Contemporary composers and their predecessors
Under the direction of composer Rafael Marino Arcaro, soprano Hannah Dienes-Williams and Ensemble Utak bring to Germany a rare concert consisting entirely of premieres, spanning a century of Latin American music written between 1927 and 2026.
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Works from Brazil, Chile, Peru, Cuba and Mexico connect early modernism with contemporary voices in a cross-generational cultural encounter.
At the centre stands the world premiere of 'what i learned from manoel de barros: / o que aprendi com manoel de barros:’, Marino Arcaro’s setting of Manoel de Barros’ 1998 poetry collection, transforming the poet’s language of fragility into a daringvocal landscape evoking the quieter rural regions of Brazil.
Program:
Dinorá de Carvalho (1895–1980) [arr. Marino Arcaro]
later works suite: anguish fire water, op.26b (arr. 2025-26)
three pieces, composed between 1963 and 1972, for soprano and six soloists *
Tomás Brantmayer (1992–)
Mamihlapinatapai (2022)for flute, harp and viola **
Sofía Alvarez (1991–)
M.A.N.-T.R.A. 5.0 (2023)for violin and viola **
Dinorá de Carvalho [arr. Marino Arcaro]
folk songs suite: play sleep / sleep play, op.26a (arr. 2025-26)four pieces, composed between 1948 and 1955, for soprano and six soloists *
R. Marino Arcaro (1990–)
what i learned from manoel de barros: / o que aprendi com manoel de barros:, op.28 (2026)
for soprano and six soloists * [MusikFonds commission]
Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)
Invention III (1967)for solo harp **
A. García Caturla (1906–1940) [arr. Marino Arcaro]
two afrocuban songs, wwo.5 (arr. 2026)
two songs, composed between 1927 and 1931, for soprano and five soloists *
* world premiere** German premiere
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Dates
October 2026
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