Music of the Americas Live from the Met and Online

Monday, November 27, 10 am

Luz Pérez is a singer and composer from Argentina's north. Her music is always about love, relationships, and nature, based on the belief that sound can transform reality. She is working on her album Canciones terrestres, and touring with her project "Vibra Terrestre." 

She sent us two pieces. Today we share "Creadoras de tiempos," a vidala included in Canciones terrestres, in an arrangement for Tibetan bowls and voice. This song invites us to ask ourselves about our past and future. 

Tuesday, November 28

Florencia en el Amazonas, written in 1996 by Mexican composer Daniel Catán (1949–2011), is the first Latin American opera presented at The Metropolitan Opera House. In celebration of its historic run—it premiered on November 16 and closes on December 14—we host a conversation between Andrea Puentes Catán and João MacDowell, as well as a performance by Gabriella Reyes, Mario Chang, and Nelson Ebo, with Brad Moore on piano.

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Thursday, November 30, 10 am

The Cuarteto de Guitarras de Costa Rica (Julio Monge, Nicolás Alvarado, Edmundo Núñez, Manuel Durán) is back on our series with a new version of Ray Tico's "Eso es Imposible," in an arrangement by Alonso Torres.

Friday, December 1, 10 am

Paquito D'Rivera was back on our stage in July 2023 with The Magical World of the Clarinet, a program created for our series in which the clarinetist and composer explored the sound of his instrument alongside longstanding and new collaborators (including nine clarinets!).

Find more information here. 

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

The Fall 2023 Music program is also supported, in part, by the Howard Gilman Foundation, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, by the MexAm Cultural Foundation, and by the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University.