Hector Del Curto News

Young at Arts, Westchester's most impactful performing arts educational organization, will host its annual gala, Tango Corazon: A Night of Latin Rhythm and Soul, on May 9, 2019. The evening will feature performances by celebrated soprano Camille Zamora, Grammy winning Hector Del Curto Trio, dynamic tango duo Yaisuri and John Hernan and select Young at Arts students. Tango Corazon will serve as a benefit to actualize the greater mission of the program and continue to provide need-based scholarships to students throughout Westchester and The Bronx.

The Argentine Tango Society and Spruce Peak Arts are pleased to announce the 2019 Stowe Tango Music Festival on Saturday, August 17 for an unforgettable night of Tango with two concerts 4pm and 8pm! The 8pm concert concludes with an onstage Milonga (a tango dance party).  

The Pablo Ziegler Trio won the 2018 Grammy® Award for 'Best Latin Jazz Album' with their exciting release Jazz Tango (ZOHO). Ziegler, who honed his piano and composing skills working with legendary fellow Argentinian Astor Piazzolla, continues developing the style of Nuevo Tango. As a celebration of their Grammy-award-winning album, Ziegler's Jazz Tango Trio will be playing a shared program with the Chano Domínguez Trio at the Highline Ballroom, as part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival on June 26 in New York City.

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) announced its 2018/19 season to a packed house in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre earlier this evening. The Orchestra's fourth-annual, free Season Preview Concert once again featured the entire orchestra onstage performing selected excerpts, with emcees Music Director Ward Stare and Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik.

Everyone's favorite music cafe is serving up hot, peppery rhythms, when Pacific Symphony's Cafe Ludwig spices up Sunday with music by the most significant composers south of the border.

 The Washington Ballet (TWB) presents a full-throttle evening of entertainment that combines the artistry and beauty of dance with the power of the world's most innovative popular rock icons who defined an epoch and became fixtures in American pop culture -David Bowie and Queen. The performance features two company premieres: Trey McIntyre's Mercury Half-Life and Edwaard Liang's Dancing in the Street, and includes a live electric violin performance by S&R Foundation's Artist-in-Residence, Machiko Ozawa.   

MILWAUKEE, WIS. 01/06/2016– The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, led by guest conductor Christopher Seaman, presents two performances of Stravinsky's musical masterpiece The Firebird this weekend, January 22 and January 23 at 8:00 p.m. at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Paired with The Firebird is Dukas's “dance poem in one scene”, La Peri. Also programmed are Elgar's overture In the South (Alassio) and Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D minor as performed by Karen Gomyo. Ms. Gomyo has been hailed as “a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance, and intensity,” by the Chicago Tribune. 

MILWAUKEE, WIS. 01/06/2016– The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, led by guest conductor Christopher Seaman, presents two performances of Stravinsky's musical masterpiece The Firebird on January 22 and January 23 at 8:00 p.m. at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Paired with The Firebird is Dukas's “dance poem in one scene”, La Peri. Also programmed are Elgar's overture In the South (Alassio) and Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D minor as performed by Karen Gomyo. Ms. Gomyo has been hailed as “a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance, and intensity,” by the Chicago Tribune. 

Soundstreams concludes its 2014/2015 season with an electrifying afternoon of Latin music in tribute to the 2015 Pan American/Parapan American Games. Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney has assembled an all-star ensemble of world-renowned musicians, including guitar virtuosos Grisha Goryachev and Fabio Zanon, Argentinian bandoneon player Hector Del Curto, Colombian singer Maria Mulata, Canadian pianist and composer Serouj Kradjian, emerging percussionist Sarah Thawer, and Canadian bassist Jeffrey Beecher. Encuentros will explore a wide diversity of Latin music styles, as well as feature two world premieres by Canadian composers Andrew Staniland and Mark Duggan.

A series of four concerts plus a unique opera experience forms the core of Soundstreams' 2014/15 concert series. The events, which include several world premieres, feature collaborations between Canadian composers and performers and their counterparts from the U.K., United States, Russia, Brazil and Argentina. In addition to two concerts held at the beautiful Koerner Hall, Soundstreams will present work at two additional Toronto venues: Trinity-St. Paul's Centre and the new Theatre Centre on Queen Street West.

The schedule for this summer's Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival, which runs from July 20 to August 10, was announced today by Bill Bragin, Lincoln Center's Director of Public Programming. Nearly 100 free performances will take place across the plazas of Lincoln Center during three weeks. A special Memorial Concert for Pete and Toshi Seeger on July 20 will be followed by the official opening concert on July 23 with Larry Harlow's Hommy: A Latin Opera, the landmark work's first performance in 40 years. Complete festival details and a chronological listing of events follow.

A series of four concerts plus a unique opera experience forms the core of Soundstreams' 2014/15 concert series. The events, which include several world premieres, feature collaborations between Canadian composers and performers and their counterparts from the U.K., United States, Russia, Brazil and Argentina. In addition to two concerts held at the beautiful Koerner Hall, Soundstreams will present work at two additional Toronto venues: Trinity-St. Paul's Centre and the new Theatre Centre on Queen Street West.

The Madison Theatre at Molloy College presents A NIGHT OF TANGO FEATURING QUINT QUINTET at 3 p.m. today, December 8, 2013.

Concert Artists Guild presents the wind quintet WindSync on its Concerts in New York series this evening, November 19th at 7:30 p.m. at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave., New York, NY.

The Madison Theatre at Molloy College presents A NIGHT OF TANGO FEATURING QUINT QUINTET at 3 p.m. on December 8, 2013.

Concert Artists Guild presents the wind quintet WindSync on its Concerts in New York series on Tuesday evening, November 19th at 7:30 p.m. at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave., New York, NY. WindSync's appearance is part of CAG's 2013 14 Concerts in New York series, which showcases the winners of the 2012 Victor Elmaleh Competition at Weill Hall throughout the season. WindSync's upcoming recital features works by Reicha, Maslanka, Ravel, Piazzolla and Bernstein, plus a guest appearance by bandoneonist Hector del Curto, who joins WindSync for a set of tangos by Augustin Bardi and Osvaldo Berlingieri.

Birdland (315 West 44th Street - between 8th & 9th Aves.) is pleased to welcome Pablo Ziegler's "Tango Conexion" with Special Guest, Regina Carter, tonight through Saturday, July 24-28, 2012, to the legendary jazz venue. Performances are at 8:30 and 11:00 p.m.

Birdland (315 West 44th Street - between 8th & 9th Aves.) is pleased to welcome Pablo Ziegler's "Tango Conexion" with Special Guest, Regina Carter, Tuesday through Saturday, July 24-28, 2012, to the legendary jazz venue. Performances are at 8:30 and 11:00 p.m.