Events

To music lovers and critics in Brazil, André Mehmari is a musical wonder and a source of national pride. To the ear, imagine a meeting of Mozart and Keith Jarrett in Brazil: Mozart for the intensity of his creation, Jarrett...

Daughter of the renowned fado singer Teresa Siqueira, Maria do Carmo Carvalho Rebelo de Andrade, better known as Carminho, made her debut singing in public at the age of twelve at the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon. Fado, her first...

Las Migas return to our city after their sold-out Chicago debut at the Instituto Cervantes  in March. Las Migas first exploded on the flamenco scene 20 years ago in Barcelona as a singularly unique, all-female and multinational quartet in an...

Sonia Franco, who also goes by the artistic name of Sonia Libre, is a dancer, choreographer, and actress who has graced stages worldwide with her exceptional talent. She is a pivotal member of Sara Baras’ dance company, notably performing in...

A Journey Through South America Colombian soprano Wilma Rueda and Taiwanese pianist Ching Fen Lee present this musical journey featuring songs from Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, and Mexico interspaced with piano solos. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Wilma Rueda studied law...

Celtic music runs through Carlos Núñez’s veins. Nicknamed the “Jimi Hendrix of bagpipes” by Billboard in 1997, Núñez has, besides the traditional Galician bagpipe (or gaita), mastered such wind instruments as the ocarina, the Scottish highland pipes, the uilleann (Irish)...

The quintessential Chilean folk group begins its 70th anniversary celebration with a brief U.S. tour that begins in Chicago. Conjunto Cuncumén was started in February 1955 when Sylvia Urbina, Rolando Arcón and Alejandro Reyes ran into each other at a...

Based in Cabarete, Dominican Republic, Bachata Academy (Academia de Bachata) is the world’s only school for bachata music. The Academia enrolls 250 boys and girls in intensive daily tuition-free music classes. Under the tutelage of a faculty that includes Grammy-nominated...