Friday, September 6, 2019 — 5:30pm
Music of Moupou, Ravel, Debussy, Aguirre, Guastavino, and Ziegler
| Program: | |
|---|---|
| Prelude No. 8 (Con lirica espressione) | Federico Mompou (1893-1987) |
| Miroirs La vallée des cloches (The Valley of Bells) | Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) |
| Images, Book II Cloches à travers les feuilles (Bells through the Leaves) | Claude Debussy (1862-1918) |
| Cinco Tristes, Aires Nacionales Argentinos No. 1 Moderato, dulcemente, con lánguido abandono (Jujuy) No. 2 Moderato No. 3 Allegretto, imitando el bordoneo de la guitarra No. 4 Lento, Con melancolica ternura (Cordoba) No. 5 Andante moderato (Cordoba) | Julian Aguirre (1868-1924) |
| Cantilena No. 4 “El ceibo” | Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000) |
| Milonga del adiós | Pablo Ziegler (b. 1944) |
Sergio Rodriguez has performed solo piano and collaborative concerts in Southern California, Florida and throughout Northern New Mexico. He has been orchestra pianist with the Santa Fe Symphony and Santa Fe’s Musica de Camara Orchestra, soloist for the Santa Fe Symphony Club Musicale and Beethoven “Sonatathon”. He has performed solo and chamber music for the Soundscapes Music Series in Taos, New Mexico, Movable Music Series in Las Vegas, New Mexico, concerts with The Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos.
He has served as pianist for San Francisco Ballet in San Francisco, California and also for the Stadttheater Bern Ballet in Bern, Switzerland, the Aspen-Santa Fe Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Mark Morris Dance Group, Alonzo King Lines Ballet and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet. He has served as host-commentator for the Santa Fe concert series “20th Century Unlimited” and has been guest recitalist/lecturer at the New Mexico State Convention of the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico, giving a recital of the piano music of Cuba.
Sergio was born in Havana, Cuba and grew up in Miami, Florida. He obtained degrees in piano performance from Florida State University (BM) and UCLA (MFA), with additional studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Aspen Music School in Colorado. He maintains a private piano studio and has been on the faculties of Santa Fe Community College, New Mexico School for the Arts and Northern New Mexico College.