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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Marjorie V.\nMusicians: Leonardo Reyna\n\nHello! This
  is the second in an "on the Hudson" series featuring music from different
  geographical areas. The range of music offered\, as with this one\, can g
 o from classical to traditional to modern.\n\nLeonardo Reyna is from Cuba.
  He has won awards for his classical playing as well as a special Tony Awa
 rd for his work in "Buena Vista Social Club"on Broadway.\n\nAs usual I wil
 l provide some things to eat. Please bring something to drink. Entry begin
 s at 5pm and music will start 20-30 minutes after. Please try not to be la
 te so that you don't interrupt the music.\n\nHere are some program notes f
 rom Leonardo:\n\nThe program offers a vivid panorama of Cuban piano music\
 , tracing a path from 19th-century salon traditions to the rhythmic and cu
 ltural synthesis that defines Cuba’s musical identity. At its core lies 
 the dialogue between European forms and African-derived rhythms — a meet
 ing point that shaped the island’s unique musical language.\nIt opens wi
 th the Danzas of Ignacio Cervantes\, where refined pianistic writing coexi
 sts with unmistakable Cuban gestures. These pieces\, composed in exile and
  at home\, capture both nostalgia and national character\, anticipating ma
 ny of the rhythmic and expressive traits that would later define Cuban mus
 ic.\nThe program then moves into the 20th century with composers who expan
 ded this language in distinct directions. Carlos Fariñas\, in his 7 Sones
  Sencillos\, reimagines the popular son through a modern and often abstrac
 t pianistic lens. Leo Brouwer offers a more distilled and experimental voi
 ce in his Bocetos\, where gesture and texture become central expressive el
 ements.\nAfro-Cuban identity takes a more explicit role in the works of Am
 adeo Roldán\, whose pieces incorporate rhythmic structures and cultural r
 eferences rooted in Afro-Cuban traditions\, bringing percussive energy and
  ritualistic character into the piano repertoire.\nA culminating point of 
 the program is reached with the Danzas Afro-Cubanas of Ernesto Lecuona\, w
 here virtuosity\, theatricality\, and rhythmic vitality converge. These wo
 rks translate the sounds of the street\, the dance\, and Afro-Cuban ceremo
 nial life into a pianistic language of remarkable immediacy and brilliance
 .\nAcross these works\, the program reveals how Cuban composers transforme
 d inherited European forms by infusing them with the island’s diverse cu
 ltural roots\, creating a repertoire that is at once sophisticated\, rhyth
 mically compelling\, and deeply connected to lived experience.\n\nSee ya\,
 \nMarjorie
LOCATION:Chelsea
SUMMARY:Havana on the Hudson: Cuba Inside a Piano
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/15766-havana-on-the-hudson-cuba-inside
 -a-piano
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