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Lois Robinson, Executive Director
(318) 222-7496
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SHREVEPORT SYMPHONY PRESENTS LATIN NIGHTS WITH PIANIST/COMPOSER ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN ON NOVEMBER 19
Program also features the world premiere of James Eakin’s
"Cloud Scraper: Symphony Americana"
NOVEMBER 2, 2022, SHREVEPORT, LA - On Saturday, November 19, the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra (SSO) presents Cuban pianist/composer Aldo López-Gavilán in a program celebrating music of the Americas, plus Ravel’s sultry Boléro. Shreveport native James Eakin’s Cloud Scraper: Symphony Americana, commissioned by the SSO, receives its world premiere.
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Latin Nights
Saturday, November 19—7:30 PM
RiverView Theater
600 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Michael Butterman, conductor
Aldo López-Gavilán, piano/composer
PIAZZOLLA/Longfield Oblivion
ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN Emporium
JAMES EAKIN Cloud Scraper: Symphony Americana
(world premiere)
RAVEL Boléro
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Tickets are available online at shreveportsymphony.com or by phone at 318-227-8863. Prices range from $20-$63. Tickets for children 12 and under are $10; student tickets are $15. The SSO's season sponsor is Willis-Knighton Health System. The concert sponsor is the Community Foundation of North Louisiana.
López-Gavilán will also perform in The Noel Foundation, Inc. Chamber Music Series on Sunday, November 20 at 3 PM. The concert is free and open to the public and will be held at Anderson Auditorium on the Centenary College campus. The program features works for solo piano and piano quintet composed by López-Gavilán. Violinists Ertan Torgul and Jennifer Carsillo, violist Michele Gunn, and cellist Brett Andrews will also perform.
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About Aldo López-Gavilán
Praised for his “dazzling technique and rhythmic fire” in the Seattle Times and dubbed a “formidable virtuoso” by The Times (London), Cuban pianist and composer Aldo López-Gavilán excels in both the classical and jazz worlds as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber music collaborator, and performer of his own electrifying compositions. He has appeared in such prestigious concert halls as the Amadeo Roldán (Cuba), Teresa Carreño (Venezuela), Bellas Artes (Mexico), Carnegie Hall and Jordan Hall (U.S.), Royal Festival Hall (U.K.), Nybrokajen 11 (Sweden), The Hall of Music (Russia), and Duc de Lombard et Petit Journal Montparnasse (France) and more. López-Gavilán was born in Cuba to a family of internationally acclaimed classical musicians, his father a conductor and composer, his mother a concert pianist.
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About James Eakin III
James Eakin III was born and raised in Shreveport. From an early age, he was drawn to his native blues and jazz as well as classical and film music, playing everything he heard by ear on the piano and experimenting with his own compositions. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Centenary College, a Master of Music from Southern Methodist University, and in 2007 received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Composition at the Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri-Kansas City. He has had the privilege of studying with some of music’s most prominent composers: John Corigliano, Jeff Rona, Jack Smalley, George Tsontakis, Bruce Broughton, Zhou Long and Chen Yi. Eakin's hour-long “Flowers over the Graves of War” premiered to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall.
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About the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Since its founding in 1948, the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has become Louisiana's oldest continually operating professional orchestra and one of the most respected regional orchestras in the United States. The SSO's mission is: To Embrace - to embrace the community we serve and to be embraced by the same community; to broaden the level of supporters and their involvement with the orchestra; to work across the region with various arts organizations through cooperation and partnerships. To Enlighten - to educate; to enlighten the senses beyond the norm. To Experience - to provide the unique aesthetic experiences of live orchestral music; to give depth and enriching life; to connect people through music; to foster cultural diversity. To Excel - to foster artistic, organizational, and financial excellence. shreveportsymphony.com
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