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The Ecuadoran indigenous singer and composer sang in a concert closing the 2020 Washington Conference on the Americas Virtual Series.
Commissioned by Americas Society, k'uKu is a composition for string quintet, percussion, voice, electronics, and video.
Featured in Music of the Americas' Magos Herrera week in September.
counter)induction returns to Music of the Americas with music by Latin American female composers.
Join Music of the Americas for the online premiere of the Meridionalis and International Contemporary Ensemble's performance, conducted by Sebastian Zubieta, of Claude Vivier's "ritual opera of death," in a video production by Argentine visual artist Sergio Policicchio.
En Casa is back with Argentine musicians living in Spain, curated by Sandra de la Fuente: Horacio and Lucía Fumero, Guillermo Bazzola, Melisa Bertossi, and Marcelo Mercadante.
The holiday week features a performance by Suzie LeBlanc and another from a 2010 concert by Ernest Ranglin.
The week of November 16 features performances by the indigenous singer of original songs and classics from the Latin American songbook, as well as a concert by the superstar guitarist.
The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation.
The Fall 2020 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.
Additional support is provided by the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, The Amphion Foundation, Inc., The Augustine Foundation, and The Aaron Copland Fund for Music.
