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QL in Sebastopol
Quinteto Latino performs for the Redwood Arts Council’s concert series. This full-length, formal program will include works of Paquito d’Rivera, Gabriela Lena Frank, Paul Desenne, Marcus Siqueira, Victor Márquez-Barrios, Eugenio Toussaint and Astor Piazzolla. Friday, May 17, 20247pm Sebastopol Community Church1000 Gravenstein Highway N.Sebastopol, CA More information here.
Read More¡Chicanísima!
Commissioned and performed by Quinteto Latino, composer Carla Lucero‘s opera chronicles the life and work of legendary Chicanx leader and LGBTQ+ activist, Olga Talamante. The opera explores her journey from working the garlic fields as a child in Gilroy, California, to her decades of activism in the US, Mexico, and in Argentina, where she became a political prisoner. Ultimately, Olga frees herself from the psychological hold of her captors and releases her heart from 40 years of suppressing the memories of violence perpetrated against her. She finally finds peace, and in the process of healing, the love of her life, Vola. Soprano Aléxa Anderson, tenor Eric...
Read MoreNoontime Concerts
Quinteto Latino performs Paquito d’Rivera’s playful Wapango followed by their own arrangement (by José-Luis Hurtado) of the Mexican folk song, Son de la Bruja. Also on the program are QL’s commission, El Recreo, La Cumbia, Los Vikingos, y otras Miniaturas, by Paul Desenne and Marcus Siqueira’s monumental Egrégores. The program concludes with Mexican composer Eugenio Toussaint’s clever Mambo. Tuesday, May 14, 202412:30pm Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral660 California StreetSan Francisco, CA Free
Read MoreCunning Little Vixen
Pocket Opera presents Janáček’s charming masterpiece. Sunday, April 14, 20242pmHillside Club2286 Cedar StreetBerkeley Sunday, April 21, 20242:30Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts500 Castro StreetMountain ViewSunday, April 28, 20242pmGunn TheatreLegion of Honor100 34th AvenueSan FranciscoTickets and more information here.
Read MoreMusic@Noon
Quinteto Latino performs Paquito d’Rivera’s playful Wapango and Gabriela Lena Frank’s colorful Mitos (composed for Quinteto Latino). Also on the program are Marcus Siqueira’s monumental Egrégores and Eugenio Toussaint’s clever Mambo. Don’t miss this free opportunity to hear QL in the South Bay. You will have a chance to chat with the musicians about the music, the composers, and the musicians themselves too. Wednesday, April 24, 202412pm Santa Clara UniversityMusic Recital Hall500 El Camino RealSanta Clara, CA Free
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Diane Grubbe has appeared as a soloist with the Siena Music Festival in Italy, the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, L’Orchestre de Notre Dame in San Francisco and the Calabasas Chamber Orchestra in Southern California, with whom she recorded the Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto for their CD The Baroque Concerto.