Saturday, August 14, 2010 7:30 PM

Lincoln Center Out of Doors
Damrosch Park Bandshell
New York, NY

Conducted by Larry Harlow, starring Rubén Blades,
with guest vocalist Adonis Puentes
Bobby Sanabria Big Band

Composed to convey the history of Latin music in song, La Raza Latina remains a testament to keyboard genius Larry Harlow’s commitment to salsa as well as his creative vision. In the long-awaited New York premiere of this landmark 1977 suite, the legendary Jewish salsero pilots a sprawling 40-piece orchestra and chorus playing music by Harlow, Johnny Ortiz, Rudy Calzado, and Tito Puente. Panamanian superstar Rubén Blades, a veteran of the original Fania recording, recreates his role as lead vocalist, joined by Cuban singer Adonis Puentes and The Masacote Dance Company.

Multi-Grammy-nominated virtuoso drummer Bobby Sanabria’s fierce Big Band serves as the orchestra’s nerve center, as well as opening the night with a hard-swinging set of Afro-Cuban jazz that marries sophisticated harmonies with explosive rhythms.

La Raza Latina presented with support from Fania Records.

FREE

Saturday, August 14, 2010 12:00 PM

Lincoln Center Out of Doors
North Plaza/Hearst Plaza
Seating available in Barclays Capital Grove

A beloved little house, a city garden, where poets and bands celebrate the Words.
Una querida casita, un jardin urbano, donde poetas y bandas celebran las Palabras.

Aracelis Girmay, Ayisha Knight, Carvens Lissaint, Denizen Kane, Grace Nono, Jamila Lysicott, Kathy Yogi Collins, Kurtis Lamkin, Liza Garza, M.A.K.U., Mandingo Ambassadors, Natalio Hernandez, Vlada Tomova’s Balkan Tales, The Welfare Poets, Willie Perdomo, Yerbabuena

M.C.: La Bruja

ASL interpretation of La Casita for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is provided by the Lincoln Center’s Department of Programs and Services for People with Disabilities.

La Casita is sponsored by PepsiCo, Inc.

Produced in cooperation with Claudia Norman Management.

Co-curated by Bill Bragin, Lincoln Center Out of Doors; Melody Capote, Caribbean Cultural Center; Lillian Cho; C. Daniel Dawson; Eliana Godoy, Art for Change; Claudia Norman, Claudia Norman Management; Rich Villar, Louder Arts.

Natalio Hernandez presented with additional support from the Mexican Cultural Institute.

La Casita will also be presented on Sunday, Aug 15 at 3 pm at Teatro Pregones, The Bronx

FREE

Friday, August 13, 2010 7:30 PM

Lincoln Center Out of Doors
Damrosch Park Bandshell
New York, NY

Visionary precision, fearless exploration, and unlimited scope have placed the Kronos Quartet at the forefront of contemporary music for nearly 40 years. Tonight’s far-reaching repertoire features works by Steve Reich, Café Tacuba, and the world premiere of Christine Southworth’s Super Collider. Performed by Kronos with the 14 musicians of Gamelan Galak Tika (Evan Ziporyn, artistic director) using the virtual Gamelan Elektrika, designed and developed by Harmonix’s Alex Rigopulos (of Guitar Hero and Rock Band), Super Collider juxtaposes two sound worlds and traditions, the string quartet and the ancient gamelan, through the unlimited sonic universe of electronics.

Kenge Kenge breath new life into Kenya’s Luo musical roots, using an indigenous onestring fiddle called the orutu, flutes, and drums to explore the traditional acoustic origins of the exhilarating dance rhythms of benga.

Super Collider & Gamelan Elektrika made possible by Alex Rigopulos & Sachi Sato, MIT and the MIT Media Lab. Gamelan Galak Tika is a part of the MIT Music & Theater Arts Program.

