MUSIC CONCERTS & SHOWS
7 p.m.
• Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 • $27 advance, $30 door
The evening includes a post-show
reception hosted by Garcia Seabold Investments, LLC!
Charismatic
and insightful, Paco Padilla’s music represents the Mexican New Song movement,
a fusion of traditional Mexican music with contemporary sounds that reflects
both the profound and the everyday. With a musical career spanning over 32 years,
Paco Padilla’s lively music combines a critical eye with the strength and humor
of popular Mexican culture. In this rare concert Paco Padilla performs with his
band of talented musicians for the first time in Portland at the intimate Milagro
Theatre stage. This performance is the centerpiece to a series of residencies
in schools around the region, and launches Milagro’s fifth Luna Nueva Festival
and 30th Anniversary Season!
• “TRAVESURAS” —
Flamenco
8 p.m.
• Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013
$25 advance; $28 door
Centuries
ago in Andalucía, Spain, the cultural mix between the Romani and the Spanish yielded
one of the most spiritual and passionate folk music in the world: Flamenco.
Centuries later Ricardo Diaz was captivated by the art of flamenco in San
Francisco, where he began his studies with renowned guitarist Jorge Liceaga. After traveling around the world and
performing with the finest artists and flamenco groups, Ricardo Diaz returns to
Milagro bringing with him the mighty and moving repertoire of Travesuras, his majestic and sensual Flamenco
performance featuring an all-male corps of dancers! http://www.ricardodiaz-flamenco.com/Home.html
• “SOMTIR” — Gerardo
Calderon
7p.m. •
Sunday Sept. 15, 2013 • $20 advance; $22 door
The evening includes a post-show
reception hosted by Black Cat Cantina!
SPECIAL:
1st 20 patrons receive a complimentary “Somtir” CD*
Somtir means rhythm, the
beat that will bring to Milagro the newest musical explorations by beloved
local musician Gerardo Calderon. Calderon’s new musical compositions will take
us around the world through a combination of Latin American, African and
indigenous rhythms sounds. This concert will include dances from Argentina,
Peru, Mexico and Spain, and will move your body with rhythms meditational to
upbeat!
Gerardo
Calderon is a composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Born and raised in
Mexico City where he grew up surrounded by music, dance and culture, Gerardo is
the musical director of Grupo Condor and Nuestro Canto. While living in Mexico
City he studied classical guitar at the Escuela Superior de Música and then
began his investigation of traditional Mexican music. Gerardo currently studies
Music Therapy at Marylhurst University. Gerardo’s first solo CD, “Somtir” features a
blend of gentle string sounds and the soothing sounds of the pan flutes, and 20
copies will be distributed free to the first ticket buyers! Visit
the Grupo Condor website to explore the Calderon’s fine original compositions: www.grupo-condor.com
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World
renowned classical guitarist, Maestro Alfredo Muro returns to Portland fresh
from his Europe Tour 2012 ready to share his three great musical passions: the
rich folkloric traditions of Latin America, classic Spanish guitar and the
signature styles of Brazil. Don’t miss this evening filled with passionate and
vibrant music to stir the heart, including work by Marco Pereira, Joao Jobim, Powell, Paulinho Nogueira and the opportunity to hear Muro’s own innovative
compositions. Alfredo Muro is a
fascinating guitarist whose transcendent fingerpicking style charms audiences
around the world!
• RICARDO CÁRDENAS –
Latin American Guitar
7 p.m. • Tuesday,
Sept. 24, 2013 • $17 advance; $20 door
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Chilean guitarist Ricardo Cárdenas fills the Milagro Theatre with his extraordinary range of classical and folkloric music presented in his unique relaxed, disarming style. His enchanting repertoire includes composers such as Heitor Villa-lobos, Antonio Lauro, Agustin Barrios, Fleury, J. Cardoso, Joao Pernambuco and his own arrangements of Chilean songs. (With special guest flautist Leeann Davis, TBD)
Chilean guitarist Ricardo Cárdenas fills the Milagro Theatre with his extraordinary range of classical and folkloric music presented in his unique relaxed, disarming style. His enchanting repertoire includes composers such as Heitor Villa-lobos, Antonio Lauro, Agustin Barrios, Fleury, J. Cardoso, Joao Pernambuco and his own arrangements of Chilean songs. (With special guest flautist Leeann Davis, TBD)
• “WHAT THE TANGO?!”
– Including members of the Alex Krebs Tango Sextet and featuring Vicente Griego
8 p.m. • Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 • $25 advance; $28 door
International
tango performer Alex Krebs and flamenco powerhouse Vicente Griego together at
the Milagro Theatre like you have never seen them before! Modern Tango and Flamenco meet Jazz and Rock –
turning these genres back into their “popular” forms. This concert and dance performance will
transport your spirit to South America and Spain, with the rhythm of the bandoneon and Griego’s powerful voice.
Argentine
Tango started off as a popular music form in Buenos Aires. This show will present tango in a modern
popular music light, combining it with influences of jazz, rock and flamenco. The show will also feature traditional
flamenco as well as flamencos arranged in a tango style. Tango and flamenco
dancing will also be featured.
Alex
Krebs has been teaching Argentine Tango internationally for the past 16 years,
playing the bandoneón and directing various groups for the last 12 years and
has run the all-tango dance school “Tango Berretín” in SE Portland for the last
12 years.
Vicente
Griego “El Cartucho” from
Dixon/Embudo, NM, has devoted his life to the study of Cante Flamenco, the art of flamenco singing. In 1992, Vicente began
touring the US, Canada, and Latin America with the Jose Greco II Flamenco Dance
Company, where he was mentored by Caño Roto singer Alfonso Gabarri, “El Veneno”
of Madrid, Spain.
Inspired by Mexican folklore and the
Latin American bolero, Joaquin Lopez delivers a world of musical nostalgia and
elegant melancholia. He’ll perform lush ballads and melodies underscored by the
acoustic beauty of the classical guitar, violin and harp featuring musicians
Gerardo Calderon, Paul Engler and Antonio Centurion incorporating the digital
artwork of Hampton Rodriguez and Marcos Aguirre
through projection.
Joaquin Lopez is the oldest son of the Lopez Family; the Lopez family who
brings us one of Portland’s popular standbys—La Bonita in the Alberta Arts
District and Overlook neighborhoods. Raised in Beaverton, Oregon, Joaquin
attended Southern Oregon University in Ashland. At 19, he landed his first
acting job as 2nd Young Man in Blood Wedding at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
where he was introduced to the poetry and drama of García Lorca and
subsequently become greatly influenced by Lorca’s work. Following in his
father’s footsteps, Joaquin picked up the guitar and began writing songs. In
2003 he met flamenco player Stan Olmsted and started a musical collaboration
performing the poems of Lorca. Throughout the years he’s developed his own
approach to songwriting and often collaborates with different organizations and
communities creating and recording songs as a group experience. Joaquin commits
himself to promoting Latin American Arts and Culture and producing cultural
events—Sabor a Mexico/Taste of Mexico at the Portland Art Museum, Spanish
Language performances for Filmusik, and Voz Alta with Portland Latino Gay
Pride.
Visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/miracletheatregroup/sets/72157635250306426/ for more artist pictures
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