Annette Aguilar’s String Bean Trio – Northend Food Hall
The 7th Annual Washington Heights Jazz Festival 2024 is a four-day event highlighting the best jazz that NYC and Upper Manhattan have to offer! Sixteen bands – over 60 musicians – will perform in various venues around the neighborhood, reflecting the musical and cultural diversity that is Washington Heights.
George Michael, John Albin, & Ethan O’Reilly at 181 Cabrini Cafe, FREE
The 7th Annual Washington Heights Jazz Festival 2024 is a four-day event highlighting the best jazz that NYC and Upper Manhattan have to offer! Sixteen bands – over 60 musicians – will perform in various venues around the neighborhood, reflecting the musical and cultural diversity that is Washington Heights.
On Sunday, Nov 17 at 5 pm HVG Performing Arts Group presents an International Jazz Summit in The Lounge.
Acclaimed saxophonist Gottfried Stöger (originally from Austria) returns to The Lounge. He’ll be joined by the Grammy award-winning pianist Leo Genovese (born in Argentina) and the brilliant French bass player François Moutin, whose prowess on his instrument Jazz Times proclaims, “is a marvel in itself”.
Their program features original compositions by each musician, showcasing their individual musical heritage, as well as some of the greatest jazz standards.
For concert information and the latest updates, visit facebook.com/HVGPAG, which can be accessed by everyone (with and without a Facebook account).
Admission: $15 suggested donation
($12 seniors/children, children under 8 are free)
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Coming Up in The Lounge – presented by PAG
Sunday, December 15 at 5 pm: Special Fundraiser to benefit New York’s immigrant community
Performers include HVG pianists David Kalhous, Jason Yeager, Sasha Papernik and Evelyne Luest, with more to be announced.
Special day and time!
Saturday, January 11, 2025, 7:30: Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Trio
The internationally renowned piano trio – pianist Yael Weiss, violinist Mark Kaplan and cellist Peter Stumpf – perform music by Robert Schumann and other chamber favorites.
Carla López-Speziale, mezzo-soprano
Kevin Smith, piano
Join us for an evening of music from and about Spain and Latin America in this program to include our beautiful Hispanic musical heritage.
Do not miss famous tangos and boleros, as well as music set to poetry by Rafael Alberti, Victor Hugo and Alfred de Musset, among others.
Music by Xavier Montsalvatge, Jules Massenet, Georges Bizet, Pauline Viardot, Ariel Ramírez, Pablo Ziegler, Carlos Gardel and María Grever.
Saturday, October 19th, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Church of the Good Shepherd
608 Isham
New York, NY 10034
(Corner of Isham / 211th and Broadway)
Suggested donation: $20
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Alma mía: España y Latinoamérica en música
Carla López-Speziale, mezzo-soprano
Kevin Smith, piano
¡SÓLO UN DÍA!
Acompáñenos en una velada de música de y sobre España y Latinoamérica en este programa que incluye nuestra hermosa herencia hispana.
No se pierda tangos y boleros famosos, así como música con poesía de Rafael Alberti, Víctor Hugo y Alfred de Musset, entre otros.
Música de Xavier Montsalvatge, Jules Massenet, Georges Bizet, Pauline Viardot, Ariel Ramírez, Pablo Ziegler, Carlos Gardel y María Grever.
Sábado 19 de octubre de 2024 a las 7:00 PM
Iglesia del Buen Pastor
608 Isham
New York, NY 10034
(Esquina de la 211 / Isham y Broadway)
Donación sugerida: $20
Christopher Avilez is a classical guitarist with masters degree in Musical Interpretation from the FaM at the UNAM, the University of Alicante and the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC). He has made academic stays in the Klagenfurt’s, Conservatory Austria with Marco Tamayo and the Frankfurt am Main’s Conservatory Germany with Thomas Bittermann. With a successful international career, Christopher has participated as a soloist with different orchestras, such as the Chamber Orchestra of Morelos, the Mexican Orchestra of the Arts, the “Carlos Chávez” Orchestra, the Simphony Orchestra of Cuenca and the Simphony Orchestra of Cusco, only to mention a few. In the international arena he has been presented in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Slovenia, Spain and United States.
His discography is comprised of five productions: XIII Sonatas for guitar and figured bass by Juan Antonio de Vargas y Guzmán (Veracruz, 1776); Imágenes… memoria. Contemporary mexican music for flute and guitar; Concerto for Classic Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio by Claude Bolling. Fisis Quartet; Sudamérica Seductora. Latin American music Douze Études by Villa-Lobos, La Catedral by Barrios Mangoré, Sonata Op. 47 by Ginastera and Terruño by Sinesi; “Al pie de volcán” Unreleased work for solo guitar by Pedro Ximenez Abril y Tirado (1784-1856).
Christopher has been awarded with more than 20 prizes in national and international contests of classical guitar interpretation, and he has also been granted national and international incentives and fellowships, such as the State Youth Award (2013), Programa de Estímulo a la Creación y Desarrollo Artístico (2008, 2018), Programa de Creadores Escénicos (2011) and Programa de Fomento a Proyectos y Coinversiones Culturales (2019) from the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA).
