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On May 20, 2023, Las Migas will present their latest work “Libres”, winner of a Latin Grammy for Best Flamenco Album in 2022. Eighteen years ago, four women joined forces and talents to rebirth themselves as Las Migas – a group that would find its way to the top of the international flamenco music scene. Together, the passionate Gypsy voice of Carolina “La Chispa” Fernández, the violin of Laura Pacios, and the guitars of Marta Robles and Alicia Grillo create a world of modern flamenco accessible to all – with all the aromas of earth, air, fire and water, and messages to the soul that hit like waves of freedom, strength, and love.

This month’s CHOPIN for ALL free concert features Michael Davidman, a dedicated and disciplined young musician, who has already won numerous piano competitions, including third place and orchestra prize at the 2022 Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition, the 2021 American Pianists Association finalist award, winner of the 2019 Juilliard Gina Bachauer Competition, and first prize at the 2018 New York International Piano Competition chamber ensemble, among others. Michael completed his Bachelor of Music at the Curtis Institute of Music, his Master of Music degree at the Juilliard School, and he is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the International Center for Music (ICM), Kansas City, MO. Robert McDonald, Ford Mylius Lallerstedt, Jerome Lowenthal, Stephen Hough, and Stanislav Ioudenich have guided his musical and artistic development. Michael is also a recipient of the Chopin Foundation's 4-year Scholarship Program for Young Pianists (2012 – 2015). His S. Florida debut will feature works by Chopin. Faure and more!

Piano recital concerts by Friends of South Florida music alumni. Come and enjoy an afternoon of music.

Program: Choros Bis, for violín and cello (9’) by Heitor Villalobos A sparrow flies towards a woman as she stares at a crescent moon, Guitar Concerto (15-20’c.a) by Federico Bonacossa for solo guitar, flute, clarinet, 2 percussions, piano, violin and violoncello Federico Bonacossa, guitar INTERMISSION El Poema de Tlaltecatzin (Poem of Tlaltecatzin) (25’) by Juan Trigos for soprano solo, flute, clarinet, 2 percussions, piano, violin and violoncello The Last Hundred Ensemble Juan Trigos, music director and principal conductor Federico Bonacossa, guitar Daniela D'Ingiullo, soprano

The Last Hundred - Season 2023 FREE ENTRANCE (suggested donation $10 dollars ) Program 1 ** Honeyrêves by Bruno Maderna (Italy) 5' * Fast Break by Charles Mason (USA) 7' Silencios imaginados 2001 by Orlando Jacinto García (Cuba – USA) 13’ I N T E R M I S S I O N Sonatina, for violin and cello by Arthur Honegger (Swiss) 15’ * Trescherzinuno (in Do) by Gabrio Taglietti (Italy) 10’ * Acrobats (6’) / Augusta Read Thomas (USA) 6' *) Miami Premiere **) 50th Anniversary of death The Last Hundred Ensemble Juan Trigos, music director and principal conductor Rafael Mendez, flute Carlos Pastran, clarinet Manuela Pagliuca, violin Edder Rivera, violoncello Xinyu (Miko) Li, piano Federico Bonacossa, electronics

Miami Light Project and Community Arts and Culture have partnered with the Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department to create and present the inaugural A Great Day at Oak Grove Park music festival on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Oak Grove Park (690 NE 159th St, Miami, FL 33162), beginning at 1 p.m. The free, all-ages show will feature international, regional, and local talent from Haiti, Cuba, and Miami, including Haitian songstress Emeline Michel, Haiti’s preeminent dance band Tabou Combo, Haitian-American multidisciplinary performing artist Inez Barlatier, award-winning Cuban folk group Cortadito, Latin Grammy-nominated Afro-Cuban jam / dance band the Spam Allstars, Haitian visionary artist Papaloko, plus special guests.

USA llega la pareja mas querida de Colombia, Greeicy y Mike Bahia con Amantes Tour Kai visitando tu Ciudad para llenarle de amor del bueno con su nuevo integrante.

The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major DEUTSCH Intensity (Miami premiere) RESPIGHI Roman Festivals This is your final chance to experience The Cleveland Orchestra in Miami this season. Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto connects to our hearts through the voice of the violin, carrying some of Tchaikovsky's most romantically beautiful melodies, along with Gypsy dances and stratospheric technical passages. The orchestra is joined by Lisa Batiashvili, “one of the world's most mesmerizing talents." (Gramophone Magazine)

Cosi fan tutte is a Comic Opera composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. As one of Mozart's most well-known opera masterpiece, it is a must watch favorite of the classical music repertoire. Florida Opera Prima has selected Cosi fan tutte highlights to be performed in a concert format to further it's mission as a nonprofit organization for the Performing Arts in Florida. Featuring international artists: Zaylí Escalona, Kiley Hernández, Silvia Ludueña, Lucia Panizza, Herman D´íaz, Carlos Jimeno Opera Plot Summary Deeply convinced of women’s infidelity, the cynical Don Alfonso provokes his young friends Ferrando and Guglielmo by impugning the constancy of their fiancées, sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi. To prove his assertion, Alfonso proposes the following plan to them: that they tell their fiancées they are leaving for war, and then return dressed as Albanian soldiers, ready to do anything to seduce the lonely fiancées. With their “real” lovers gone, Fiordiligi and Dorabella appear outraged when their servant Despina (Don Alfonso’s accomplice) introduces into their home the two Albanians, who quickly prove very enterprising. The two sisters at first reject them virtuously but soon allow themselves to be seduced by these new suitors who, under a false identity, gradually become disillusioned as they see their mistresses betraying them. “They all do that!” (“Così fan tutte”) Don Alfonso concludes, delighted to have proved his theory. When the deception is revealed, the two couples reunite despite it all, with no great illusion about their happiness.

By GIACOMO PUCCINI | MICHAEL CHING Libretti by Giovacchino Forzano | Michael Ching Gianni Schicchi First performed: February 7, 1793, La Scala, Milan Last performed by Florida Grand Opera in 1953 Buoso’s Ghost Florida Grand Opera Company Premiere A double bill of two one-act operas that follow the same story Gianni Schicchi: In this comedy, called an “uproarious delight” when it premiered, the wealthy Buoso Donati lies on his death bed, his greedy relatives ready to feign grief but eager to discover their share of the inheritance. When no will is found, they enlist the help of the shrewd lawyer Gianni Schicchi to produce a counterfeit will. Schicchi is happy to oblige, but names himself the primary beneficiary. What can the family do when they were accomplices to the forgery? It’s comic opera at its witty and ingenious best. It also features one of the most famous and beautiful arias in all opera, “O mio babbino caro.” Buoso's Ghost: In this comic sequel to Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost begins where Schicchi ends. The premise is that Buoso Donati didn’t die of natural causes but was poisoned by his family. Of course, who better to manipulate the truth than the cunning and self-serving family lawyer Gianni Schicchi! Total run time: 2 hours 10 minutes including one intermission