Pan American Cultural Exchange (PACE) is pleased to present an exquisite performance of poetry and music coming to us from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
THE CROSSING
An Afternoon with Musicians and Poets
This is to be an encounter of everyone’s sensitivities with musicians, pianist Ana Victoria Chaves, violinist Federico Moujan and the writer Santiago Kovadloff at the helm. In this instance, music and poetry come together to give life to the feelings of time, love, loneliness and dreams. The speakable and the unspeakable are combined in melodies that cross centuries undefeated and in words that forever have portrayed the thrill of living.
The musicians and the poet trace an itinerary, a little over an hour long, that invites us to travel and inhabit aesthetic atmospheres that are as varied as they are equally intense: Classicism and Baroque; Romanticism and Impressionism; Expressionism and Modernism. Histories are born, reborn and threaded with each other in the inspired hands of Ana Victoria Chaves and Federico Moujan, while the voice of Santiago Kovadloff unveils a palette that goes back in time to Latin poetry reaching some of the most popular and eloquent authors of today.
In short: This is an open invitation to those who want to share a rewarding and memorable artistic offering.
Repertoire
Poems by: Lucrecio; Cayo Valerio Catulo; J.L Borges; Julio Cortazar; Pablo Neruda; Jaime Sabines; Idea Vilariño; Vinicius de Moraes; Carlos Drummond de Andrade; Cesar Vallejo; Daniel Salzano, César Tiempo, Antonio Requeni, Santiago Kovadloff.
Music by:J.S. Bach; Ch. Gounod; D. Scarlatti; W.A. Mozart; A. Ginastera; F. Schubert; R. Schumann; F. Chopin; J. Brahms; C. Debussy; E. Satie; Piazzolla, Biber, A. Dvorak,
F. Kreisler, Gluck
CURRÍCULUM VITAE
SANTIAGO KOVADLOFF
Santiago Kovadloff (Buenos Aires, 1942) is an essayist, poet, author of children’s stories and translator of Portuguese-language literature.
He graduated in Philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires. He holds two Honoris Causa Doctorates, one from the University of Business and Social Sciences (UCES) and the other from the University of High Studies in Exact Sciences (U.CAECE).
He is an Honorary Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid and a member of the Academic and Scientific Committee of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.
In 1992 he obtained, as an essayist, the First National Prize for Literature in Argentina.
In 2000, he received the First Municipal Poetry Prize of the City of Buenos Aires.
In 2005, the Government of Portugal awarded him the Order of the ” Rei Dom Henrique o Navegante”, with the rank of Commander, in recognition for his work as a broadcaster and promoter of Portuguese literature.
In 2010, the Argentine Academy of Journalism awarded him its “Pluma de Honor” (Pen of Honor) for the work he carries out in the written press. On two occasions he obtained, as an essayist, the Platinum Konex Prize. He participated as a visiting professor at the “Julio Cortázar” Latin American Chair in the City of Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2013.
In 2019, he was named Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires, by the House of Representatives of the Legislature.
In 2020 he won the International Essay Prize “Pedro Henriquez Ureña” awarded by the Mexican Academy of Letters.
On July 20, 2021 the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, ANLE) unanimously named Mr. Kovadloff corresponding member of their organization.
He is a member of the Argentine Academy of Letters, of the Royal Spanish Academy and of the National Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
He serves as a lecturer and as a private professor of Philosophy and Literature.
He is a permanent contributor to the Buenos Aires newspaper La Nación.
The very extensive essay work of Santiago Kovadloff includes the following titles: El silencio primordial (The Primeval Silence), Lo irremediable (The Irremediable), Sentido y riesgo de la vida cotidiana (Meaning and Risk of Daily Life), La nueva ignorancia (The New Ignorance), El enigma del sufrimiento (The Enigma of Suffering) and La extinción de la diáspora judía (The Extinction of the Jewish Diaspora). Hombre reunido (Gathered Man) presents us with his poetry to date.
