Gabriela Ortiz

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Aroma Fogliato by Gabriela Ortiz, performed by the violinist Lorenz Gama and Cellini Vigian, violist Jan Carlin, and cellist Peter Jacobsen.

This is Anytime Classical, a production of Classical

Music Indie.

This bridge between traditional Mexican music and European classical music represents Mexico in a very elegant way.

and funny way, such as Arturo Márquez, Danzón No. 2, or Huapango de Moncayo, or the contemporary music from Gabriela Ortiz.

So, yeah, we have a lot of music that it's not only indigenous music, it's the mix with the indigenous, traditional folk music.

It sounds to me that in Mexico, There's the integration of traditional music with, dare I say, colonial music.

And so it was a contrast as well to the other styles that was played.

And we also... performed the Kayumari, Blue Deer by Gabriela Ortiz, which was such a fun finisher to the concert.

And we even had, like, there was offstage trumpets, and there was an extra percussion part, and it was very virtuosic closer for the opening concert.

The other piece was a world premiere with Dr. Sarah Basingthwaite and Tessa Brinkman.

Depends on the orchestra, depends on, on the music also.

So you're also selecting for the concert, uh, this upcoming week of October 19th to the 26th, the Liszt Piano Concerto One and, uh, Caymari by Gabriela Ortiz.

An interesting collection.

Well, how did you pick this program?

Uh, and my favorite also.

I love, I just love that music.

Um, and Gabriela Ortiz, I wanted to do something by a, by a living composer, and this is a very fun piece, um, Latin American, very intoxicating.

It's like a, a, a ritual that grows and grows and grows, uh, until it explodes in the end.

Wonderful.

You have had a long-standing collaboration with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, including the world premiere of Gabriela Ortiz's Violin Concerto, which is on a recording that earned three Grammy Awards.

What is it about collaborating with Gabriela Ortiz that has really resonated with you, both personally and professionally?

Hmm.

Well, first of all, I, I feel that the music very much reflects, um, her roots, and, and I think she's a woman that really has very strong opinions on, on many things happening in society, in life, in the world in general.