(AGENPARL) – ven 06 maggio 2022 Afro-Cuban Jazz Pianist Roberto Fonseca, In-Person Concert []
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ROBERTO FONSECA TRIO: YESUN
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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2022 at 8:00 PM
IN-PERSON CONCERT AT THE COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM (FREE)
Havana-born pianist, composer, bandleader, and Artistic Director for Cuba’s Jazz Plaza Santiago Festival, Roberto Fonseca performs music from his ninth solo album Yesun.
As one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation, Roberto Fonseca is known for his fierce musical explorations that combine jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms, electronic beats, funk, and rap. “When it comes to 21st-century Afro-Cuban jazz, Roberto Fonseca is one of the music’s brightest lights.” —Downbeat
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Panel Discussion: “Cuban and Puerto Rican Roots in Latin Jazz”
SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2022 at 5:30 PM
IN-PERSON EVENT (FREE)
Roberto Fonseca will join a panel of experts, including educator, percussionist and bandleader Fran Vielma, Puerto Rican trombonist and bandleader William Cepeda, trombonist, author, and ethnomusicologist Chris Washburne, and Claudia Morales from the Library’s Music Division in a discussion of the influences and roots of Latin jazz.
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Johnny Gandelsman, violin
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2022 at 8:00 PM
Johnny Gandelsman’s This is America captures a broad view of new music in our country in 22 commissions for solo violin from a richly diverse group of composers.
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Castor and Patience
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Gregory Spears, composer Tracy K. Smith, librettist Patience: Amber Monroe Castor: Reginald Smith, Jr. Celeste: Jennifer Johnson Cano West: Benjamin Taylor
This event is a sneak-peek concert preview performance of excerpts from the opera Castor and Patience by composer Gregory Spears and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K Smith.
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