IB3 Radio: Interviews with Antoni Pizà 19 March, 2013: In December 2012 IB3 the public radio and television for the Balearic Islands, Spain, interviewed Professor Antoni Pizà about his most recent publication, La dansa de l’arquitecte. on December 17 his book was discussed on Tassa i mitia (A cup and a half), and on December 31, 2012, El crepuscle encén estels (The sunset lights the stars) with Pere Estelrich featured Pizà’s work.
The Foundation for Iberian Music Featured on CUNY TV 19 March, 2013: The Foundation for Iberian Music was featured on CUNY TV‘s series Study with the Best originally aired on February 24, 2013. This latest edition is “Music: Inside and Outside of CUNY” and focuses on the many musical activities in and around the CUNY campuses. From innovative hip hop and radio programs to classical performance and composition, the students and professors at CUNY are creating interesting and exciting music. Click here to view the entire program and the interview with Antoni Pizà about the Foundation for Iberian Music.
New York Andalus Ensemble to Perform at Encuentros/Encounters 2014 27 February 2014: Next year, the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) will hold its annual conference Encuentros/Encounters in both California and in New York City. The conference’s theme, “Sounding Communities: Music and the Three Religions in the Medieval Iberian Peninsula” will focus on the relationship among the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. After Encuetros holds its conference on the UC campus, the entire Encuentros 2014 will travel to Columbia University and the CUNY Graduate Center for its New York reprise (Feb. 27-8). This endeavor is a collaboration among several institutions, including the Foundation for Iberian Music and the Graduate Center. The New York Andalus Ensemble, Artist-in-Residence at the Foundation for Iberian Music, will perform at both the UC campus and at all New York Encuentros events. To see the February 27-8 schedule, click here. More information to follow. This conference is dedicated to the memory of María Rosa Menocal, the renowned Yale hispanist who passed away late last year. Sounding Communities: Music and the Abrahamic Religions in Medieval Iberia
New York Andalus Ensemble to Make Brooklyn Premiere 5 May, 2013: The Artist-in-Residence at the Foundation for Iberian Music, the New York Andalus Ensemble will make its Brooklyn debut on May 5 at Congregation Beth Elohim, performing music from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa in Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, and Ladino. The ensemble incorporates a large choir and a wide array of traditional and modern acoustic instruments. The afternoon’s events will include a pre-concert workshop and then a concert with a reception to follow. Tickets for the event are $25 for general admission, $15 for members of one of the sponsoring organizations, and free for all those 18 and under. Tickets are available here, or at the door. Sunday, May 5, 2013 3-6pm Congregation Beth Elohim 274 Garfield Place Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Reviews: La dansa de l’arquitecte 5 March, 2013: Antoni Pizà’s most recent publication La dansa de l’arquitecte, a compilation of essays chronicling a wide range of musical topics from concert music and opera to jazz and popular music, has been positively reviewed in many print and online publications. Below are some links to the book’s most recent reviews. Sonograma magazine Musicologías Diario de Mallorca Fancultura Nuvol el digital de cultura Suma Cultural
Le Poussin Rouge: Spanish Piano 13 March, 2013: The Foundation for Iberian Music proudly sponsors a concert of Spanish piano music with pianist Adam Kent at Le Poussin Rouge on March 13 at 7:30pm. The concert will include the recent Foundation for Iberian Music Composer’s Commission “Homenatge” (2011) by Tania León and “Sí, a Montsalvatge” by Benet Casablancas, a composer whose “Dance, Song and Celebration: Homage to Xavier Montsalvatge” was the 2012 Composer’s Commission. The program will also include pieces by Frederic Mompou, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, and Xavier Montsalvatge. For tickets, click here. Spanish Piano: The Classics and the New Adam Kent, piano March 13, 2013, 7:30pm Le Poussin Rouge 158 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012 212-505-FISH
Pre-concert Lecture at the Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch March 9, 2013: Antoni Pizà is giving a pre-concert lecture at the St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church on March 9, 2013 at 7pm, followed by the concert at 8pm. The concert is “The Flower of Spain: the Music of Francisco Guerrero” performed by Polyhymnia. Led by Artistic Director John Bradley, Polyhymnia is a small ensemble of instrumentalists and vocalists focusing on historically informed performance of sacred music from the courts and cathedrals of the Renaissance world. They will perform Guerrero’s Missa Surge propera, a mass composed in six voices, hoping to reimagine how this mass might have been heard in Seville’s cathedral during the Spanish Renaissance. For tickets, click here. Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch 552 West End Avenue, New York, New York 10024 (Church Entrance on 87th Street between Broadway and West End Avenue) Tel. (212) 580-3326 Tickets: $25 General Admission $15 Students, Seniors & EMA Members
Arts and Culture Journal: Ambos Mundos 15 January 2013: Antoni Pizà has contributed several essays to the online arts journal Ambos Mundos published by the Universidad Internacional de La Rioja. The journal publishes scholarly work on arts and culture from the Spanish-speaking world. To access Prof. Pizà’s work, click here.
New Photos from Homage to Catalonia 15 January 2013: Check out the photos from the concert “Homage to Catalonia: In Celebration of the Centenary of Xavier Monsalvatge” that was held at the Morgan Library and Museum in September of 2012. Perspectives Ensemble, Conductor Ángel Gil-Ordóñez, and Violinist Tim Fain are seen performing and rehearsing in the photos below. All photos were taken by Xan Padron.
Antoni Pizà Interviews with Radio Nacional de España 15 January 2013: Director Antoni Pizà was interviewed by Radio Nacional de España (RNE) about his new publication La dansa de l’arquitecte (Ensiola 2012). The new book is a compilation of essays on a wide range of topics from concert music and opera to jazz and popular music (including musical events, recent books and recordings, and especially Catalan composers and musicians) originally published between 2003 and 2012. Listen to the entire interview below: http://brookcenter.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/entrev.-ANTONI-PIZA.mp3