Carnegie Hall to present “Songs of the Infinite” by Miquel Á. Roig-Francolí, the 2010 Foundation for Iberian Music Composer’s Commission 24 October 2010: Foundation for Iberian Music presents Miguel Á. Roig-Francolí Professor of Music Theory and Composition A concert featuring the 2010 Foundation for Iberian Music Composer’s Commission Performed previously in Cincinnati and Burgos Adam Kent, Piano Jennifer Roig-Francolí, Violin Sunday, October 24, 2010 8:00pm Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave New York, NY 10019 (212) 247-7800 Program Listen to “Songs of the Infinite.”
Foundation for Iberian Music to present lecture recital on Ricardo Viñes at Segal Theater The Foundation for Iberian Music presents Ricardo Viñes: Pianist and Visionary A lecture recital by Alejandra Pacheco, piano Thursday, July 29, 2010 ∙ 7pm Segal Theater CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave. Tel. 212 817 1819 P r o g r a m
Check out the Foundation for Iberian Music’s Recent Events 2009-10 29 July 2010: CONCERT/LECTURE: Ricardo Viñes, pianist and visionary, with Alejandra Pacheco, Segal Theater, Graduate Center 3 May 2010: CONCERT/LECTURE: Concerts & Conversations: Paquito D’Rivera. Elebash Recital Hall, Graduate Center. 17 April 2010: CONCERT: Manuel de Falla’s El Corregidor y la Molinera. Brooklyn Academy of Music with Saint Luke’s Orchestra. 10 April 2010: SEMINAR: Music in Spain around 1700: theatre music and cantata in context with Juan José Carreras. Rm 3491, Graduate Center. 10 March 2010: PANEL DISCUSSION: Meet the composer: Hèctor Parra speaks about his opera Hypermusic. Rm 3102.06, Graduate Center. 5 March 2010: LECTURE: The Big Sombrero, Dead Professors, and Local Chant from Salamanca to Mexico City with Grayson Wagstaff. Rm 3491, Graduate Center. 25 February 2010: CONCERT: Benet Casablancas: A Composer’s Portrait with Perspectives Ensemble and Paul Griffiths. Miller Theatre, Columbia University. 24 February 2010: PANEL DISCUSSION: Meet the Composer: Benet Casablancas, with Melissa Smey. Casa Italiana, NYU. 27 February 2010: CONCERT/PANEL DISCUSSION: Meeting Europe: Brazilian Music and Art Meet Europe and the Twentieth Century, with Damocles Trio. Museo del Barrio. 19 February 2010: LECTURE/PANEL DISCUSSION: Flamenco and the “Vanguardia” in Classical Music, with Reynaldo Fernándezs Manzano. Skylight Room, Graduate Center. 15 December 2009: CONCERT: Aviva & Dan and The Nadel/Thomas Duo. Center for Jewish History. 19 November 2009: CONCERT: Antoni Parera Fons: A Songwriter’s Journey. Elebash Recital Hall, Graduate Center. 24 October 2009: SEMINAR: Albeniz and the Rise of Spanish National Opera, with Walter Clark, Rm 3491, Graduate Center. 18 October, 2009: CONCERT: Adam Kent performs Anna Cazurra’s Hesperia for piano. Weil Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall.
CUNY TV features Paquito D’Rivera, watch online! NUEVA YORK Episode Premiere July 15, 2010 Watch online NUEVA YORK, is CUNY TV’s Emmy-award winning Spanish-language series (2009 & 2010 NY Emmy, Best Magazine Show). It is presented in Spanish, with English subtitles. on CUNY TV, Channel 75 (on cable): Thursday, July 15 at 10 AM, 4 PM, and 10 PM Saturday, July 17 at 2:30 PM Thursday, July 22 at 10 AM, 4 PM, and 10 PM Saturday, July 24 at 2:30 PM We start this episode in midtown Manhattan, at the CUNY Graduate Center, where we will learn about the last work of Cuban musician and composer Paquito D’Rivera. A recipient of ten GRAMMY Awards, the renowned saxophonist will talk about his piece Ladies in White, inspired by recent events in his native country. Later, we go with Patricio Lerzundi to the backstage of Repertorio Español, to meet Puerto Rican actress Denise Quiñones. The beautiful actress, who won the Miss Universe pageant in 2001, will tell us about her transition to cinema and theater and about the characters that she has played in the last few years. Finally, we will speak with John Ross, a journalist and writer from New York. We will talk in depth about his life and his dedication, for over 50 years, to activism and independent media. From the bohemian Greenwich Village of the 60s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, as well as the Latin America of the 80s and the Zapatista Revolution of the 90s.
