Peru Negro – World Premiere
April 26, 2025, 3:00pm
$20 General Admission, Free for Students & Seniors
Pianist, Priscila Navarro leads a guided musical tour of composer Jimmy López’s homage to AfroPeruvian music. Including the premiere of Peru Negro in a two piano, two percussion version featuring six Afro-Peruvian dances in what Lopez calls a “personal desire to assimilate Peruvian folk music to the point of blending it seamlessly with his own language.
Featured Artists
Priscila Navarro, piano
Yi-Yang Chen, piano
Arx Duo, percussion (Sijia Huang, Garret Arney)