Voyage sud-américain avec Rafael Payare et Javier Perianes by Ginastera, López Bellido, Villa-Lobos, Ravel, De (2023/2023), Regente Rafael Payare, Place des Arts, Montreal, Canadá

The OSM and Rafael Payare welcome pianist Javier Perianes for a musical excursion to South America. Explore the Brazil of Villa-Lobos in his Bachiana no. 8 and Ginastera’s Argentina through his Variaciones concertantes. At the centre of this program is the Montreal premiere of Ephemerae by López Bellido, a piano concerto conceived as a musical transliteration of various fragrances. The Hispanic inflections of Ravel’s Bolero complete this ear-opening program.