Steinway Society the Bay Area and Mexican Heritage present:
The Castellano Family Foundation Classical Concert Performance: Salón de México
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Date and TimeSaturday, November 8, 2008 at 7:00 pm LocationMexican Heritage Plaza Theater Tickets:Mexican Heritage Corporation and Steinway Society the Bay Area consider this concert to be a very special and significant family event and will offer a Family and Group Ticket for parties of 4, affordably priced at $40, with additional group member tickets available for $8 each. Individual tickets are $15 and $20, along with special limited release VIP tickets for the concert are $50, which will include a special "Meet the Artists Reception" after the event. |
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In this celebration of Mexican heritage, Patricia Garcia Torres, the internationally celebrated concert pianist from Mexico, will perform Leonard Bernstein's arrangement of Aaron Copland's El Salón México. Accompanying Ms. Garcia Torres will be celebrated author, playwright and director Luis Valdez, who will present a special reading, depicting Mexico's cultural evolution during that dramatic period of awakening, oppression and revolution. This exceptional combination of music and prose will be also feature a multi-media presentation produced by Kinan Valdez.
The celebration will also feature Ms. Garcia Torres performing works by Mexican composers Federico Ibarra (1948- ) and Manuel María Ponce (1882-1948). Piano compositions by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) and Franz Liszt (1811-1886) will complete the program.
Supported, in part, by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose