NYFOS: Gracias a la vida
$30
- Shelén Hughes, soprano
- César Andrés Parreño, tenor
- Steven Blier, piano
Astor Piazzolla — Selected works
Heitor Villa-Lobos — Selected works
NYFOS returns to the North Fork for our annual residency in Orient, NY with its culminating concert at Poquatuck Hall. This year's program features music from Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia performed by soprano Shelén Hughes and tenor César Andrés Parreño, together with Mr. Blier. Music by Guastavino, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, and many others.
Proceeds benefit Poquatuck Hall and New York Festival of Song.
About Shelén Hughes, soprano
Bolivian soprano Shelén Hughes passionately believes in education, social service, and music as core values in life. Previous credits include Snegurochka from Rimsky- Korsakov's 'Snegurochka' (Manhattan School of Music), Micaëla in Bizet's 'Carmen' (Chautauqua Institution), Magda in Puccini's 'La Rondine' and her Carnegie Hall soloist debut in April of 2019. Ms. Hughes was awarded 1st Place and People's Choice Award in the Harlem Opera Theater competition in 2017 and was a winner in the SAI Competition at the Chautauqua Institution in 2018.
Ms. Hughes is the founder of Voices for Bolivia, an international non-profit organization for children, woman and elderly in need in Bolivia, fully funded by classical music. She graduated with her BM receiving the honorary Hugh Ross award from the Manhattan school of Music and is a recipient of the 2018-19 Mae Zenke Orvis Opera Scholarship.