After years of anticipation and planning,
Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo performed the world premiere of Leo Brouwer's new guitar duet
El libro de los seres imaginarios for the opening of the nineteenth New York Guitar Seminar on June 26, 2019, at Americas Society. For our online series and their curatorial week, the duo recorded a special version of one of the piece's movements, "The Gorgon," at home in New Jersey.
Sihasin
Award-winning musicians Jeneda and Clayson Benally, who established the group
Sihasin, are from the Diné in the Navajo Nation of Northern Arizona. They create an explosive organic sound out of just bass and drums, inspiring their listeners with a hard-punk backbone softened by folk and Navajo rhythm. They sent us a traditional Diné song “Shí Nasháá,” followed by "Gentler Than Night," with music and lyrics by Brianna Lea Pruett (1983–2015) and Sihasin.