Music of the Americas Concert Series Dr. Jose Luis Hurtado, coordinator
Department of Music
25 September
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6:30 pm Music of the Americas Concert Series
Department of Music Department of Music
Latin American Keller Hall
University of New Mexico Concert and Speaker
Series
2014
Department of Music
Works by
Music of the Carlos Guastavino (Argentina) Americas Manuel M. Ponce (Mexico) Concert Series Salvador Moreno (Mexico) Ernesto Lecuona (Cuba) Agustín Lara (Mexico)
Los Músicos (1934)
by Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo Oil on canvas 80 X 100 cm
Encarnación Vázquez is one of the most active and renowned singers of the Latin American music scene. She has performed at the most important venues accross continents and with the most important Opera companies such as Tokio, Berlin, Dresden, Madrid, Barcelona, Metz, Tel Aviv, Zimbabwe, SouthAfrica, New York, San Diego, San Antonio, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Caracas among many others, playing main roles in Don Giovanni, Faust, Cosi fan tutte, Ariadne, Le nozze di Figaro, The Barber of Seville, and La Clemenza de Tito, among other Operas. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors and has recorded eighteen CDs with music of different styles and periods that ranges from Mahler, Debussy, Fauré, Chávez, Revueltas to Mexican Contemporary Music. Pianist Alejandro Barrañón is a member of the Concertistas de Bellas Artes, a Mexican elite of Artists supported by the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico. He holds degrees from el Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico, Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Longy School of Music and the University of Houston. Mr. Barrañón performs extensively as a soloist and collaborative pianist in Mexico, South America, and the US.
CANCIONES LATINOAMERICANAS Latin American Art Songs
Encarnación Vázquez, mezzosoprano Alejandro Barrañón, piano Music of the Americas Concert Series
Department of Music
Department of Music College of fine Arts
Latin American Concert and Speaker
Series Department of Music
Dr. Jose Luis Hurtado, coordinator
Music of the Americas Concert Series National Council for Culture and Arts of Mexico National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico