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Museum of Art and Design, presented by Gather NYC

Gather NYC hosts Toomai, joined by soprano Maria Brea, in this family-friendly concert of music from Cuba, Brazil, and Mexico. The program features Cuban composer Keyla Orozco’s The Song of the Cicada (2024) for narrator and quintet, inspired by Onelio Jorge Cardoso’s vivid children’s story of the same title. Also on the program are Toomai’s original arrangements of works by Hermeto Pascoal, Israel “Cachao” Lopez, Léa Freire, and Manuel Ponce.

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Five Boroughs Music Festival at Bronx River Arts Center

https://5bmf.org/toomai-string-quintet/

This concert features music from Toomai's recent Brazilian album, Passos Brasileiros, with original arrangements of popular songs by Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, and Dona Ivone Lara (the “First Lady of Samba”); jazz-influenced works by Hermeto Pascoal and Léa Freire; and classical selections by Chiquinha Gonzaga, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Paulinho Nogueira.

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Tribute to Leo Brouwer at Carnegie Hall

Toomai makes a special appearance in a tribute to renowned Cuban guitarist and composer Leo Brouwer. With a catalog of more than 700 works that cover almost all genres and musical forms, Maestro Brouwer, now in his 80s, will be awarded the Ignacio Cervantes Medal, the Cuban Cultural Center of New York’s highest recognition for lifetime excellence in classical music. Presented by the Cuban Cultural Center of New York. Concert will take place in Weill Recital Hall  https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2025/05/20/Tribute-to-Leo-Brouwer-0700PM

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Cuban Cultural Center of NY Presents: Toomai String Quintet at Instituto Cervantes

Toomai will perform original arrangements of works by by some of the most celebrated Cuban composers of the past and present.  This concert features works by Tania León, Leo Brouwer, Gisela Hernández, and Ernesto Lecuona; as well as Yosvany Terry’s recent work Soñando despierto (2024).