Holiday Choral by Candlelight 2025

Mission San Rafael Arcángel

From New Worlds – Origin VI

Bergrestaurant und Lounge Eggli Gstaad

Celebrate the music of Latin America with this brilliant program led by Maestro Guillermo Figueroa, presenting the talents of your Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and guest soloists JP Jofre and Miguel del Águila. JP Jofre, one of the world’s leading performers of the bandoneón—the Latin American version of the accordion—joins us for Astor Piazzolla’s Concerto for Bandoneón, “Aconcagua.” We are also honored to have a special appearance by Latin GRAMMY®-nominated composer and musician Miguel del Águila playing the conga on his popular Conga, a not-to-be-missed performance! This exciting afternoon of great music also presents Roberto Sierra’s brilliant Symphony No. 3, “La Salsa” and Ariel Ramírez’ Misa Criolla, with a side-by-side performance with The Santa Fe Symphony Youth Symphony Orchestra, plus appearances by local guitarists and percussionists.

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Music of Latin America

Lensic Performing Arts Center

Brotherhood, tango, trombone, poetry and serenity: you can expect all this and much more on 22 December at Bijlmer Klassiek, that unique collaboration between the Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Bijlmer Parktheater.

Bijlmer Klassiek: Brothers

Nelson Mandela park

Renowned songwriter Gilles Vigneault’s mass is at once divine and unceremonious. His lyrics and melodies feature his signature simplicity and candour, with passages sung in Innu in a nod to his native Natashquan.

Chœur Métropolitain: Sacred Gilles Vigneault

Place des Arts

¡Feliz nochebuena! ¡Feliz navidad! Join us at Navidad Nuestra (Our Christmas) to enjoy Christmas carols sung in the musical traditions of the composers’ homelands of Argentina, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the United States. From the locomotion of Cristian Grases’ El tren para Belén (Train to Bethlehem), the rhythms of cueca (a traditional dance rhythm from Argentina and Chile), carnavalito (a Bolivian folk dance), chacarera (a traditional dance from northwestern Argentina) in Ariel Ramírez’s Navidad Nuestra, Eric Whitacre’s peaceful and uplifting Glow, filled with lush harmonies and ethereal melodies, as if it is illuminating the darkness, to a world premiere by Ernesto Herrera, it's sure to be a magical evening filled with warmth and holiday spirit!

Navidad Nuestra: December in the Americas

Walt Disney Concert Hall

With the guest ensemble Alturas Duo, the Choruses of UC Davis and Nicolás Dosman bring the rhythms and holiday vocal traditions of the Americas (both Southern America and Northern America) to Davis. Works include Navidad Nuestra by Ariel Ramírez (an Andean influenced folk telling of the nativity story), Aaron Copland’s Zion’s Walls (drawn from Appalachian America’s hymnal traditions), and Abreme la Puerta (a traditional Christmastime song from Puerto Rico).

Choruses of UC Davis: “An American Holiday”

Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

This year our holiday concerts explore and celebrate music of the Spanish diaspora, as well as other seasonal delights. The program features Argentinian, Basque and Mexican works in Spanish and Indigenous languages from across the Americas, and the music will included drums, guitar, harpsichord and more! It will be a lively and joyous musical experience for everyone!

Canciones de luz - Songs of Light

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco

Celebrate the Philharmonic Society of Orange County's 70th anniversary season at our Opening Night concert! This intimate evening pairs Grammy Award-winner Isabel Leonard, the glamorous mezzo-soprano who has dazzled opera lovers at the great houses worldwide, with Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, praised by Billboard as “the soul of the Spanish guitar,” in a recital featuring popular arias and beloved songs.

Pablo Sainz-Villegas & Isabel Leonard

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Dutch-Argentinian soprano Ana-Carmen Balestra is known for her clear expressive voice and sparkling stage presence. A graduate of the Guildhall Opera Course, she has garnered attention for her talent as both an opera and lieder singer.

Ariel Ramírez

Events

Upcoming events

May 6, 2026

Ana-Carmen Balestra soprano & Salome Jordania piano · The Bridgewater Hall

Past events

6 - 7 Dec, 2025

Holiday Choral by Candlelight 2025 · Marin Symphony

Jul 28, 2025

From New Worlds – Origin VI · Gstaad Menuhin Festival

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