuse in an engaging sequence of preludes and fugues by a Spanish-Peruvian composerOn this disc from Tonada VP, the pianist and composer Mónica Cárdenas plays her own 10 Preludes and Fugues of Latin America and Sonata Herencia. Cárdenas is Spanish-Peruvian and currently based in Germany, having studied in Lima, at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoires in Kiev and Moscow, and at the West London University. Like a number of recording projects, this disc is very much a product of lockdown. Cárdenas had written the first Prelude and Fugue in 2019 but at the time had had no intention of creating a set of ten. But during lockdown last year she wrote nine more. The music […]
2020-11-11 09:16:42
Espiral: new music from Spain and Latin-America from Camerata Gala and Alejandro Muñoz
Espiral - Igmar Alderete, Ruben Jordan, Juan de Dios Garcia Aguilera, Raquel Rodriguez, Monica Cardenas, Jose Javier Delgado; Camerata Gala, Alejandro Muñoz; LBS Classical Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 10 November 2020 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) An engaging disc of new music from a Spanish ensemble exploring the links between the music of Spain and of Latin AmericaThis recent disc from the Spanish label LBS Classical, Espiral features an exploration of contemporary music from the Spanish ensemble, Camerata Gala under their conductor Alejandro Munoz, exploring not only contemporary Spanish music but the bonds between Spanish and Latin-American music, and featuring Spanish-Cuban composer Igmar Alderete, Spanish composers Ruben Jordan, Juan de Dios Garcia Aguilera, Raquel Rodriguez, Jose Javier Delgado, and Peruvian-Spanish composer Monica Cardenas. The disc features Igmar Alderete's Bailando con Arcos, Ruben Jordan's Alzheimer (with soprano Auxi Belmonte), Juan de Dios Garcia Aguilera's Abisal, Raquel Rodriguez's Espiral, […]
2019-04-19 00:40:00
Pivot Arts Festival: Preview, Works-In-Progress, Premiere Lineup May 31–June 9
PIVOT ARTS FESTIVAL ADDS PREVIEW PARTY, INCUBATOR WORKS-IN-PROGRESS AND MORE TO WORLD PREMIERE LINEUP MAY 31–JUNE 9 Search Party (Matthew Gregory Hollis) Pivot Arts, which celebrates innovative, multidisciplinary performance, has expanded the lineup for its seventh annual Pivot Arts Festival, including five world premieres by playwright/director Seth Bockley, BraveSoul Movement, Chicago Fringe Opera, choreographers Ayako Kato and Erin Kilmurray, musician/actor Ahmed Moneka making his U.S. debut and more. The Festival runs May 31–June 9 at various locations in Chicago’s Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods. A Festival Preview Party fundraiser takes place May 22 at 6 p.m. at Francesca’s Bryn Mawr, 1039 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue. Festival artists join Pivot Arts board members and supporters for Italian cuisine, drinks and entertainment, supporting the Festival through tickets and a silent auction. The party also features the first-ever […]
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