Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Music of the Americas: From the Alps and the Andes

The week features new videos from Colombian and Argentine artists recorded in Bogotá, Choachí, and Zurich.

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This week, En Casa continues our Colombian series with new videos by Danza Colibrí, the Oscaryvan Garzon Trio, and Itinerante, a trio by En Casa artist Diego Bahamón, alongside the second installment of Argentine composer and improviser Diego Kohn's "Cartographies for the Present" from Zurich.

En Casa: Itinerante

Wednesday, June 25, 10 am

Itinerante (Diego Bahamón Serrato, Mateo Patiño, and Sebastián Martínez Rivera) is a trio of musicians from Bogotá and Medellín who have focused their careers on the interpretation and research of Colombian Andean music, conducting a thorough study of the roles of the bandola, the tiple, and the guitar in the typical Colombian trio format. They have performed works by historical composers and repertoires that explore resources from rock, jazz, and classical music.

From Bogotá, they sent us "En el aire," a pasillo composed by Sebastián Martínez Rivera in one of the most representative rhythms of the Colombian Andes, exploring new sounds influenced by rock and classical music.

Funders

The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation.

The 2024–2025 series is also supported, in part, by the Howard Gilman Foundation, Augustine Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Mex-Am Cultural Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Amphion Foundation, and Mid Atlantic Arts.