FREE

Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:30 PM

Lincoln Center Out of Doors
Damrosch Park Bandshell
New York, NY

Featuring: Barbatuques (New York Debut), SLAMMIN All-Body Band, Celina Kalluk and Lucie Idlout, Derique McGee

Music you can see, dance you can hear. Likely the first music—people the world over stomp, clap, sing, snap, and chant. Evocative and visceral, the International Body Music Festival concert explores the sonic possibilities of the human instrument with an amazing roster of traditional and contemporary artists from the Americas: Brazil’s 12-member “circle orchestra” Barbatuques in its New York debut; the Bay Area’s ferocious SLAMMIN All-Body Band, known for infectious harmonies and lightning-fast improvisations; Inuit throat singers Celina Kalluk and Lucie Idlout from Nunavut, Canada; and African American hambone artist Derique McGee.

Artistic Director Keith Terry is the founder of IBMF, produced by Crosspulse, an Oakland, CA-based arts organization. For more information visit crosspulse.com

Barbatuques presented with support from the Consulate General of Brazil in New York. For more information visit http://en.brazilny.org

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 6:30 PM

Lincoln Center Out of Doors
Damrosch Park Bandshell
New York, NY

Afro-Peruvian vocalist Susana Baca’s riveting voice is one of the marvels of contemporary music, lithe, knowing, and sensual. Rootsy singer-guitarist Aurelio Martinez of Honduras is ambassador of the Garifuna people’s effortlessly lilting and bittersweet ballad style known as paranda. Songwriter Carlos Varela has been one of the leading lights of Cuba’s nueva trova song tradition for three decades.

Susana Baca presented in association with Queens Theatre in the Park’s Chase Latino Cultural Festival.

Aurelio Martinez presented with support from the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. For more information visit rolexmentorprotege.com

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Sunday, August 8, 2010 2:00 PM

Lincoln Center Out of Doors
North Plaza/Hearst Plaza
Seating available in Barclays Capital Grove

Sax titan Yuri Yunakov hails from the close-knit Gypsy communities of Bulgaria, but his ensemble’s riotous take on native Romani wedding music reflects the multicultural enclaves he found throughout New York City, his current home. Zikrayat’s music is a spirited reminder of the modernism of the golden age of Egyptian film music as well as the reach of the Arab world’s classical music and dance. Oud virtuoso Mavrothi Kontanis’ Maeandros Ensemble plays a unique repertoire that “meanders” through folk songs of the Greek countryside, urban songs from city centers, Ottoman court music, and regionally inspired originals, all effortlessly intertwined.

Presented in collaboration with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance. For more information visit ctmd.org

FREE!

Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Lincoln Center Out of Doors
Damrosch Park Bandshell
New York, NY

Featuring: Soul Rebels Brass Band, Wild Magnolias, Glen David Andrews

Music is the lifeblood of culture in New Orleans, as this commemoration of the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina demonstrates, while underlining the genuine variety of the Crescent City’s street bands. The upstart Soul Rebels Brass Band reinvents second-line with robust funk-till-you-drop rhythms combined with blazing hot horns and party-all-night vocals. The internationally renowned veterans in Bo Dollis’ Wild Magnolias carry a torch for the pageantry and toe-tapping properties that have long distinguished the music of Mardi Gras Indians. Trombonist Glen David Andrews prides himself on infusing traditional charts with the moxie of jazz and the healing power of gospel.

Presented in collaboration with the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute. For more information visit cccadi.org

6:00 Join the musicians for a Second Line from the Caribbean Cultural Center (408 West 58th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues) to Lincoln Center.

FREE!

Friday, August 6, 2010 7:30 PM

Lincoln Center Out of Doors
Damrosch Park Bandshell

Formed with the late Klaus Dinger after their stint in Kraftwerk, Krautrock pioneer Michael Rother’s influential 1970s art band NEU!’s moody instrumentals unleashed dark tunings and off-kilter motorik rhythms that later surfaced in the music of David Bowie and Sonic Youth—whose drummer Steve Shelley joins him and Aaron Mullan (Tall Firs) in the first live presentation of this music in more than 35 years, along with material from Rother’s Harmonia and solo work.

A visionary musical sorcerer, Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal continues to be a force of nature, pursuing jazz-based experimentalism heightened by the grace he brings to the whimsical.

Hermeto Pascoal presented with support from the Consulate General of Brazil in New York and in cooperation with Americas Society. For more information visit http://en.brazilny.org

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