{"id":8268,"global_id":"www.thevillagetrip.com?id=8268","global_id_lineage":["www.thevillagetrip.com?id=8268"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-07-10 05:30:33","date_utc":"2023-07-10 09:30:33","modified":"2023-08-14 11:00:44","modified_utc":"2023-08-14 15:00:44","url":"https:\/\/www.thevillagetrip.com\/event\/loisaida-my-love\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.thevillagetrip.com\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/8268","title":"Loisaida, My Love","description":"
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[Image: Duo Mundi and Jesse Montgomery]<\/span><\/p>\n

A celebration of the vibrant LatinX culture of the Lower East Side and the musical talents the area has nurtured, from the classical virtuoso pianist Teresa Carre\u00f1o to the tango master Astor Piazzola and salsa superstar Celia Cruz.<\/p>\n

Piano prodigy Teresa Carre\u00f1o<\/strong> came to New York from Venezuela as a child and launched her career in a debut at the Academy of Music on 14th Street in 1862 at the age of 9. She went on to become one of the great virtuoso pianists of the era, The \u201cValkyrie of the Piano\u201d wrote over 75 works for piano, voice, choir and orchestra, and championed the works of composers Edward McDowell and Amy Beach. The popular \u201cKleiner Waltz\u201d was written for her daughter Teresita and she frequently performed it as an encore.<\/p>\n

Mexican composer Carlos Chavez<\/strong> lived in Greenwich Village as a young man in the 1920s, drawn to its rich cultural mix. His songs reflect his deep interest in folk and indigenous musics.<\/p>\n

Astor Piazzola<\/strong> lived on E.10th Street as a child. His \u201cNuevo tango\u201d style revolutionized the traditional Argentinian tango, incorporating classical and jazz elements. The classical references permeate \u201cFuga y Mysteria\u201d, here performed by Duo Mundi.<\/p>\n

Composer Jessie Montgomery<\/strong> grew up on the Lower East Side and attended Third Street music School. She has been hailed by the BBC as \u201cOne of the most distinctive and communicative voices in the U.S. as a player and a creator\u201d. \u201cLoisaida, My Love\u201d is a poem by the Puerto-Rican born activist and community-builder Bimbo Rivas, an ode to the neighborhood he loved.<\/p>\n

Cuban-born Tania Leon<\/strong> is a Pulitzer Prize winning composer whose music is known for its rich textures and infectious and complex rhythms, Del Caribe, soy! is dedicated to flautist Nestor Torres, and builds on his improvisatory fragments, mixing in bird calls, whistles, fragments of Latin melodies, atonal piano effects and gestures that characterize music of the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

Soprano Adriana Valdes leads Third Street\u2019s Jazz Ensemble in an homage to Tito Puente and Celia Cruz to end the evening.<\/p>\n

Young artists of the Third Street Music School will open at 6pm with a prelude concert of LatinX music.<\/p>\n

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