Special Event: Los Hermanos/The Brothers Film + Q&A
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Monday, Feb 28, 2022 3 p.m.
Location
The Nightlight
30 N High St
Details
The Nightlight is proud to partner with Tuesday Musical to screen Los Hermanos/The Brothers on Monday February 28th; the night before their Tuesday Musical performance at EJ Thomas. Joining us in-person for a special Q&A and reception following the 7 p.m. film (SOLD OUT) will be the brothers themselves, Aldo López-Gavilán and Ilmar Gavilán, along with Harlem Quartet members Melissa White, Jaime Amador, and Felix Umansky.
Tickets are still availalbe for an additional show at a reduced price at 3 p.m.; please note this is only the film, and will not include a Q&A session with the musicians due to their availability.
About the film:
Ilmar and Aldo López-Gavilán are virtuoso Afro-Cuban musician brothers, born in Havana in the 70s. At 14, Ilmar outgrew his island teachers and was sent to the U.S.S.R. to study violin. He never lived in Cuba again, ultimately landing as a working chamber violinist in the U.S. Younger brother Aldo grew up mentored by Cuba’s impressive jazz and classical pianists, his extraordinary talent achieving renown on the island, but stymied elsewhere by the 60-year-old U.S. embargo. Though they see each other when family finances and visa restrictions allow, they've never had a chance to collaborate musically — something they've longed for all their lives.
Tracking their parallel lives, poignant reunion, and momentous first performances together on stages across the U.S., Los Hermanos / The Brothers is a nuanced, intensely moving view of nations long estranged, through the lens of music and family.
About the concert:
The acclaimed Harlem Quartet, founded by violinist Ilmar López-Gavilán, is joined by Ilmar’s brother, pianist, and composer Aldo López-Gavilán. This powerful concert reunites the Cuban-born brothers in Afro-Cuban jazz and a piano masterpiece by Robert Schumann.
