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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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The Brazilian virtuosos release their latest collaboration.
The Dominican musician and writer premieres her latest songbook.
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.
En Casa continues with artists from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
En Casa returns with videos recorded from Argentina to the United States, while Mariel Mayz performs Leo Brouwer's piano music live in our hall in New York.
En Casa returns with songwriters from Argentina and Uruguay, a guitar duo, and video of our December 2022 concert.
The pianist launches her latest album, dedicated to Leo Brouwer's piano music.
The Cuban early music group returns with a program of Latin American baroque music that explores resonances of Africa in the Americas.
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.
