Leonard Stein Resident Artist
Dr. Andrés Jaramillo, Stein Resident Artist for 2024/25
Colombian American pianist Andrés Jaramillo is our Leonard Stein Resident Artist for 2024/25. Dr. Jaramillo specializes in the music of contemporary LatinX composers from Latin America and the US. Every composer on this program (including four world premieres and three 30 for 30 compositions) is or was an immigrant. Dr. Jaramillo explores, through these solo piano works, the myriad emotions, perspectives, and approaches inherent in the immigrant experience, intertwining the composers’ cultural backgrounds with those of their new homes. Join Andrés, our three 30 for 30 composers, Paola Márquez, Jorge Salazar and Josh Rodriguez and moderator Veronika Krausas for a free pre-concert discussion.
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Althea Waites – Stein artist for 2023/24
Althea Waites is a local legend, and Piano Spheres’ Stein Resident Artist for 2023/24. Presented the day after Martin Luther King Day, Althea’s concert is inspired by a treasure trove of recently discovered music by Margaret Bonds, an African-American composer rendered unknown for many years until Althea’s landmark recording Black Diamonds in 1993. Her program will also include works by other composers whose music draws inspiration from social justice. This concert will take place at the beautiful new Nimoy Theater in Westwood, and is a co-production with CAP UCLA.
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William Chapman Nyaho: Resident Artists 2022-23
Dr. William Chapman Nyaho is Piano Spheres’ Leonard Stein Resident Artist for 2022/23. Dr. Chapman Nyaho is a Ghanaian American concert pianist specializing in solo piano music by composers from Africa and the African diaspora. For Into Africa and Beyond” he will journey on into music of the African diaspora showing melodic and rhythmic connections influences as well as weaving in personal anecdotes.
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