Xenakis on Water Douglas Perkins has some great things to say about the Xenakis invasion of Central Park. Check out this link to WQXR blog: http://www.wqxr.org/blogs/q2-blog/2010/jun/14/xenakis-water/
Foundation for Iberian Music presents MAYA Trio performing “Asklepios” by Gabriel Erkoreka MAYA Trio John Hadfield, percussion Jacqueline Kerrod, harp Sato Moughalian, flute Tuesday June 8th, 2010 8pm Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012-1018 Program Different voices together (2010) • Yotam Haber (b. 1977) Book of Goddesses (2010) • I. Sarasvati II. Xi Wang Mu III. Aphrodite IV. Brigit V. Estanatlehi VI. Xochiquetzal VII. Oya VIII. Yemanja IX. The Muses Robert Paterson (b. 1970) Theoretical Wall (2010) • Sisters John Hadfield (b. 1976) ASKLEPIOS (2010) • Gabriel Erkoreka (b. 1969) Bolgar Gypsy Horo trad. Hungarian Romani Kalman Balogh Arr. R. Rossi/MAYA • denotes a world premiere MAYA was formed in 2005, and performs new music, world music, and incorporates improvisations into its performances. www.mayatrio.com Gabriel Erkoreka (Bilbao, Spain, 1969) is an internationally celebrated composer. He is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in London and currently teaches composition at MUSIKENE-Basque Country Superior Conservatoire. ASKLEPIOS is named after the Greek god of medicine, usually portrayed as a snake coiled around a staff, which symbolizes the renewal of life and rebirth in health. The instrumentation of MAYA is a modern version of an ancient Greek folk ensemble of flute, lyre and various types of frame drums. The piece makes use of melodic archetypes extracted from Greek traditional music, often creating flexible serpent-like shapes that can be ‘seen’ slithering along the score. The connection with Asklepios is further enhanced by a contagious effect that occurs between the instruments. At times they collide in the same register, while at other times, they borrow traits from each other, whilst renewing certain musical resources.
Xenakis Central Park Invasion The site is up, please check it out for Xenakis info and much, much more. Central Park will never be quite the same! http://makemusicny.org/schedule/feature/xenakis
Foundation for Iberian Music sponsors new book: “Frame Drums in the Medieval Iberian Peninsula” CUNY Graduate Center alum Mauricio Molina has published a new book. Frame Drums in the Medieval Iberian Peninsula is dedicated to the reconstruction of the denominatives, social status, symbolism, timbre, and performance practice of the medieval Iberian frame drums. For more information visit Edition Reichenberger.
Xenakis Takes Over Central Park MONDAY JUNE 21st: XPA is excited to announce that Make Music New York is going to help Iannis Xenakis take over Central Park: “NEW EVENTS One of the most remarkable features of MMNY 2010 is a Central Park celebration of the music of visionary Greek composer Iannis Xenakis. Funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, festivities will include a performance of Xenakis’s thunderous Persephassa (1969) for six percussionists surrounding the Central Park Lake, with the audience listening from rowboats in the middle of the water. Noted percussionists Steven Schick, formerly of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and Doug Perkins, formerly of So Percussion, lead the ensemble. Other highlights include a puppet show version of Xenakis’s opera Oresteia in the Swedish Marionette Cottage, directed by choreographer Luca Veggetti, the Yale Percussion Group at the Naumburg Bandshell (4pm), and further performances to be announced.” -Make Music New York 2010