Music of the Americas

Next on En Casa! Argentine singer-songwriter Antonella Restucci was born in Quilmes, Argnetina. She composed "Lo que decidas plantar" during the pandemic, transforming her frustration into a hopeful message. Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

We are so excited for the piano trio @LONGLEASHmusic's performance at Americas Society this Friday (4/28) at 7pm! Click the link below to register - we hope to see you there. as-coa.org/events/longlea…

Saturnina Folk Rock performing "Despues del carnaval", written by Saturnina member Santiago Martinez. facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

1. @Ekmeles vocal ensemble 2. @Ensemble2e2m 3. São Paulo Chamber Soloists 4. Eduardo Fernández's collaboration with the New York Guitar Seminar

A collection of photos from some of Americas Society's performances in 2022! 1. Gabriel E. Bouche Caro's "Que tus ojos no se cansen de brillar" 2. Celebrate Mexico Now: @Mexamorphosis concert 3. @FonemaConsort 4. Afro-Cuban Puppet Opera: Manita en el suelo opera

We just wrapped our Five Borough Tour, Viajes y Raíces, in partnership with @CarnegieHall's Women in Music celebration! 🎉 Here are some snapshots from our @ASCOA performance, featuring guest soloist @lampreacello + composers Tania León, @inticomposes, and @orozcokeyla.

We hope you'll love this next En Casa video as much as we do: Classical guitarists Katty Mayorga and Isabella Abbonizio founded Artemis Duo in 2019. They sent us this version of Rey Guerra's "Compay". Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

Today, En Casa is thrilled to present O-Bri, an Argentine songwriter, teacher, and multi-media artist from Cordoba. From home in Cordoba, he sent us this version of "sos tan vos," a song from the multimedia production Ausencias. Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

Next on En Casa: Uruguayan singer/songwriter Melaní Luraschi. Her songs explore her Latin American and Rioplatense roots as well as jazz and pop. From Paris, she sent us "Al son del agua" a song included in her 2015 CD Canto Ancestral. Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

Today on En Casa, we feature Argentine composer, Dafne Usorach. Dafne has been onstage throughout Latin America and her music reflects a variety of influences. From home in Guatimozín, she sent us her original song "Latinoamérica." Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

Recuerdos: Last March, the Orchestra of St. Luke's performed chamber music by living composers that reflected the current environmental situation. From that concert, we share G. L. Frank's “Canto de la Hoja”. Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

Today on Recuerdos: In 2010, Momenta Quartet made their Music of the Americas debut with a program that included Bolivian composer Agustín Fernández's String Quartet No 1, ‘Montes,’ written for Momenta in 2007. Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

Recuerdos takes us back to a concert in 2019, with an excerpt from Momenta Quartet , and their performance of "Enigma de la escala" from Pietro Cerone's El melopeo y maestro, an influential 16th-century musical manual. Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

Formed in December 2022, Ternoar (Talita Felício, Cauan Roque, and Jarder Ryan) explores the intersection of Brazilian popular music and concert music. From Salvador, they sent us their version of Dorival Caymmi's "Acaçá." Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

Up next, EnCasa is excited to share a video from guitarist Thiago Leite Barbosa. From home in Osasco, he sent us "Rosto colado" (Cheek to Cheek), a bolero dedicated by the composer to the great Brazilian guitarist/composer Guinga. Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

Today on EnCasa, we feature Brazilian bassist and singer Talita Felício. From Salvador, Felício sent us a medely including Novos baianos' "Acabou chorare" and Tom Zé's "Menina, amanhã de manhã." Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

Recuerdos is thrilled to share the @TaleaEnsemble performance of "Of all the sounds despatched abroad" by Brazilian composer Michelle Agnes Magalhães. This piece was performed as a part of their concert in 2018 at Americas Society. Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

EnCasa is starting your week off with an original composition from Venezuelan artist Mario Espinoza: "Tonada a la Vaca Imaginaria". The tonada is sung during the intimate ceremony of cow-milking, in the hours before dawn. Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

We welcome back EnCasa alum Estefanía Melonio, an Uruguayan singer and composer, with guitarist Enzo Bonizzi. She is back with a larger ensemble and dancers in this video of her "Las dos milongas" facebook.com/musicoftheamer…

EnCasa welcomes back New York-based Nicaraguan guitarist, composer, songwriter, and educator, Katty Mayorga, who sent us "Respiro," an original composition dedicated to her mother. Click here to watch: facebook.com/musicoftheamer…