 El Taller Latino Americano The Latin American Workshop |
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Broadway Uptown Music
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
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Uli & Grupo Miguelito:
Friday May 5 |
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Julio Santillán & Yulia MusayelyanFriday June 9Concert starts at 8:30 pm. Tickets: $10 |
JULIO A. SANTILLÁN is a young composer and guitarist from Tucumán, Argentina.
He has studied classical guitar and composition at Instituto Superior de Música (Argentina)
and then graduated Summa Cum Laude with a dual major in Jazz and Classical Composition from Berklee
College of Music (Boston, USA). He received the 2004 Meet the Composer/Van Lier Fellowship, the
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, the Arif Mardin Award, Ascaplus Award, the Contemporary Writing and
Production Achievement Award and the BEST Scholarship (Berklee).
He has recorded and performed with many musicians from Argentina, Boston and New York including
César Isella, Oscar Stagnaro, Livingston Taylor, Raúl Carnota and Sandra Mihanovich.
As an arranger he has worked with artists from all over the world. Since 1998 Julio leads
"Los Changos” (trio & septet) a group that performs his own compositions. Currently he is
a faculty member at Manhattan College.
YULIA MUSAYELYAN was born in Moscow, Russia, and began her studies at the Gnessin School of Music for gifted children. After relocating to the U.S. in 1993, she studied at the New England Conservatory and in 2005 graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in New York. As a classical flutist, she has won awards and distinctions such as the 2001 "National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts Award". She has recorded with the New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (2001) and the Manhattan School of Music Opera Orchestra (2002), and performed as a soloist with TACTUS ensemble under the direction of Maestro Pierre Boulez (2005). Yulia has performed at the 2001 Montreux Jazz off-Festival in Switzerland, IAJE conventions in New York (2004) and New Orleans (2000), and the London Jazz Festival (2005). She has recorded with Marta Gomez (Chesky Records), Marta Topferova (World Village Records), Hector Martignon, Angus Martin, and The Massachusetts Flute Choir, among others. She is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Flute Performance and is an adjunct flute faculty member at New York University. |
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Camerata Flamenco ProjectFriday June 16Concert starts at 10:30 pm. Tickets: $10 |
THE CAMERATA FLAMENCO PROJECT,
an original chamber music group, made its worldwide debut during the Singapore Arts Festival
to great critical and public acclaim. These talented musicians will play their original
and ambitious compositions at El Taller after a steady series of concerts at concert halls,
jazz and flamenco venues, and music schools.
Featuring:
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La Balteuband and InteroceanicoSaturday July 22Concert starts at 8:30 pm. Tickets: $10 |
LA BALTEUBAND
is an instrumental ensemble lead by Emilio Teubal. His
compositions are a blend of jazz and elements of Argentine music, such as
rhythms like chacarera and zamba along with the lyricism of tango melodies.
La Balteuband's music consists of rhythmically and harmonically rich pre-composed structures and improvised sections that highlight the musicality of each member of the band. This is what makes each performance of the group so fresh and special. The compositional influences of Emilio Teubal include Astor Piazolla, Hermeto Pascual, Egberto Gismonti, and great masters of the jazz tradition such as Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, and Charles Mingus. La Balteuband has performed in New York venues such as the Knitting Factory, Cornelia Street Cafe, Nublu, Bowery Poetry Club, Galapagos Arts Space, and was included in the Argentine Jazz series at El Taller Latinoamericano during the summer of 2005. La Balteuband recorded its first album to be released in the Fall of 2006 La Balteuband features:
INTEROCEANICO is a unique blend of musicians from different countries. The group was formed in Boston MA in 2002 by composer and guitarist, Hiroya Tsukamoto from Kyoto, Japan. They have performed many concerts throughout the Boston and New York area including several appearances at The Berklee Performance Center (Boston, MA), Ryles Jazz Club (Cambridge, MA) and Satalla (New York, NY). They had successful tours to Japan (November 2004) and Korea/Japan (August 2005). They are a musical ensemble different than most of their contemporaries. Interoceanico's music is a cornucopia of lush harmonies, lyrical melodies, driving rhythms and the first class arrangements that form their original music. Their music is an amalgamation of traditional rhythmic elements from various South American countries with Western harmonies and lyrical melodies, resulting in a unique and original souns. It is best described as "folkloric music with contemporary harmony in a jazz format". Interoceanico features:
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ULI
Consisting of core members Ricardo Padron on guitars, Ze Luis Oliveira on woodwinds, drummer Mike Williams and Miguelito on vocals, upright bass, guitar, piano, and cuatro, the band hits a mark somewhere between the bolero/flamenco stylings of mid 1970's Jose Feliciano and the modern energy of artists like Manu Chau and Juanes. The songs, some in Spanish and some in English, are rooted in an almost folkloric background with topics of devotion and struggle at the forefront, while others like "Sr. Marti", (a homage to famed Cuban poet Jose Marti) are festive as well as thought provoking. The bands EP is slated for digital release (on itunes, Napster, Rhapsody) on 'Cinco De Mayo' (May 5) - So why not celebrate? For more info visit: