On Friday October 31st at 7PM, 2003.
Brazilian-American Cultural Institute,
located in brand new space at
4719 Wisconsin Avenue,
Washington, DC 20016-4609
More info at www.bacidc.org
With the honorable participation
of american poet and dancer BRASH.
A presentation of Guillermo Silveira's recital on
"Folk Music from Brazil and Argentina in the USA"
Friday October 31st at 7PM, 2003,
at the Brazilian American Cultural Institute Auditorium.
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Thursday November 13th, at noon.
Sumner Museum and Archives Auditorium, The Great Hall.
Located at 1201 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC.
A concert lecture recital for the anniversary
of the World Premier of Argentina Fantastica.
A presentation of Guillermo Silveira's recital
"Folk Music from Brazil and Argentina in the USA"
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Wednesday December 3rd, at noon
Sumner Museum and Archives Auditorium, The Great Hall
Located at 1201 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC.
"When a classic pops" A recital on "classical pop"
and "popular classic music" from Brazil and Argentina.
A presentation of Guillermo Silveira's recital
"Folk Music from Brazil and Argentina in the USA"
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On this three Washington DC recitals:
Three recitals by composer, concert pianist, singer,
and scholar Guillermo Silveira
The 3 recitals, the first recital will take place on Friday
October 31st at 7PM, at the Brazilian American Cultural
Institute Auditorium; and the other two noon recitals will
be presented at The Great Hall of the Summer Museum and
Archives, located at 1201 17th Street, NW, DC, at 12 PM on
Thursday November 13th and Wednesday December 3rd 2003.
The Brazilian-American Cultural Institute (BACI), located
in brand new space at 4719 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, DC
20016-4609, has a multi-purpose cultural space that serves
as art gallery, concert lecture hall, and screening room.
It has a Steinway grand piano, a large video screen system,
and high-quality sound equipment.
These two assets are excellent for this three nice folk
cultural activities, including a popular concert lecture
recital, using video interaction. These performances will
be extended to other communities nationwide through BACI's
traveling program.
In addition, the audience will learn that BACI offers the
benefit of a 8,000 - volume library in both English and
Portuguese, a large selection of Brazilian magazines and
newspaper, a classical and popular record library, and a
video library, the latter focusing on Brazil's cultural,
economic, and political life, also including feature films.
The program includes Brazilian and Argentine folk music
recognized popularly in the USA and around the world.
Music from Brazil including authors like Antonio Carlos
Jobin, Vinicius De Moraes, Joao Gilberto; and Argentines
like Carlos Gardel, Bocha Gallo, Mariano Mores, and
Eduardo Silveira.
The lecture and interpretation of the songs has emphasis
on the folk traditional songs that influenced popular
writers and identify the roots of each nations melting pot.
The Influence of African, European and Asian cultures in
the folk music of Brazil and Argentina is more than eloquent,
as well as the native South American roots.
Guillermo Silveira will display also visual and documents
material about Argentine tango, this articles, scores and
studies are of the heist scholastic and musicological level.
A presentation of a video retrospective
on Silveira's musical compositions.
* Labyrinth of Music Video : Sponsored by D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Compression by Dragonfly Communications
Sponsored by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
and The National Endowment for the Arts.
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A musical tribute to one of the most important First Ladies of America
At the Corcoran Gallery of Arts
November 2004, TBA
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