About this Event
Culture at Berimbau
THE PENCIL: with opera composer João MacDowell
Memorable Mondays with live music, conversation, and culture. Presented by Berimbau 2nd Floor and the International Brazilian Opera Company (IBOC), Culture at Berimbau is a three-part salon series exploring the piano, the voice, and the classical guitar. Each evening brings audiences close to the artists through an engaging combination of performance, storytelling and conversation in Berimbau’s intimate cultural space.
Experience select operatic works and career highlights with IBOC’s co-founder and pianist Mireia Frutos Fernández. The inspirational concert-conversation with the composer weaves between the life and work of becoming a composer, from the first sketch to the realization of building an opera company that bridges NYC with an international presence.
About João MacDowell
João MacDowell is a Brazilian/American composer and Artistic Director and Resident Composer of the International Brazilian Opera Company. His operas include The Seventh Seal, premiered at Stockholm’s Moderna Museet during the Bergman centenary, and Plastic Flowers, staged internationally. His first symphony premiered with Brasília’s National Theatre Symphony Orchestra in 2014.
About Mireia Frutos Fernández (piano)
Mireia Frutos has enjoyed a 20-year international career, performing across four continents. She is currently an NYC-based freelance pianist and vocal coach working at Juilliard and Brooklyn College.
Moderated by IBOC board president Christina Morgan and IBOC artistic director João MacDowell.
The three Berimbau evenings are part of the second edition of IBOC’s Opera Nova NYC biennial concert series. The series is supported in part by the Opera America/Howard Gilman Grant for Small NYC Opera Orgs, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and Berimbau Restaurant.
Event venue & nearby stays
3 West 36th Street, New York, NY, USA, United States
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