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Presented in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic
Join 2024-25 Lincoln Center Visionary Artist Rubén Blades for the U.S. premiere of Blades’ large-scale musical work Maestra Vida, a soaring, genre-defying urban drama centered on the Latin American lived experience—performed by members of the New York Philharmonic and conducted by Diego Matheuz at David Geffen Hall, with Rubén Blades as lead singer. Describing the urban reality of poor neighborhoods in Latin America through the story of a couple, Maestra Vida explores themes of life, death, and family in a fictional island in the Caribbean. This original composition fuses Afro-Caribbean music, symphonic arrangements, and a uniquely Latin American story. It’s written for a full symphonic orchestra of 90 musicians and a Latin ensemble consisting of piano, bass, congas, timbales, bongo, and two backing vocalists.
*Please note this performance will be performed in Spanish with both English and Spanish Supertitles.
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