Nuevas Músicas Latinoamericanas by Low Frequency Trio (04.14.23)
The Center for Latin American Studies presents a concert of new music from Latin America by Low Frequency Trio.
Friday, April 14, 2023 • 7 to 9 PM
Marsh Chapel at Boston University • 735 Commonwealth Avenue
Concert is free & open to the public • To register, click here.
Low Frequency Trio is a Mexican ensemble that specializes in the performance of 21st Century Music exclusively composed for them. On this occasion, they will present their most recent project Nuevas Músicas Latinoamericanas, featuring works by female composers from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. With this project, Low Frequency Trio seeks to recognize these valuable voices, strong artists, and unique visionaries whose work will undoubtedly enrich the musical discourse of our contemporaneity.
Featuring: Antonio Rosales, Bass Clarinet • Juan José García, Double Bass • José Luis Hurtado, Piano
About the Musicians:
José Luis Hurtado, Composer and pianist. His music has been performed across continents by performers such as the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, International Contemporary Ensemble,Talea Ensemble, Garth Knox, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and the Arditti Quartet among many others. His works have won competitions in Austria, Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Hurtado holds a PhD from Harvard University where he studied under Davidovsky, Czernowin, Magnus Lindberg, Ferneyhough and Lachenmann.
Antonio Rosales has performed in the European and American Continents, and has done the Mexican premieres of works by Lachenmann, Dusapin, Xenakis and Kagel among others. Has performed as a soloist with the Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes, the Camerata de Coahuila, and the Ensamble Tempus Fugit. He is a member and artistic director of the Umbratono and Quartz Ensembles. He did his graduate studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam under the guidance of Harry Sparnaay. He is currently professor of Bass Clarinet at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Juan José García is a member of the Ensemble CEPROMUSIC, the most renowned new music Camerata of Mexico. Disciple of Pauline Oliveros, he also studied with DennisWhittaker at the University of Houston and with Catalin Rotaru at Arizona State University. An avid music improviser, he has collaborated with figures and groups such as Radu Malfatti, John Butcher, the Scottish dance theatre, Cooper- Moore,Tatsuya Nikatani,Tetuzi Akiyamak, Chris Cogburn, and Tarek Atoui.