SANTIAGO KOVADLOFF
TOPICS FOR CONFERENCES
1. Political philosophy:
• (a) Argentina: Dilemmas and challenges of the republican crisis
• (b) Latin American populism
2. Philosophy:
• (a) Streams of thought of Martin Heidegger
• (b) The idea of Europe in the work of George Steiner
3. Philosophy of religion:
• (a) Meditation on the book of Genesis
• (b) The Judaism of Martin Buber
• (c) Towards a post-diasporic Judaism
4. Literature:
• (a) The work of Jorge Luis Borges
• (b) The poetic work of Fernando Pessoa
• (c) What does it mean to think poetically?
CURRICULUM VITAE
ANA VICTORIA CHAVES
Ana Chaves was born in La Plata, Argentina. She was trained mainly in Buenos Aires with Mistress Elisabeth Westerkamp.
She is a graduate of the Gilardo Gilardi State Conservatory, and was a fellow of the Antorchas Foundation.
Her teachers include Aldo Antognazzi, Alan Weiss (USA / Brussels), Jordi Mora (Barcelona) and Lyl Tiempo (Brussels). Ms. Chaves was granted a two year consecutive scholarship to work with Mistress Tiempo’s method of teaching piano to young children, an activity that she continues with much enjoyment.
She has participated in numerous recitals throughout Argentina and abroad, performing as a soloist and with different chamber ensembles and orchestras in Europe, mainly in Paris, Essen, London, Barcelona and Bologna.
In the United States, she was invited by Pan American Cultural Exchange to perform and teach in music schools and universities in Houston, Lubbock, Austin and San Francisco.
CURRICULUM VITAE
FEDERICO MOUJAN
Federico Moujan was born in Rawson, Chubut. His studies were carried out with Mistress Elisabeth Westerkamp in Buenos Aires.
As first violin, Federico Moujan has performed with the chamber music quartet UNNOBA (Universidad del Noroeste de Buenos Aires) and with the Dúo Kinor.
He has performed as a soloist on various occasions with leading orchestras throughout Argentina.
Mr. Moujan has integrated the Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires, the Chamber Orchestra of the Municipality of La Plata, the Permanent Orchestra of the Teatro Argentino of La Plata, where he currently performs as a soloist of first violins.
MASTERCLASSES
A REPERTOIRE OF ARGENTINE MUSIC
• Audition of violin and piano students, as well as chamber ensembles interpreting Argentine works
• An approach to Argentine music and some of its most representative currents in folklore and tango
• Lecture and demonstration of these rhythms and technical resources applied to the violin and piano
“CULTURES IN CONVERGENCE”
LA TRAVESÍA (THE CROSSING)
PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
1. PABLO NERUDA, “Barcarola” • Music: J. S. BACH, Prelude No. 1 in C Major, piano CHARLES GOUNOD, “Ave María”, violin and piano
2. SANTIAGO KOVADLOFF, “Mis pies (My Feet)” • Music: CHOPIN, Prelude No. 4 in E minor, piano
3. JAIME SABINES, “He aquí que tú estás sola (Behold, you are alone)”
4. ROBERT SCHUMANN, “Chopin”, from Carnival op. 9, piano
5. CÉSAR VALLEJO, “Considerando (Considering)” • Music: R. SCHUMANN, from “Escenas Infantiles (Children’s Scenes)”, No. 10 “Casi demasiado serio (Almost too serious)”, piano
6. WOLFGANG A. MOZART, “Carta a mi padre (Letter to my Father)” • Music: W.A. MOZART, Andante from the Piano Sonata in C major K. 545
7. CAYO VALERIO CATULO, “Vivamos Lesbia mía (Let’s live my Lesbia)” • Music: CHRISTOPH von GLUCK / FRITZ KREISLER, “Melodia (Melody)”, by Orpheus and Eurydice, violin and piano
8. JOHANNES BRAHMS, Waltz Op. 39 N ° 15 in A flat, for piano
9. JORGE LUIS BORGES, “A Johannes Brahms (To Johannes Brahms)” • Music: J. BRAHMS Waltz for piano Op. 39 N ° 9 in D minor
10. LUCRECIO, “La herida oculta (The Hidden Wound” • Music: HEINRICH van BIBER, Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin
11. DOMENICO SCARLATTI, Sonata K 54 in A minor, piano
12. SANTIAGO KOVADLOFF, “Segundo piso a la calle (Second Floor to the Street)” • Music: ÉRIC SATIE, “Gymnopédie” N ° 1, piano
