Art Songs from Latin America

Contemporary composers and their predecessors

Kunstlieder – Sechs Personen mit klassischen Instrumenten in Raum, daneben Portraits von zwei Personen. Links: Cello, Harfe, Gitarre. Rechte Bildtexte: Name nicht lesbar.

Under the direction of composer Rafael Marino Arcaro, soprano Hannah Dienes-Williams and Ensemble Utak bring to Germany a rare concert consisting entirely of premieres, spanning a century of Latin American music written between 1927 and 2026. Works from Brazil, Chile, Peru, Cuba and Mexico connect early modernism with contemporary voices in a cross-generational cultural encounter. At the centre stands the world premiere of 'what i learned from manoel de barros: / o que aprendi com manoel de barros:’, Marino Arcaro’s setting of Manoel de Barros’ 1998 poetry collection, transforming the poet’s language of fragility into a daringvocal landscape evoking the quieter rural regions of Brazil.

Program:

Dinorá de Carvalho (1895–1980) [arr. Marino Arcaro]later works suite: anguish fire water, op.26b (arr. 2025-26)three pieces, composed between 1963 and 1972, for soprano and six soloists *

Tomás Brantmayer (1992–)Mamihlapinatapai (2022)for flute, harp and viola **

Sofía Alvarez (1991–)M.A.N.-T.R.A. 5.0 (2023)for violin and viola **

Dinorá de Carvalho [arr. Marino Arcaro]folk songs suite: play sleep / sleep play, op.26a (arr. 2025-26)four pieces, composed between 1948 and 1955, for soprano and six soloists *

R. Marino Arcaro (1990–)what i learned from manoel de barros: / o que aprendi com manoel de barros:, op.28 (2026)for soprano and six soloists * [MusikFonds commission]

Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)Invention III (1967)for solo harp **

A. García Caturla (1906–1940) [arr. Marino Arcaro]two afrocuban songs, wwo.5 (arr. 2026)two songs, composed between 1927 and 1931, for soprano and five soloists *

* world premiere** German premiere

Artists/Collaborators: Rafael Marino Arcaro (Komponist, künstlerischer Leiter, Dirigent), Stefano Cucuzzella (Cello), Cara Dawson (Harfe (Ensemble Utak)), Hannah Dienes-Williams (Sopran), Anna Jurriaanse (Viola (Ensemble Utak)), Ingvild Ness (Flöte), Vitor Noah (Gitarre, E-Bass, Viola Caipira), Emilia Turkanik (Violine)

Fundede by MusikFonds.

Next date: Kunstlieder aus Lateinamerika

• Date Thursday, 08/October/2026 19:00
• Venue Theater im Delphi
• Address Gustav-Adolf-Straße 2, 13086 Berlin-Weißensee
• Price from €20.00

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