Sunday July 7, 7:30pm
Encuentro en New York: Spanish and Chilean traditional songs
With Belem Abraham (voice) & Sebastián Molina (guitar)
Live music

Image courtesy of Belen Abraham and Sebastián Molina

We are very pleased to present an evening of traditional and popular Spanish and Chilean music from the 18th century to the present performed live by the duo “Encounter of the Two Worlds” featuring lyrical singer Belem Abraham and classical guitarist Sebastián Molina, both visiting from Chile.

The approximately 60-minute program is in two parts, the first featuring songs by Chilean composers Antonio Restucci, Violeta Parra, Margot Loyola, and Victor Jara, the second songs by Spanish composers Manuel García, Manuel de Falla, and Joaquin Rodrigo. Abraham and Molina’s selections aim at revealing the mutual influences of the Spanish and Chilean music traditions.

Abraham has extensive experience in lyrical singing often as soloist in operas and classical music, while Molina studied classical music at the Conservatory of Music of Universidad Mayor in Santiago, Chile receiving numerous scholarships and awards. They have performed as a duo since 2011 and toured internationally presenting concerts in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico; Bogotá, Colombia; Santa Fe, Argentina; and Lima and Cuzco, Peru; among others.

General admission $9
Students & Members $7

Belem Abraham has been a soloist in Carmen at the Municipal Theater in Chillán, 2017; Acteon by M.A. Charpentier (2016-2017) at the GAM Cultural Center; Opera and Zarzuela (2018) at the Schaefer Room of the Municipal Theater in Chillán; The Magic Flute at the White Room of the Bellas Artes Museum, 2015; Maria by the Chilean composer Alfonso Leng at the Room America of the National Library, 2015; Dixit Dominus RV 595 by Vivaldi (2016); Stabat Mater by G. Pergolesi (2017) and Exultante Jubilate K165 by Mozart (2017). In 2017, she graduated in Music and Interpretation, with mention in Opera Singing, at the Institute of Music from the Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile. She is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Operatic Singing at the ESMUC, the School of Music of Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

Sebastián Molina received the title of Superior Classical Guitar Performer from maestro José Antonio Escobar of the Conservatory of Music of the Universidad Mayor in Santiago, Chile. He also obtained a Bachelor of Education and Professor of Musical Arts Degree from the Catholic University of Chile. He received numerous scholarships, including Friends of the Municipal Theater of Santiago (2008 and 2009), Academic Excellence Scholarship Universidad Mayor (2009), and International Academic Excellence Scholarship SCD Copyright Society (2011 and 2014). Molina records his first solo album of Chilean compositions “Recital Al Sur” in 2011. From 2014 to 2019 he has been the organizer and conductor of the Festival Sonamos Latin American in Valdivia, Chile.

Program:

PART I
CHILEAN SONGS

Antonio Restucci (1956-present)
“La Disyuntiva”

Violeta Parra (1917-1967)
“El Gavilán, gavilán”

Margot Loyola (1918-2015)
“No me mires”

Víctor Jara (1932-1973)
“El Arado”
“Luchín”
“Te recuerdo Amanda”

PART  II
SPANISH SONGS

Manuel García (1775-1832)
“Bajelito Nuevo”

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)
“Coplas del Pastor Enamorado”

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
“El Paño Moruno”
“Seguidilla Murciana”
“Asturiana”
“Jota”
“Nana”
“Canción”
“Polo”


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Microscope Gallery Event Series 2019 is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).