Meet the Rolston String Quartet, which will be performing at Americas Society in New York on December 8, 2017. The winners of this year's Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) spoke with Music of the Americas Director Sebastián Zubieta about committing to quartet life, new music, and the repertoire they will perform in New York.

Since 2008, Music of the Americas has hosted first-place winners of the BISQC. For the most recent competition, Americas Society co-commissioned Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri's first string quartet with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the BISQC. Hailed as "electrifying" by Strings Magazine, Rolston String Quartet was recently named fellowship quartet-in-residence at Yale School of Music.

Check out Luri Lee (violin), Jeffrey Dyrda (violin), Hezekiah Leung (viola), and Jonathan Lo (cello) rehearsing at Yale and talking more about their work with Music of the Americas Director Sebastián Zubieta.

Register and get your tickets to see the Rolston String Quartet at Americas Society on December 8.

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As negotiations to modernize the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) kick off on August 16, what are the sticking points of the 23-year-old trade deal? These are highlights of AS/COA's 2017 Mexico City Conference, which convened North American leaders—from the Canadian and Mexican foreign secretaries to business executives—to discuss the accord's track record and evolution. 

• Watch the complete conversation with Canada's Chrystia Freeland and Mexico's Luis Videgaray.
• Learn more at our North America Hub.

Una de las grandes promesas de campañas del Presidente Donald Trump fue eliminar el TLCAN (Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte). Sin embargo, Trump parece haber cambiado de opinión, abriendo así la posibilidad de renegociarlo. “Creo que hay varias posibilidades. Una de ellas es que terminemos con un TLCAN renegociado pero que acabe siendo igual a lo que tenemos hoy quizás con algunos parámetros diferentes como las reglas sobre contenido local que le permitan a Trump reclamar victoria", comentó Winter, añadiendo que dicho proceso puede durar hasta el 2019.