Music Without Borders “From Russia With Love”
Ukrainian soprano Uliana Alexyuk is a featured soloist at the Bolshoi Theater, where she has been singing since 2010. Her roles include Brigitta in Iolanta; First Lady in The Magic Flute; Adele in Die Fledermaus; Lyudmila in Ruslan and Lyudmila; Frasquita inCarmen; Marfa in The Tsar’s Bride; Fire, Princess, and Nightingale in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges; and, most recently, Amina inLa sonnambula. She returned there in December 2013 to sing Adele in Die Fledermaus. In 2011, she sang in the world premieres ofLe Cerisaie by Philippe Fénelon at the Opéra National de Paris and Lo stesso mare by Fabbio Vacchi at Teatro...
Music Without Borders “Indian Fusion”
Program Sandeep Das, “Taal Rasa” Sandeep Das, Tabla and Urmi Samadar, dance Kinan Azmeh “A sad Morning, Every Morning” “Fantasy In three characters” “November 22”, Kinan Azmeh clarinet, St. Petersburg string quartet, Zlatan Redzic, double bass Evan Ziporyn ,“Sulvasutra” Ka Agni Letter to Pythagoras Sandeep Das, Tabla, Amie Maciszewski, sitar and St. Petersburg string quartet Tchaikovsky, Andante- Cantabile Tsintsadze, 5 Jewish songs for string quartet St. Petersburg String Quartet Kinan Azmeh “Wedding” Kinan Azmeh, clarinet, Sandeep Das, Tabla, St. Petersburg String Quartet, Zlatan Redzic, double...
Music Without Borders “Entreflamenco”
Musical Bridges Around the World presents the new award-winning Entreflamenco dance production. This full-length dance performance features flamenco masters Antonio Granjero and Estefania Ramirez from Jerez de la Frontera, Spain and their company Entreflamenco. Musicians included in the cast are guitarists Alex Jordan and Jose Tejeda from Cuba and singer/percussionist Francisco Orozco “YiYi” from Spain-Musical Composition Grant Recipient of the Year from The Artist Foundation of San Antonio 2014. This flamenco dance production will ignite your senses with the its new choreographies, original costuming, and new musical composition....
Music Without Borders “Amal”
Program Schubert, Fantasy for 4 hands Avner Dorman, Karsilama Prokofiev/Terashima Classical Symphony Allegro Larghetto Gavotta: Non troppo allegro Finale: Molto vivace Shostakovich-concertino op. 94 Rachmaninov, Suite no.1. I. Barcarolle. Allegretto, in G minor. II. La nuit… L’amour… Adagio sostenuto, in D major. (The night…the love…) III. Les Larmes. Largo di molto, in G minor. (The Tears) IV. Pâques. Allegro maestoso, in G minor....
Music Without Borders “Jazz Expressions”
Charles Lloyd “Charles Lloyd’s approach to performance is quite different. The more Lloyd goes inside himself the more he draws his audience in. With Jason Moran on piano, Eric Harland on drums, and Reuben Rogers on bass, Lloyd once again has a group able to follow his excursions into the music and into the mystic. Lloyd is one of the greats, rather like Joan Miro in modern art, he has no peer save himself. Music of total transport and delight.” Jazzwise “Follow the career of Charles Lloyd, and you see a map of great jazz across half a century. “Mr. Lloyd has come up with a strange and beautiful distillation of the...
International Music Festival
Musical Bridges Around the World is proud to offer concerts and performances FREE & OPEN to the public over the course of our 2nd Annual International Music Festival! As a token of our appreciation, preferred seating is available for members based on availability, RSVP required. Musical Bridges Around the World is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization serving nearly 80,000 annually. Members are our lifeblood and your gift—at any level—makes it possible for us to offer: Kids to Concerts – FREE, high-quality, TEKS-compliant music education inside San Antonio public schools Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral – FREE...