This past few months have been really busy for me working on new pieces for some friends, playing fun shows with Balún and moving to a nice new place! There are many great things happening and I wanted to share some of them with you. The amazing janus trio just finished recording my piece “Drawings [...]
Finally some nice days in the city with the sun shining! It’s a perfect month for going out to concerts and I would like to invite you to some! For the past months I’ve been working on a few new pieces for my friends from Cadillac Moon Ensemble and Iktus Percussion Quartet. Both pieces will [...]
Arturo en el Barco will be performing in Redhooker’s CD Release Party this Sunday January 31st at (Le) Poisson Rouge. This show it’s going to be really nice and I can’t wait to play again with everyone!
When I started “Arturo en el Barco” five years ago, I originally thought of the project as a live chamber ensemble even though it took the form of a solo endeavor. But now it’s finally happening! We are finally an ensemble. I’m very happy to announce the debut of the new AEEB as part of [...]
Molly Sheridan wrote a very nice article about my music for NewMusicBox. You can read the article here.
I wrote the Global Ear column for The Wire magazine’s April 2009 issue. It is out today so please check it out!
I’ve been working for a while curating this concert for MATA and now it’s almost here. PLAY! will showcase new works for toy piano, balloons, music boxes, vintage toys and electronics with performances by the new music group TRANSIT, balloon artist Judy Dunaway, vocalist Jennifer Walshe, percussionist Douglas Perkins and very special guest Margaret Leng [...]
My solo project Arturo en el Barco has now evolved into a miniature chamber ensemble with three members for my live shows. I’m playing accordion, piano, violin, music boxes and singing while José is collaborating on laptop and synths and Javier is playing banjo, bass recorder, musical saw and homemade electric mbira.
We will be playing [...]
Happy Holidays! I’ve been working on a few new projects recently and I’m very happy to announce my latest release “Alejandro” which contains 8 new pieces from and inspired by the theater piece of the same name. The CD is a limited handmade edition in collaboration with the theater company Y No Había Luz (original [...]
SEVA VIVE is the first Puerto Rican documentary made for the movie theaters. It will be released on December 11, 2008 in Fine Arts Theater, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. I wrote the music for the film and 17 of my friends and colleagues from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico performed it. The movie [...]