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Music of the Americas aims to present artists who are both superb musicians in their own right and cultural ambassadors of myriad social and musical traditions, creating a vibrant space and a unique opportunity to hear distinctive and significant music.
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We premiere a new vocal chamber piece by the Canadian composer, commissioned by Americas Society.
The orchestra returns to our stage with string quartets by Tania León, inti figgis-vizueta, and Keyla Orozco.
This production of the Afro-Cuban chamber opera by Louis Aguirre, directed by Yelaine Rodríguez, was created specifically to be seen online.
Video of the U.S. premiere of the 1934 puppet opera, with libretto by Alejo Carpentier and music by Alejandro García Caturla, directed by Doug Fitch.
The Brazilian singer and composer recorded this virtual concert in São Paulo in 2022.
Music of the Americas starts 2023 with En Casa and a video of Haitian music from Fall 2022.
Watch two En Casa videos from Argentina, one Recuerdo of Italian medieval music, and a video of new 2022 music.
We close our 2022 live season with a world premiere by Gabriel Bouche Caro, feature a new video by Diego Salvetti, and a 2015 Recuerdo by Willanny Darias.
We premiere a new vocal chamber piece by the Puerto Rican composer, commissioned by Americas Society.
The festival of Mexican arts is back on our stage with a crossover musical project.
The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation.
The Spring 2023 Music program is also supported, in part, 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; and by the Howard Gilman Foundation.
Additional support comes from the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, The Amphion Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, New Music USA’s Organizational Development Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals’ ArtsForward program, made possible through support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and The Augustine Foundation.
