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Follow on Google News | Community MusicWorks and Johnny Gandelsman in Concert at DiMenna CenterBy: Community MusicWorks “Fantasia de Guayaba Habanera,” translated as “Dreaming of guava fruit from Havana” was commissioned by Community MusicWorks for a performance in Providence in 2013, and features traditional Latin rhythms and the electric virtuosic playing of Gandelsman. The project brings together all elements of the Community MusicWorks mission--music education and performance in the context of an ongoing commitment to bring people from diverse backgrounds into community through musical experiences. Students perform alongside Community MusicWorks’ resident ensemble, Gandelsman, and Grau and the community is invited to be engaged in the energy of the evening through dancing and singing. The concert takes place at the DiMenna Center’s Cary Hall, 450 W 37th Street, New York. Tickets are $100 benefactor, $30 general admission, $10 standing room. Visit www.communitymusicworks.org for information or fantasianyc.brownpapertickets.com to purchase tickets. About Community MusicWorks Founded in 1997, Community MusicWorks is a nationally recognized community-based organization that uses music education and performance as a vehicle to build lasting and meaningful relationships between children, families, and professional musicians in urban neighborhoods of Providence, RI. CMW has been featured in The New Yorker as a "revolutionary organization in which the distinction between performing and teaching disappears." About Johnny Gandelsman Johnny Gandelsman's musical voice reflects the artistic collaborations he has been a part of since moving to the United States in 1995. Through his work with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma (http://www.yo- About Gonzalo Grau Grau Began his musical studies at the age of three in Caracas. Along his musical journey he developed skills in many instruments, from the viola da gamba and the cello to the flamenco cajón and his principal instrument, the piano. A Berklee College Suma Cum Laude, Gonzalo has established himself as a multi-instrumentalist and his varied credits include performances with Venezuelan music projects like Maroa, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, Camerata de Caracas and the Simón Bolivar National Youth Orchestra, jazz icon Maria Schneider and the Latin jazz giant Timbalaye. As a music director he leads two projects of his own, "Plural" (Latin jazz-Flamenco- His most recent productions include the studio recording of Golijov's La Pasión según San Marcos (winner of the ECHO award 2010), the album "México" of Rolando Villazón (winner of the ECHO award 2011), and Nazareno with pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque, all released by the German label Deutsche Grammophon. Wearing his composer and arranger hat, his achievements include composition collaborations alongside Osvaldo Golijov for the opera Ainadamar and La Pasión Según San Marcos. Original works include the overture Pregunta y Respuesta commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony (premiered in March 2008), Café con Pan, commissioned by the Chicago Symphony for the MusicNow concert series (premiered in November 2008), Nazareno (suite for two pianos and full orchestra), commissioned by pianists Katia & Marielle Labeque (premiered in January 2010), the oratorio Aqua, commissioned by the Bach Academy International, winner of the European Composer Award 2011, award given by the Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin (premiered in August 2011); Viaje, fantasia for full-orchestra and "Latin ensemble", commissioned by the Boston Landmarks Orchestra (premiered in June 2012), and Fantasía de Guayaba Habanera, violin concerto commisioned by Johnny Gandelsman and the Community MusicWorks (premiered in May 2013). End
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