Classical
True poetry is wanting to see the world, to see it better. The music of Marga Richter, especially on this record Poetic Images Beyond Poetry – Selected Works for Orchestra,” specifically dedicated to the poetics of music, certainly bears testimony to that perception of poetry. The imagery is at once rich and viscous and full [...]
Bomba y Plena
“In 1994 Gary Núñez, bassist, one of the most respected musicians in Puerto Rico created the group “Plena Libre” and revived the Plena music in the late nineties, with a unique modern sound and arrangements, and outstanding compositions. Plena along with Bomba, is one of the two main African rooted folk rhythms from Puerto Rico. [...]
Jazz
Tango Nostalgias is the new album of the Argentinian saxophonist Julio Botti, a pure and new voice of the tango movement that maestro Astor Piazzolla started in Argentina decades ago. Ten poignant and profound themes are part of this cd where Pablo Ziegler, Piazzolla’s longtime pianist and a prolific composer, is the arranger and pianist. [...]
Brazilian
If Brazil’s Amazon forest and the river that flows through it could speak, what story would it tell? Where would the story begin considering that this, one of the world’s most wondrous sanctuaries of culture and nature, has been in existence for 55 million years? This 5.5 million square kilometre haven of elemental cohabitation between [...]
News
Lulaworld 2013 – Presented by Lula Music and Arts Centre – May 10 to 31: 16 Concerts! 5 CD Releases! More than 120 artists representing more than a dozen countries. Each May, the annual LULAWORLD festival gives Lula Music and Arts Centre the opportunity to work with local artists to create special presentations that push [...]