Brazilian-Italian violinist Emmanuele Baldini, who for over a decade has been concertmaster of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, joins forces with pianist Roberto Turrin in "Americas."

Argentine singer-songwriter Cecilia Zabala and Brazilian jazz pianist Philippe Baden Powell explore their latest duo project, which fuses Zabala’s folk-inspired songwriting with Powell’s música popular brasileira sensibility.

AS/COA hosted a private briefing  with Eric Farnsworth and a group of business and community leaders.