Felipe Lara / Talea Ensemble / Conrad Tao: Mazes and Portals @ NATIONAL SAWDUST

This concert spotlights five thrilling works by Brazilian-American composer Felipe Lara, offering a vivid journey through more than a decade of his distinctive musical voice. Spanning intimate solo writing to expansive large-ensemble works, the program reveals Lara’s fascination with structures and ideas drawn from musical fractals, mirrors, mosaics, and labyrinths. Influences from electronic music are translated into purely instrumental contexts, creatively expanding the expressive and sonic possibilities of acoustic forces. Together, these works trace Lara’s evolving artistic vision that is at once rigorously constructed and richly immersive.

The evening also features the New York premiere of Mosaic Maze for ensemble, and celebrates the release of Lara’s recent album, Portals. Featuring longtime collaborators, the stellar pianist Conrad Tao and the fearless Talea Ensemble, this program exemplifies Lara’s ability to forge music that is intellectually engaging, viscerally charged, and unmistakably contemporary.

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Program:

Ventos Uivantes (2014)

for ensemble of 6 instruments