The Latino experience will be a focus of Carnegie Hall’s coming season, the presenter’s leadership announced on Wednesday, with a festival inside and beyond the hall’s walls called “Nuestros Sonidos” (“Our Sounds”) and a slate of concerts featuring artists with ties to Latin America.
Clive Gillinson, Carnegie’s executive and artistic director, said in an interview that the festival was meant to respond to the underrepresentation of Latino people and Hispanic culture in American classical music.
He will have a growing presence in New York next season: Aside from his Carnegie appearances, he will lead several weeks of programming with the New York Philharmonic, where he takes over as music and artistic director in 2026.
The Mexican-born composer Gabriela Ortiz will be in residence at Carnegie all season.
Five of her works, including a concerto she wrote for the cellist Alisa Weilerstein, will have their New York premieres.
Persons:
Clive Gillinson, ”, Gustavo Dudamel, Gabriela Ortiz, Alisa Weilerstein
Organizations:
Carnegie Hall’s, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carnegie, New York Philharmonic
Locations:
America, Venezuela, New York, Mexican, York