Violinist

2023–24 Artists in Residence Ilmar Gavilán and Jaime Amador, from the innovative Harlem Quartet, are the soloists in Mozart’s sublime Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola. Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, also known as the St. Anthony Variations, open a program that concludes with the first of Mozart’s last three great symphonies, No. 39. A feast for the classical lover!

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Mainly Mozart

Catalina Foothills High School

Violinist Ilmar Gavilán, and pianist Aldo López-Gavilán, are virtuoso Afro-Cuban musicians who grew up as prodigies in 1970s Havana. As highlighted in an impactful PBS documentary, after being separated for decades as innocent victims of complicated U.S.-Cuba political conflicts, the two have finally been able to come together as mature musicians, fulfilling a dream to create and perform together their genre-defying music rooted in classical, Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban traditions. Do not miss this unique and touching performance!

The Gavilán Brothers

Midland Center for the Arts

This film centers on two Afro-Cuban brothers, separated by geopolitics but united by music. Their moving relationship and musical reunion will engage all audiences. Both established in their careers—one is a jazz pianist and one is a violinist with the Grammy-winning Harlem Quartet.

Virtuoso Afro-Cuban-born brothers—violinist Ilmar and pianist Aldo—live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half-century wide. Tracking their parallel lives in New York and Havana, their poignant reunion, and their momentous first performances together, Los Hermanos/The Brothers offers a nuanced, often startling view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family.

Ilmar Gavilán

Violinist

Events

Past events

4 - 5 Nov, 2023

Mainly Mozart · Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Oct 13, 2023

The Gavilán Brothers · Midland Center For the Arts

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