13. IDEA VILARIÑO, “Ya no (No Longer)”
14. CARLOS DRUMMOND from ANDRADE, “No te mates (Don’t Kill Yourself)” • Music: CLAUDE DEBUSSY, “The Little Shepherd”, piano
15. CÉSAR TIEMPO, “Sábado pleno (Full Saturday)” • Music: ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, “Ave María / Tanti anni primi”, violin and piano
16. JULIO CORTÁZAR, from Rayuela (Hopscotch), “Tu boca (Your Mouth)” • Music: FRANZ SCHUBERT, “Impromptu” op. 92 N ° 3, piano
17. DANIEL SALZANO, “Salzanitos”
18. SANTIAGO KOVADLOFF, “The Field” • Music: ALBERTO GINASTERA, “Danza de la moza donosa (Dance of the Graceful Lass)”, piano
19. VINICIUS DE MORAES, “Los ojos de la amada (The Eyes of the Beloved)” • Music: “Mañana de Carnaval (Morning in Carnaval)”, by Orfeo Negro, arrangement for violin and piano
20. JORGE LUIS BORGES “El Mar (The Sea)”, COSTANTINO CAVAFIS, “Ítaca” • Music: C. DEBUSSY, “Claire de Lune”, piano
This program is subject to change in accordance to the presenters’ requirements. “Cultures in Convergence”
La Travesía (The Crossing)
Performance and Educational Schedule
Ver en YouTube
Federico Moujan (violin), Ana Victoria Chaves (piano) and Santiago Kovadloff (poet)
at The Synagogue on Libertad Street, Buenos Aires.
La Travesía (The Crossing)
Excerpt of the Live Stream at Teatro Coliseo Podestá
La Plata, Argentina
July 14, 2021
Antonio Requeni, “El vaso de agua”
- Dvorak / F. Kreisler “Songs my mother taught me” for piano and violín
https://youtu.be/9-C046pJI8s
Save the date for the next concerts:
Teatro de Cámara in City Bell, October 14, 2021
Salón Dorado at Teatro Colón en Buenos Aires, November 5 and 7, 2021
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Last Updated: October 25, 2021 by admin
Cultures in Convergence La Travesía (The Crossing)
Pan American Cultural Exchange (PACE) is pleased to present an exquisite performance of poetry and music coming to us from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
THE CROSSING
An Afternoon with Musicians and Poets
This is to be an encounter of everyone’s sensitivities with musicians, pianist Ana Victoria Chaves, violinist Federico Moujan and the writer Santiago Kovadloff at the helm. In this instance, music and poetry come together to give life to the feelings of time, love, loneliness and dreams. The speakable and the unspeakable are combined in melodies that cross centuries undefeated and in words that forever have portrayed the thrill of living.
The musicians and the poet trace an itinerary, a little over an hour long, that invites us to travel and inhabit aesthetic atmospheres that are as varied as they are equally intense: Classicism and Baroque; Romanticism and Impressionism; Expressionism and Modernism. Histories are born, reborn and threaded with each other in the inspired hands of Ana Victoria Chaves and Federico Moujan, while the voice of Santiago Kovadloff unveils a palette that goes back in time to Latin poetry reaching some of the most popular and eloquent authors of today.
In short: This is an open invitation to those who want to share a rewarding and memorable artistic offering.
Repertoire
Poems by: Lucrecio; Cayo Valerio Catulo; J.L Borges; Julio Cortazar; Pablo Neruda; Jaime Sabines; Idea Vilariño; Vinicius de Moraes; Carlos Drummond de Andrade; Cesar Vallejo; Daniel Salzano, César Tiempo, Antonio Requeni, Santiago Kovadloff.
Music by:J.S. Bach; Ch. Gounod; D. Scarlatti; W.A. Mozart; A. Ginastera; F. Schubert; R. Schumann; F. Chopin; J. Brahms; C. Debussy; E. Satie; Piazzolla, Biber, A. Dvorak,
F. Kreisler, Gluck
CURRÍCULUM VITAE
SANTIAGO KOVADLOFF
Santiago Kovadloff (Buenos Aires, 1942) is an essayist, poet, author of children’s stories and translator of Portuguese-language literature.
He graduated in Philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires. He holds two Honoris Causa Doctorates, one from the University of Business and Social Sciences (UCES) and the other from the University of High Studies in Exact Sciences (U.CAECE).
