Pan American Musical Art Research Presents the 19th Annual Edition of Latin American Cultural Week NYC – Roots and Styles - November 16 to 23

New York, NY - Pan American Musical Art Research (PAMAR), founded in 1984 by Uruguayan-born pianist and Artistic Director Polly Ferman, will present Roots and Styles, its 19th Annual Latin American Cultural Week (LACW), featuring artists from the Americas, Saturday, November 16 through Saturday, November 23.

Events

November 16 @ 4:00 PM – Voices (Opening Event of 19th Annual Latin American Cultural Week) at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery, 131 East 10^th St. in Manhattan.

Eddy Marcano (violin), Raul Orlando Edwards (baritone), Jose Puente (bass), Paul Boyd (piano), and Baden Goya (piano) will perform music of Caruci, Piazzolla, Camacaro, Baden Goya and others. This program is a representation of the sonorities and textures that make Latin music's harmonies, rhythms and melodies so appealing and vibrant.

More event info at https://pamar.org/portfolio-items/lacw. Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-opening-event-of-19th-annual-latin-american-cultural-week-tickets-1006617860117.

November 17 @ 4:00 PM – Stories of Tango, at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery, 131 East 10^th St. in Manhattan.

Tangos legendary bandoneonist and composer Daniel Binelli, world renowned pianist Polly Ferman and internationally acclaimed cellist Jesus Castro Balbi present a program of timeless tangos and the stories behind their creation and ongoing cultural significance. The first part of the event will be performed by Balbi and Binelli and the second by Binelli and Ferman, performing music by Binelli and other tango masters. Special guests will be dancers Karina Romero and Jorge Carmona.

More event info at https://pamar.org/portfolio-items/lacw. Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stories-of-tango-19th-the-annual-latin-american-cultural-week-tickets-1006610177137.

November 18, starting @ 7:00 PM – Monday’s Milongueros – Argentine Tango Lessons and Practica Milonguera, at Danznik Studios, 240 W. 37^th St., 2^nd Floor in Manhattan.

The event begins @ 7 PM with Tango technique and continues with Tango salon at 7:45 and Practica Milonguera at 8:30. Presenters will be Karina Romero and Jorge Carmona. No partner is required, and all skill levels are welcome.

More event info at https://pamar.org/portfolio-items/lacw. Book your lessons at karinaromerotango@gmail.com.

November 21 @ 7 PM – Quintet of the Americas in concert at National Opera Center’s Marc A. Scorca Hall, 330 7th Ave, 7th floor, Manhattan.

The program will include the premiere of the latest Quintet Memory Project work by Fernando Otero – inspired by stories of seniors from Sunnyside, Queens.  The event will also feature premieres of works by Ernesto Oliva, with the composer as guest pianist, Jorge Amado and Sergio Delgado. Also on the program are works by Gabriela Ortiz, Maria Grever and Jorge Olaya Muñoz.

More concert info at https://pamar.org/portfolio-items/lacw. The event is free and open to the public.

November 22 @ 7:30 PM - Sonoros Americanos, at St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Shrine, 701 Fort Washington Ave. in Manhattan.

Performers will be flutist Yael Acher “Kat” Modiano and bassist Carlos del Pino in a program of classical Cuban music by Jose White, Cirilo Villaverde, Manuel Saumell, Ernesto Lecouna, Leo Brouwer and Ignacio Cervantes.

More concert info at https://pamar.org/portfolio-items/lacw. Tickets will be available at the door.

November 23 @ 4 PM – Latinus Quartet at Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church, 178 Bennett Ave. in Manhattan.

The Latinus Quartet formed by Eddy Marcano, Johnny Chang, Gregory Mata and Enn Rene Diaz, is committed to preserving, promoting and celebrating its cultural heritage and sharing it with the world, and will present the closing event of the annual Latin American Cultural Week in New York City. More event info at https://pamar.org/portfolio-items/lacw. Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/latinus-quartet-closing-event-of-the-19th-latin-american-cultural-week-tickets-1006627619307. 

For more LACW 2024 information, visit https://pamar.org/portfolio-items/lacw#. For questions, please contact PAMAR at pamar@pamar.org.

LACW 2024 is sponsored, in part, by Creative Engagement, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, UMEZ Arts Engagement and The Consul General and Promotion Center of the Republic of Argentina. Further support comes from De Norte a Sur, Flamart – Diversity in Action and St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery.

Pan American Musical Art Research's (PAMAR’s) mission is to promote, preserve, create awareness and appreciation of Latin American arts and culture and their roots in Spanish, African and other cultures, in New York City and beyond. PAMAR serves performing, visual, film, and literary artists eager to expand awareness of and appreciation for their work to audiences familiar with these art forms, while also developing a public often unfamiliar with them by collaborating with traditional as well as non-traditional, often community-based, organizations and venues. This has in years past featured presentations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx.  Visit them at http://www.pamar.org. 

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