Peru Negro

Peru Negro

Priscila Navarro

WORLD PREMIERE

Saturday, April 26, 2025

3:00pm

TEATRO ESPERANZA

General Admission: $20

Students & Seniors (60+) FREE

Pianist, Priscila Navarro leads a guided musical tour of composer Jimmy López’s homage to AfroPeruvian music. Including the premiere of Peru Negro in a two piano, two percussion version featuring six Afro-Peruvian dances in what Lopez calls a “personal desire to assimilate Peruvian folk music” to the point of blending it seamlessly with his own language.

Featured Artists

Priscila Navarro, piano

Yiyang Chen, piano

Arx Duo, percussion (Sijia Huang, Garret Arney)

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Part of VOCES Series

Lead support is provided by the William Penn Foundation.