Name: Latin Fire
Start: 2022-10-16T14:00:00
Location: Benaroya Hall

Mónica Ábrego

José Sibaja

Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

Our 2025/2026 season culminates with the ultimate symphony — Beethoven’s Ninth, featuring an all-star cast of soloists chosen by Music Director Xian Zhang and joined by the massed forces of the Seattle Symphony Chorale. Revolutionary, epic and at 200 years old, still as driven as Beethoven’s own sense of our shared destiny, he crowned this summit of his music with the stunning addition of voices in a song for humanity, hope and joy. Xian pairs it with Artist in Focus Steven Mackey’s RIOT, for chorus, vocalist and the composer himself on electric guitar. This inspiring music places race and resilience in the foreground with a setting of words by Tracy K. Smith — culminating in positive affirmation and a celebration of perseverance, commitment and community.

Xian Conducts Beethoven 9

Benaroya Hall

Latin Fire is an energetic celebration of Latin American orchestral hits paired with musical fireworks from acclaimed Costa Rican trumpeter José Sibaja and vocalist Mónica Ábrego. In addition to being the lead trumpet of the Boston Brass, Sibaja has recorded with artists such as Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Celia Cruz, and has performed on television at the MTV Awards, GRAMMY® Awards, and Saturday Night Live, among many others. This high-octane concert sizzles with danceable rhythms on the Benaroya Hall Stage.