Music

Fourth Annual Winter Jewish Music Concert

Temple Israel of Greater Miami. Jan 14, 2012. 8:00 p.m. This annual concert has gained attention as one of the nation’s leading concerts of Jewish music. Each of the first three concerts sold out ahead of time and was viewed by a capacity crowd of 700 people, as well as hundreds more who watched the concert through video streaming on the internet.

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Fundarte presents Nestor Torres in Concert

South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Nov 11, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Ten years after the tragedy of 9/11, Nestor Torres creates a concert event of a lifetime in a symphonic version of songs from his CD “Dances, Prayers and Meditations for Peace. The concert will take place on Friday, November 11 at 8:00 p.m. at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. It will include … +

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The Cabinet of Dr. Strange by Livio Tragtenberg

Sleepless Night, Miami Beach. Nov 5, 2011. 6:00 p.m. Tigertail takes pleasure in presenting Brazilian composer Livio Tragtenberg as part of Miami Beach’s Sleepless Night on Saturday, November 5, 2011, from 6:00 p.m. to midnight. For Sleepless Night, Tragtenberg will perform The Cabinet of Dr. Strange.

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Tinariwen in Concert at Grand Central

Nov 10, 2011. 8:00 p.m. “The Clash of the desert,” Tinariwen are nomadic Tuareg guitar-poets from Mali’s southern Sahara. They made waves throughout the Saraha playing what became the soundtrack for Tuareg independence. Now they are making waves in the international rock scene.

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Maria Bethania in Concert at the Fillmore Miami Beach

Nov 11, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Iconic singer Maria Bethania became a major star in Brazil as one of the founders of Tropicalia in the late 1960s. Along with her brother, Caetano Veloso, and musical partners Gilberto Gil and Gal Costa, the four young musicians created a cultural wave still rolling today. Shirking the repression of Brazil’s military dictatorship, Maria Bethania and company … +

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Plácido Domingo stars in Florida Grand Opera’s Luisa Fernanda

Nov 15, 2011. Plácido Domingo joins the cast of Federico Moreno Torroba’s Luisa Fernanda, a zarzuela co-production of Florida Grand Opera (FGO) and the SaludArte Foundation, in a special gala performance of the zarzuela that opens FGO’s 2011-2012 season. The tenor is scheduled to sing the leading role of Vidal Hernando for a one-night-only performance for “A Zarzuela Gala” on November 15, … +

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UM Frost School of Music presents Stamps Family Distinguished Visitors Series

From Sept 30, 2011 through Mar 20, 2012. The University of Miami Frost School of Music presents musical icon Gunther Golson, composer Ellen Taafe Zwilich, singer-songwriter Craig Carothers and violinist Joseph Silverstein as part of the 2011-2012 Stamps Family Distinguished Visitors Series, presented on September 30, October 6, February 7, March 2 and March 20 respectively. All lectures will be presented at … +

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Miami Light Project presents Symphony for the Dance Floor

Oct 7 and 8, 2011. 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. Acclaimed composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) returns home to South Florida with an ecstatic fusion of music, art and movement in Symphony for the Dance Floor. Known for bringing audiences to their feet with sonic collages of classical, pop and hip-hop sounds, DBR ushers the concert hall and dance club into the theater … +

Editorial

Beyond Movement: Metamoto at the New World Symphony
By Annie Hollingsworth

Metamoto takes its name from the collision of two words: “meta,” meaning beyond, and “con moto,” a composer’s term instructing musicians to play “with motion.” It was a smart title for a night that integrated dance and music as equals. The program, curated by Lydia Bittner-Baird, included Requiem for a Mustard Seed Closes in Song, Take 2, a pairing between choreographer Letty … +

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AJ Khaw and Nestor Zurita in Concert

Arts at St Johns. Jul 10, 2011. 3:00 p.m. AJ Khaw and Nestor Zurita have been playing together for many years. Their performances include selections ranging from Classical music to Jazz. For this occasion, they have selected some of the most emblematic jazz songs of all time.

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Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 in Concert

Artime Theater. Jul 29, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Archetypal Afrobeat comes to Miami with Fela’s legendary band Egypt 80, led by Seun Kuti. With his new release and recent world tours, Seun Anikulapo Kuti picks up the mantle as undisputed champion and true prince of the Afrobeat movement,