Classical musicians will present a lively “Festival of Music from Latin and South America” 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 26, at the Church of the Western Reserve, 30500 Fairmount Boulevard.
A meet-the-artists reception follows.
“The music will be glorious and fun, some of the best chamber music in town,” says Jodi Kanter, artistic director of Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics (M.U.S.i.C.), the non-profit concert host.
In addition to a premiere work commissioned for M.U.S.I.C. by Mexican composer Julian Fueyo, the program will feature works by composers Paquito D’Rivera, Alberto Ginastera, Ernesto Lecuona, Astor Piazzolla, Manuel Ponce, and Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Radamés Gnattali “Concerto a Brasileira” arranged for chamber ensemble by guitarist Andy Poxon.
Performers come from Europe, Asia and the Americas, including violinists Maria Beyens, Victor Beyens, Maude Cloutier, and Quentin Routierr; pianists Matias Cuevas (Chilean-American), Gaston Frydman (Argentinian), and Alexander Kostritsa; cellists Benjamin Mekinulov and Brendon Phelps; bassist Henry Samuels; clarinetist Marquise Bradley; and vocalists Alexa Lopez (Cuban-American) soprano, Carlyle Quinn, mezzo-soprano. and Joseph Breslau, baritone; and Poxon.
General admission $35; students $15; patron: $60.
M.U.S.I.C. has been been bringing emerging musicians to Northeast Ohio audiences for 15 years. Its mission is to provide performance opportunities and to share the joy of classical music.
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