He is an Honorary Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid and a member of the Academic and Scientific Committee of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.
In 1992 he obtained, as an essayist, the First National Prize for Literature in Argentina.
In 2000, he received the First Municipal Poetry Prize of the City of Buenos Aires.
In 2005, the Government of Portugal awarded him the Order of the ” Rei Dom Henrique o Navegante”, with the rank of Commander, in recognition for his work as a broadcaster and promoter of Portuguese literature.
In 2010, the Argentine Academy of Journalism awarded him its “Pluma de Honor” (Pen of Honor) for the work he carries out in the written press. On two occasions he obtained, as an essayist, the Platinum Konex Prize. He participated as a visiting professor at the “Julio Cortázar” Latin American Chair in the City of Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2013.
In 2019, he was named Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires, by the House of Representatives of the Legislature.
In 2020 he won the International Essay Prize “Pedro Henriquez Ureña” awarded by the Mexican Academy of Letters.
On July 20, 2021 the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española, ANLE) unanimously named Mr. Kovadloff corresponding member of their organization.
He is a member of the Argentine Academy of Letters, of the Royal Spanish Academy and of the National Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
He serves as a lecturer and as a private professor of Philosophy and Literature.
He is a permanent contributor to the Buenos Aires newspaper La Nación.
The very extensive essay work of Santiago Kovadloff includes the following titles: El silencio primordial (The Primeval Silence), Lo irremediable (The Irremediable), Sentido y riesgo de la vida cotidiana (Meaning and Risk of Daily Life), La nueva ignorancia (The New Ignorance), El enigma del sufrimiento (The Enigma of Suffering) and La extinción de la diáspora judía (The Extinction of the Jewish Diaspora). Hombre reunido (Gathered Man) presents us with his poetry to date.
SANTIAGO KOVADLOFF
TOPICS FOR CONFERENCES
1. Political philosophy:
• (a) Argentina: Dilemmas and challenges of the republican crisis
• (b) Latin American populism
2. Philosophy:
• (a) Streams of thought of Martin Heidegger
• (b) The idea of Europe in the work of George Steiner
3. Philosophy of religion:
• (a) Meditation on the book of Genesis
• (b) The Judaism of Martin Buber
• (c) Towards a post-diasporic Judaism
4. Literature:
• (a) The work of Jorge Luis Borges
• (b) The poetic work of Fernando Pessoa
• (c) What does it mean to think poetically?
CURRICULUM VITAE
ANA VICTORIA CHAVES
Ana Chaves was born in La Plata, Argentina. She was trained mainly in Buenos Aires with Mistress Elisabeth Westerkamp.
She is a graduate of the Gilardo Gilardi State Conservatory, and was a fellow of the Antorchas Foundation.
Her teachers include Aldo Antognazzi, Alan Weiss (USA / Brussels), Jordi Mora (Barcelona) and Lyl Tiempo (Brussels). Ms. Chaves was granted a two year consecutive scholarship to work with Mistress Tiempo’s method of teaching piano to young children, an activity that she continues with much enjoyment.
She has participated in numerous recitals throughout Argentina and abroad, performing as a soloist and with different chamber ensembles and orchestras in Europe, mainly in Paris, Essen, London, Barcelona and Bologna.
In the United States, she was invited by Pan American Cultural Exchange to perform and teach in music schools and universities in Houston, Lubbock, Austin and San Francisco.
CURRICULUM VITAE
FEDERICO MOUJAN
Federico Moujan was born in Rawson, Chubut. His studies were carried out with Mistress Elisabeth Westerkamp in Buenos Aires.
As first violin, Federico Moujan has performed with the chamber music quartet UNNOBA (Universidad del Noroeste de Buenos Aires) and with the Dúo Kinor.
He has performed as a soloist on various occasions with leading orchestras throughout Argentina.
Mr. Moujan has integrated the Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires, the Chamber Orchestra of the Municipality of La Plata, the Permanent Orchestra of the Teatro Argentino of La Plata, where he currently performs as a soloist of first violins.
