Music

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents Cuban guitarist Laura Mazon Franqui who was praised as “an accomplished guitarist of Hispanic Latino descent” by the Digital Journal and as “a fine player from whom great things can be expected” by the Soundboard Magazine. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents FIU Miami GuitART Orchestra in concert. Directed by guitarist/composer Mesut Özgen, FIUMGO will present an exciting program of music, featuring works from Baroque to modern, as well as jazz and traditional musics from around the world. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents Robert Trent in a solo concert, performing a program of the 19th Century Romantic guitar music on an original 19th Century Romantic guitar built by the famous Italian luthier Gennaro Fabricatore in 1803 The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

LeAnn Rimes, the award-winning singer and songwriter, makes her debut at the Arsht Center! Throughout her career, Rimes has sold more than 48 million units, won two Grammy Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, two World Music Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards, two Country Music Association Awards and one Dove Award. Joy: The Holiday Tour is Rimes’ most recent endeavor. The showstopping singer will bring her talent to cities across the country this December and conclude her tour here in Miami. Sing along to her greatest hits, holiday favorites and songs from her latest critically acclaimed album “god’s work. Get in the festive mood and catch LeAnn Rimes in concert on December 21.

The Gafieira Rio Miami: Brazilian Big Band, led by Latin GRAMMY winner Diogo Brown, will take the stage at Pinecrest Gardens as part of our Tropical Nights Series. This ensemble breathes new life into the sound of gafieira, a vibrant and historic samba tradition, with a modern, big-band twist. Featuring the talented vocalist Isa Duarte and a selection of top Miami-based musicians, this performance promises to be a highlight of the series.

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents the 19th century music specialist and virtuoso guitarist Marco Batttaglia in a solo concert, performing a program of works by the 19th century Italian masters: Niccolò Paganini, Ferdinando Carulli, Mauro Giuliani, and Giulio Regondi on an original 19th Century guitar built by Gennaro Fabricatore in 1811. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents Anatolian Ensemble in concert, featuring Neva Özgen Kösoglu, kemenche, Cihat Askin, violin, Yelda Özgen Öztürk, cello, and Mesut Özgen, guitar, performing a program of traditional Turkish music with works by folk, Sufi, and Ottoman composers. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

The 2024 Miami International GuitART Festival presents virtuoso mandolin and bandola player Saul Vera, guitar and cuatro player Hector Molina, and singer and cuatro player Luciana Kube in concert, performing a program of traditional Latin American music. The festival takes place from February 16th through 25th with daily concerts, master classes, lectures, and Luthiers Expo. 2024 MIGF FESTIVAL PASS is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price. More info at MIGF website: migf.fiu.edu

MDCA & Jose Negroni les presenta la noche del domingo 3 de Marzo a las 5:00 pm... "MARINEL UNA VOZ" Un concierto proyectado e interpretado por una soprano que con su amplio registro vocal, su sonido melodioso, y magistral nos envuelve en cada canción. Nuestra vocalista puertorriquena, Marinel Cruz, con su versatilidad ha participado con grandes orquestas alrededor del mundo, entre ellas la orquesta sinfonica de Puerto Rico y la Orquesta Filarmonica de Odessa en Ucrania, entre muchas otras. La tarde del 3 de marzo, el MDCA se vestirá de gala con una voz cautivadora, una banda de músicos experimentados, y un repertorio que nos llenará de grandes emociones con canciones como "Va Todo Al ganador," "No te quiero más," "Concierto para una voz," y el estreno de su nuevo álbum "Marinel Una Voz". Bajo la direccion del pianista Jose Negroni. No te pierdas el concierto "Marinel Una Voz"

Mateusz Krzyżowski is a young Polish pianist who won the first prize at the XII International Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz in 2022. He also received the award for the best performance of Mozart's piano concerto. In 2021, he was a semi-finalist at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Mateusz began his education in his hometown of Tychy, Poland, and he currently is a student at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in the class of Joanna Ławrynowicz-Just. He has worked with such ensembles as the Lublin Philharmonic, Sinfonia Juventus, Aukso Chamber Orchestra, and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, among many others. Presented with support from the Polish Cultural Institute, New York, the Chopin Foundation traditionally participates in an international artist exchange with the Paderewski Competition who in turn presents our young, American Chopin Competition winners. As a much sought-after artist performing concerts throughout Europe and the US, Mateusz makes his CHOPIN for ALL debut at our series’ grand finale.