The Island of Enchantment

Our second Mainstage features music and soloists exclusively from the “Isla del Encanto” or “Island of Enchantment”: Puerto Rico. Cuatro-virtuoso Fabiola Méndez, who counts global superstar Bad Bunny among her many fans, joins the CCO for a performance of Ernesto Cordero’s Concierto Criollo for Cuatro, a Cincinnati premiere. Grammy-nominated composer Roberto Sierra chronicles Puerto Rico’s history of musical invention with his Symphony No. 3, La Salsa. The program will also feature works by two exciting emerging composers: Luis Quintana’s otherworldly On the Ethereal Nature of Bioluminescence and Angélica Negron’s atmospheric Campos Flotantes.

Fabiola Méndez, cuatro

Approximately 2 hours with a 15-minute intermission.
Wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.

Preconcert activities:
6:45-7:15pm: Join Summermusik Director Eckart Preu and guest artist Fabiola Méndez for a pre-concert talk in the Mayerson Theatre

This concert is available in the Festival Subscription, Mainstage Subscription, and Flex Pass options.
Single Tickets:
$35-45 for Adults
$25 for Young Professionals under 40
$12 for Students
Free for Children Under 13
*$3 ticketing fee on single tickets

LUIS QUINTANA
On the Ethereal Nature of Bioluminescence

ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN
Campos Flotantes

ERNESTO CORDERO
Concierto Criollo for Cuatro
I. Elegía Negra
II. Guajira con Montuno
III. Descarga
Fabiola Méndez, cuatro

ROBERTO SIERRA
Sinfonia No. 3, La Salsa
I. Tumbao
II. Habanera
III. Danzas
IV. Jolgorio