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Upcoming 24 January 2012: Fashioning Modernism: Rimbaud meets Verlaine meets Debussy

Dance Performance of “Homenatge” by Tania León

12 February, 2012: The Foundation for Iberian Music’s 2011 Composer’s Commission, “Homenatge” , a tribute to Xavier Montsalvatge for his centennial by Tania León will be performed at the 2012 Composers Now festival. This festival is held throughout New York City by numerous organizations. Distinguished professor León has just been named artistic director of this prestigious festival.

Christmas in Iberia: A Preconcert Lecture by Antoni Pizà

8 December, 2011: For the anniversary of Tomás Luis de Victoria the Church of St. Luke in the Fields is hosting the concert “Christmas in Iberia.” The evening features Victoria’s sublime Missa O magnum mysterium among other pieces by both Portuguese and Spanish composers. Before the concert, Antoni Pizà director of the Foundation for Iberian Music will give a lecture about the program, focusing on the life and work of Victoria.

Inside the Music: Salvador Brotons

22 October, 2011: The Foundation for Iberian Music presents the first seminar in the new series “Inside the Music.” The series features guest composers, who in a lively discussion with students, present close readings of their musical works. For the first seminar in the series, the Foundation has invited internationally renowned composer Salvador Brotons.

The New York Andalus Ensemble Concert

16 November, 2011: The Foundation for Iberian Music presents a concert by the New York Andalus Ensemble at the CUNY Graduate Center in the beautiful Elebash Recital Hall. Directed by Rachid Halihal and coordinated by Samuel R. Thomas, the ensemble performs music from the historical traditions in the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) and the Iberian Peninsula.

Mompou Seminar Fall 2011: Music as a Cultural Weapon

24 September 2011: The Foundation for Iberian Music and the Mompou Chair present the 2011 Fall Seminar “Music as a Cultural Weapon: Fighting for Ethnic Identities in Spain from Cançó to Rock and Rap (1960-2010).” Professor Sílvia Martínez from la Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona will lead an interactive seminar with discussions, lecture, and listening examples.

The Travels of Tirant Lo Blanch: Music and Chivalric Splendor

20 October, 2011: The Foundation for Iberian Music, as part of its Mompou Chair events, presents “The Travels of Tirant Lo Blanch” a concert by the Capella de Ministrers sponsored by Institut Ramon Llull. The concert is part of the music series Music in Midtown at the CUNY Graduate Center. In addition, Conductor Carles Magraner and the Capella de Ministrers will perform “Tirant Lo Blanch” as a special concert for patrons of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 19.

Silent Music: Book Release and Panel Discussion

31 October, 2011: The Foundation for Iberian Music presents the book release and panel discussion of the Susan Boynton’s new publication Silent Music: Medieval Song and the Construction of History in Eighteenth-Century Spain. The event will feature guest speakers Walter Clark, Don Michael Randel, and Suzanne Ryan as well as introductory remarks by Barbara Dobbs Mackenzie and Antoni Pizà.

Beethoven and the Sublimations of Love: A Seminar

12 May 2011: How Sad is Eros, How Anarchic is Aphrodite: Beethoven and the Sublimations of Love, a seminar presented by the Brook Center and co-sponsored by the Ensemble for the Romantic Century, will investigate the connections between Beethoven’s emotional and affective life and his creative process. Beethoven was constantly immersed in the possibility of [...]

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