Andrés Jaramillo – A Journey of Immigrants

Please note: This concert is now SOLD OUT. If you previously RSVP’ed, your name will be on a list at the door.  If you are on our waiting list, Tuesday evening we will admit as many guests as possible beginning at 7:55 PM as space allows.  This waiting list is for the concert only, not the pre-concert discussion.  Thank you so much for your support!

Colombian American pianist Andrés Jaramillo is our Leonard Stein Resident Artist for 2024/25. Dr. Jaramillo specializes in the music by contemporary Latinx composers. Every composer on this program (including four world premieres and three 30 for 30 compositions) is or was an immigrant.  Through these solo piano works, Andrés explores the myriad emotions, perspectives, and approaches inherent in the immigrant experience, intertwining the composers’ own cultural backgrounds with those of their new homes. Jaramillo will perform three new compositions by 30 for 30 composers Paola Márquez, Jorge Salazar and Josh Rodriguez.

Please join Dr. Jaramillo, moderator Veronika Krausas, and composers Paola Marquez, Jorge Salazar and Josh Rodriguez for a free pre-concert discussion at 7:00 PM in Thayer Hall before the concert.  The panel will discuss the emotional experiences of immigrant people as represented in Dr. Marquez’ composition Five Etudes on the Immigrant’s Season, and how they influence the cultural and creative lives of new arrivals in the US. These stages are sometimes expressed as honeymoon, frustration, depression, adjustment and acceptance.  Admission to the discussion is free with tickets to the show.  For more about Andrés Jaramillo, please click HERE.

• Toccata – Jorge Pinzón (1968-)
• Ancestro – German D. Perez (1964-)
• La Zacapaneca – Jorge Luis Sosa (1964-)   WORLD PREMIERE

1. Danza
2. Costa (Porro)
3. Pasillo
4. Alabao
5. Joropo

1. Distancia
2. Estancia

• Etude I – The arrival (Wonder)
• Etude II – Echoes of Home (Homesick)
• Etude III – Silent rain (Frustration)
• Etude IV – Resonance (Acceptance)
• Etude V – Two Lands One Love (Embrace) 
   

  The Consulate of Colombia in Los Angeles is a proud supporter of this event