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Concert: Piraí Vaca
Wednesday, December 2, 20097:00 p.m.
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York, NY
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| Bolivian guitarist Piraí Vaca has been called "one of the outstanding guitarists in the world" by the Rhein Zeitung. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Americas from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and received numerous prizes from Bolivian organizations. He has won top prizes at prestigious international guitar festivals in Latin America and Europe, and is a member of the FENIX International Guitar Quartet. Vaca studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, under Manuel Barrueco in the United States and at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. He has performed in Latin America, the United States and Europe. His Americas Society debut will feature Bolivian music and works by Baroque composers. |
| Due to the overwhelming response, we are no longer able to accept general reservations. Please feel free to join us on a stand-by basis. Americas Society members receive guaranteed admission to our culture programs and Members-only Meet-the-Artist receptions. To learn more about Americas Society membership, click here. |
This concert is supported in part by the Bolivian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is presented with the generous support of MetLife Foundation. The Fall 2009 Music Program is also supported in part by Carlos Enrique Gill Ramirez, Teresa A. L. de Bulgheroni, Bolivian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc., and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. In-kind support is provided by Alejandro Cordero and the Consulate General of Brazil in New York.
The Music Education program is generously supported by Citi Foundation.
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