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- 11839 SW 155th Ct Miami FL 33196 USA
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Music, Performing Arts
Mission: The mission of The Last Hundred (TLH) is to present high-quality art music written in the last one hundred years, acting as a liaison between modern and contemporary music. A central aspect of TLH is to create a professional ensemble that will feature some of the best musicians from our area as well as to invite guest performers, composers, and ensembles from other cities, states, and countries to perform, give lectures, and teach masterclasses in our community. TLH aims to create carefully selected and crafted events where audience members can experience music in a welcoming setting. In the spirit of promoting new works, the organization is committed to presenting and commissioning pieces by a wide range of composers working locally, nationally, and internationally. Ultimately, TLH wishes to create a culturally enriching environment where those who love classical music from the 20th century to our days, as well as those who are new to it, can explore this rich yet largely underrepresented repertoire.
Results: Highlights from our 2022 Season include a homage to Sofia Gubaidulina, in celebration of her 90th birthday, the production of the opera Ella-Miau (She-Meow) by Juan Trigos in collaboration with the Puppet Company "La Coperacha" of Guadalajara (Mexico) with performances in Miami and Teatro Degollado (Festival Cultural de Mayo, Guadalajara, Mexico), and the release of TLH’s first CD featuring music by Federico Bonacossa TLH’s Season 2023 will start with two events conducted by Juan Trigos. On February 24th it will present music by Bruno Maderna, Charles Norman Mason, Orlando Jacinto García, Arthur Honegger, Gabrio Taglietti and Augusta Read Thomas. On March 28th, we will present “Choros Bis”, for violín and cello by Heitor Villa-lobos and two world premieres of works written for The Last Hundred Ensemble. “A sparrow flies towards a woman as she stares at a crescent moon” by Federico Bonacossa, written for guitar and ensemble with the support of the MIA Stipend Program, will be performed by the composer. The other piece, “El Poema de Tlaltecatzin” (Poem of Tlaltecatzin) by Juan Trigos, scored for soprano and ensemble, is a commission of the prestigious Fromm Commission of the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University. Tlaltecatzin, of Chichimec linage, lord of Cuauhchinanco (the present state of Puebla, Mexico) lived around the middle of the fourteenth century. He was a celebrated cuicapicqui, “composer of songs.” This poem could be described as an ode to pleasure, very different from European or modern American literary creations. As is the case of other Nahua (Aztec) poets, Tlaltecatzin’s words about pleasure are interwoven with an anguished sense of the loss of oneself through death. The text is in Nahuatl with some parts in its Spanish translation. Daniela D’Ingiullo, soprano, will be the soloist.