MASTERCLASSES
A REPERTOIRE OF ARGENTINE MUSIC
• Audition of violin and piano students, as well as chamber ensembles interpreting Argentine works
• An approach to Argentine music and some of its most representative currents in folklore and tango
• Lecture and demonstration of these rhythms and technical resources applied to the violin and piano
“CULTURES IN CONVERGENCE”
LA TRAVESÍA (THE CROSSING)
PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
1. PABLO NERUDA, “Barcarola” • Music: J. S. BACH, Prelude No. 1 in C Major, piano CHARLES GOUNOD, “Ave María”, violin and piano
2. SANTIAGO KOVADLOFF, “Mis pies (My Feet)” • Music: CHOPIN, Prelude No. 4 in E minor, piano
3. JAIME SABINES, “He aquí que tú estás sola (Behold, you are alone)”
4. ROBERT SCHUMANN, “Chopin”, from Carnival op. 9, piano
5. CÉSAR VALLEJO, “Considerando (Considering)” • Music: R. SCHUMANN, from “Escenas Infantiles (Children’s Scenes)”, No. 10 “Casi demasiado serio (Almost too serious)”, piano
6. WOLFGANG A. MOZART, “Carta a mi padre (Letter to my Father)” • Music: W.A. MOZART, Andante from the Piano Sonata in C major K. 545
7. CAYO VALERIO CATULO, “Vivamos Lesbia mía (Let’s live my Lesbia)” • Music: CHRISTOPH von GLUCK / FRITZ KREISLER, “Melodia (Melody)”, by Orpheus and Eurydice, violin and piano
8. JOHANNES BRAHMS, Waltz Op. 39 N ° 15 in A flat, for piano
9. JORGE LUIS BORGES, “A Johannes Brahms (To Johannes Brahms)” • Music: J. BRAHMS Waltz for piano Op. 39 N ° 9 in D minor
10. LUCRECIO, “La herida oculta (The Hidden Wound” • Music: HEINRICH van BIBER, Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin
11. DOMENICO SCARLATTI, Sonata K 54 in A minor, piano
12. SANTIAGO KOVADLOFF, “Segundo piso a la calle (Second Floor to the Street)” • Music: ÉRIC SATIE, “Gymnopédie” N ° 1, piano
13. IDEA VILARIÑO, “Ya no (No Longer)”
14. CARLOS DRUMMOND from ANDRADE, “No te mates (Don’t Kill Yourself)” • Music: CLAUDE DEBUSSY, “The Little Shepherd”, piano
15. CÉSAR TIEMPO, “Sábado pleno (Full Saturday)” • Music: ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, “Ave María / Tanti anni primi”, violin and piano
16. JULIO CORTÁZAR, from Rayuela (Hopscotch), “Tu boca (Your Mouth)” • Music: FRANZ SCHUBERT, “Impromptu” op. 92 N ° 3, piano
17. DANIEL SALZANO, “Salzanitos”
18. SANTIAGO KOVADLOFF, “The Field” • Music: ALBERTO GINASTERA, “Danza de la moza donosa (Dance of the Graceful Lass)”, piano
19. VINICIUS DE MORAES, “Los ojos de la amada (The Eyes of the Beloved)” • Music: “Mañana de Carnaval (Morning in Carnaval)”, by Orfeo Negro, arrangement for violin and piano
20. JORGE LUIS BORGES “El Mar (The Sea)”, COSTANTINO CAVAFIS, “Ítaca” • Music: C. DEBUSSY, “Claire de Lune”, piano
This program is subject to change in accordance to the presenters’ requirements. “Cultures in Convergence”
La Travesía (The Crossing)
Performance and Educational Schedule
Chaves and Federico Moujan
Moujan
La Travesía
Live Stream at La Sinagoga on Calle Libertad
Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 29, 2021
Ver en YouTube
Federico Moujan (violin), Ana Victoria Chaves (piano) and Santiago Kovadloff (poet)
at The Synagogue on Libertad Street, Buenos Aires.
La Travesía (The Crossing)
Excerpt of the Live Stream at Teatro Coliseo Podestá
La Plata, Argentina
July 14, 2021
Antonio Requeni, “El vaso de agua”
https://youtu.be/9-C046pJI8s
Save the date for the next concerts:
Teatro de Cámara in City Bell, October 14, 2021
Salón Dorado at Teatro Colón en Buenos Aires, November 5 and 7, 2021
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