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The Story of Gaspar Yanga: Gabriela Ortiz, Tambuco, & Gustavo Dudamel at Disney Hall on Sunday October 27

17 Thursday Oct 2019

Posted by Jeff von der Schmidt in Coyoacan, Gabriela Ortiz, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Mexico, Tambuco Percussion Ensemble, Uncategorized, William Kraft

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007 Spectre, Alejandro Escuer, Ayana Haviv, Conquest by Hugh Thomas, Coyoacan, Eclipse Quartet, Gabriela Ortiz, Gaspar Yanga, Gustavo Dudamel, Hanoi New Music Ensemble, Jonathan Gold, Jordi Savall, Leopoldo Novoa, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ludwig van Beethoven, Mexico City, Sergio Vela, Tambuco Percussion Ensemble, Verzcruz, Yanga City

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Jan Karlin & Gabriela Ortiz discussing Gaspar Yanga in Coyoacán April 2015.

There is only one good way to respond to a great idea coming your way.

Just say “Yes.” And this next step is essential, say that “yes” with immediate enthusiasm. The devilish details will come, one way or the other, as the project develops, but avoid resolving all those difficulties. Focus on saying “yes.”

The challenge? You need to have the experience to be able to distinguish between just a good idea and a truly great idea. Or in the more colorful words of Frank Zappa, “Most people wouldn’t know a great idea if it walked up and bit ‘em on the ass.”

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The Blue & Red Houses of Frida Kahlo & Leon Trotsky

17 Thursday Sep 2015

Posted by Jeff von der Schmidt in Carlos Chavez, Carlos Fuentes, Contemporary Music, Coyoacan, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Gabriela Ortiz, Hanoi, Leon Trotsky, Vu Nhat Tan

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Carlos Chavez, Carlos Fuentes, Coyoacan, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Gabriela Ortiz, Hanoi, LA International New Music Festival, Leon Trotsky, Mexico, Southwest Chamber Music, Vietnam

La Casa Azul in Coyoacan of Kahlo and Rivera.

La Casa Azul in Coyoacan of Kahlo and Rivera.

I’m very much in two worlds simultaneously right now. I’ve recently returned from an amazing week in Coyoacan with Gabriela Ortiz, following up with her and other friends in Mexico City on the success of our Los Angeles International New Music Festival this past July and planning next steps for the future. At the same time I’m also wrapping my head around my new post as artistic advisor to the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and planning the first concerts of the Hanoi New Music Ensemble (probably its working title for now).

Glad to be based in Los Angeles, where the question for dinner can easily boil down to pho noodle soup? Or tacos?

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Sound Ideas and Food Dreams from Mexico City

06 Wednesday May 2015

Posted by Jeff von der Schmidt in Food, Gabriela Ortiz, LA International New Music Festival, Mexico, Southwest Chamber Music, Tambuco Percussion Ensemble

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Alex Ross, Barack Obama, Carlos Chavez, Condesa, Coyoacan, El Parnita, Los Angeles International New Music Festival, Mercado Medellin, Mercado Roma, Mexico City, Panaderia by Rosetta, REDCAT at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Rick Bayless, Roma, Tacos Hola!, Tambuco Percussion Ensemble, UNAM

Chicharron in the Mercado Medillin in Mexico City.

Chicharron in the Mercado Medellin in Mexico City.

If you are what you eat then Mexico is probably already in your system. At least UNESCO agrees, inscribing Mexican cuisine in 2010 as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It’s a long overdue recognition, but at least from here on there is no argument about the prestige of one of the great cuisines on Planet Earth.

A little comparison is in order. Were Mexico superimposed against the map of Europe, it would span from Greece to the United Kingdom, absorbing the Balkans, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, a good part of Northern Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, eventually reaching a good bottle of Scotch in the UK.

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