Composer, conductor, and pianist Tania León talks with oboist James Austin Smith about motivation, influences, inspiration and her work A La Par for Piano and Percussion (1986), discussing how the 12-minute work came to be and how it looks to her three-plus decades later.
Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion, and Orion Weiss, piano, perform the piece, newly recorded for CMS this season.
This event is free to students in Miami with registration and includes a live Q and A with the artists.
The event will last 1 hour.
Simultaneous translation in Spanish will be provided.