Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan leads the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with three electrifying performances this May in am exciting program highlighting Roberto Sierra’s Fandangos, in Dublin, Liverpool and London. Roberto Sierra wrote Fandangos in 2000 on commission for the National Symphony Orchestra and its music director Leonard Slatkin, who gave the world premiere in Washington, D.C., on February 28, […]
On May 1, renowned American pianist Joel Sachs will present an invigorating program of new music for solo piano by Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra and the young Mexican composer-singer Diana Syrse. As part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros Sonidos festival, the citywide celebration of Latin culture in the United States, Joel Sachs presents a program of recently-composed music from Latin […]
Thursday, October 10: Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic reunite with four-time Grammy winner and 17-time Latin Grammy winner Natalia Lafourcade at the legendary Carnegie Hall. Dudamel and the orchestra are showcased with the internationally beloved singer-songwriter in pieces that include Antrópolis by Gabriela Ortiz (holder of Carnegie Hall’s 2024–2025 Debs Composer’s Chair); Roberto Sierra’s Alegría; and Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. […]
From Friday, August 16 to Sunday, August 25, Roberto Sierra was the featured living composer at the Staunton Music Festival in Virginia. Not only was Sierra the composer-in-residence, but several of his works were featured and performed throughout the summer festival, including his Songs from the Diaspora, Mano a Mano, Piano Sonata No. 14 (“Moonlight”), […]
Exciting South American Premiere of Roberto Sierra’s Sinfonía No. 6 at Campos de Jordão Festival We are thrilled to announce that Roberto Sierra’s acclaimed Sinfonía No. 6 will be making its South American premiere at the prestigious Campos de Jordão Festival in São Paulo, Brazil, on July 20 and 21. This event follows the highly […]
“Roberto Sierra’s [music] is full of life.” Eric Valliere – the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s (BSO) Artistic Administrator – offers a glimpse of what’s to come in Boston on March 28, 2024, when the orchestra presents the US premiere of Sierra’s Sinfonía No. 6: Reflexión urbana. Domingo Hindoyan conducts (pictured below). The 22-minute work premiered in […]
“Roberto Sierra’s music keeps me on my toes!” On March 17, 2023, pianist Marc Peloquin presents a composer portrait concert called “Celebrating Roberto Sierra” at the Bloomingdale School of Music in New York City. Peloquin’s program highlights Sierra as “one of the most important composers of our time,” and features works for solo piano that […]
On February 17, 2023, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra presents the US premiere of Roberto Sierra’s trumpet concerto Salseando, featuring soloist Pacho Flores. Manuel Hernández-Silva conducts. The three-movement, 18-minute work – with improvisation – was written for Flores, and was commissioned and premiered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Domingo Hindoyan led the world premiere in […]
“Roberto Sierra’s Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra is an electrifying work.” As the Chicago Sinfonietta’s performances of Sierra’s concerto approach, soloist Julian Velasco shares his enthusiasm about his upcoming concerts. Originally commissioned by the Detroit Symphony for internationally renowned saxophonist James Carter, Sierra’s 23-minute score blends classical and jazz elements, and highlights the virtuoso possibilities […]
For the 2022 Labor Day Holiday weekend, BargeMusic – located in Brooklyn, NY – presents pianist Marc Peloquin in the premiere of new works by composers Roberto Sierra and Roger Stubblefield. Peloquin performs Sierra’s Sonata No. 9, and will also be joined by mezzo-soprano Sophie Delphis to premiere Stubblefield’s Reveries, Opus 25. Concerts will take […]
