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The Music of Leo Brouwer

19th NY Guitar Seminar at Mannes
Wednesday, June 26 at 7:00 PM
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue (at 68th Street), New York, NY

Leo Brouwer 80th Anniversary Celebration

The Music of Leo Brouwer
Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo

Celil Refik Kaya

João Luiz & Friends
Note: Tickets for this concert must be purchased directly from Americas Society:

https://www.as-coa.org/events/leo-brouwer-80th-anniversary-celebration/overview

Program

Sonata No. 1 (1990)
Celil Refik Kaya, guitar

Brief Pause
Paisajes, Retratos y Mujeres (1997)
João Luiz & Friends (João Luiz, guitar, Matthew Lipman, viola, Yeami Kim, flute)

Intermission

Música Incidental Campsina (1978)
Fool on the Hill, from Beatlerianas (1976) 
El Libro de los Seres Imaginarios /The Book of the Imaginary Beings (2018)

I. El Unicornio / The Unicorn
II. El Minotauro / The Minotaur
III. Hadas y Gnomos / Fairies and Gnomes
IV. La Gorgona y la Mantícora / The Gorgon and the Manticore

New York Premiere Performance
Dedicated to Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo
Composed in La Habana, December, 2018
This work was commissioned by Raritan River Music 
with the generous support of Jeffrey Nissim

Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo (Laura Oltman and Michael Newman, guitars)

Award Presentation to Maestro Leo Brouwer
Michael and Laura wish to extend very special thanks to: 

Jeffrey Nissim
Sebastian Zubieta, Gina Portale, Martha Cargo
Elias Barreiro, Orlay Olonso, Rene Izquierdo
Raritan River Music Board of Trustees:
Rosanna Hunt (President), Lucinda Chou (Treasurer), Lois Laning, Peter Laning, Steven Lember, John M. Perry