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Orlando Jacinto Garcia Creates “prohibido”

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Orlando Jacinto Garcia Creates “prohibido”

 

 

Introduction to Orlando Jacinto Garcia.   1:49 min.  Interview:  Raymond Elman.  Post-Production:  Lee Skye. Music: Orlando Jacinto Garcia.  Recorded via Zoom:  12/23/2024, Miami Beach.

 

Editor’s Note:  We previously published a video conversation with Orlando Garcia in May, 2019.  You can watch Mr. Garcia discuss his life and career here:  https://artspeak.fiu.edu/video-categories/orlando-jacinto-garcia/

 

On Sunday, January 26, 2025 (2 pm) at the New World Center in Miami Beach, the Fellows of the New World Symphony will perform the world premiere of Cuban-American composer Orlando Jacinto García’s “prohibido” for string orchestra. The 20-minute score will be presented as part of the New World Symphony’s “Resonance and Remembrance” series commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the Holocaust.

The performance, presented in collaboration with Miami City Ballet, will incorporate commissioned movement by Peruvian-American choreographer Ariel Rose, a soloist with the company. Corps de ballet members Lucy Nevin and Alexander Kaden will dance alongside the orchestra.

“prohibido” will also include video projections designed by Michael Matamoros, with images from the book “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” a compilation of children’s poems and drawings from the Terezin concentration camp. Courtney Amaro will design the lighting. The program also includes works by Chen Yi, Paul Dessene, and Brahms; tickets are available at nws.edu.

The videos below were recorded via Zoom, are organized by Success Factor, and run between 30 seconds and 7 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:   6:54 min.

Tells us about the inspiration, motivation, and evolution of “prohibido.”

 

OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED:    1:51 min.

“prohibido” opens at the New World Center in less than a month. Have you had a chance to see how all the elements come together on stage in the venue?

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:   1:03 min.

If possible, I would like to attend a rehearsal and see how you shape the performance.

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:   2:57 min.

How has your growing awareness of the Holocaust impacted your creative expression?

 

COLLABORATION:   1:40 min.

Tell us about working with the New World Symphony visual team to create images to project onto the Frank Gehry-designed sails.

 

CRITICAL THINKING:   1:38 min.

What other pieces will be performed at the New World Symphony on 1/26/25?

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:    5:32 min.

In May 2023, you and I co-interviewed Stéphane Denève, who had recently become the Artistic Director of the New World Symphony. Did that open a door for you with Stéphane?

 

COLLABORATION:   4:00 min.

You are wearing a unique sports coat. Is there a backstory?

 

UNDERSTANDS ARTISTS’ NEEDS:   2:45 min.

What are some of the guidelines that you gave to choreographer Ariel Rose?

 

COLLABORATION:    6:58 min.

Have you collaborated with other choreographers in Miami?