Malmgren Concert Series: Tenor Isaí Jesse Muñoz and pianist Oksana Glouchko

With a radiant voice, intense theatricality, and a profound understanding of art song and operatic literature, tenor Isaí Jess Muñoz is in demand on the world’s leading stages. Recent highlights include performances with the Israel Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Festival (Lincoln Center), Voices of Ascension (New York), Verbier Festival (Switzerland), Bard Music Festival, New York City Opera, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre on Broadway.

A champion of contemporary and underrepresented works, Mr. Muñoz has recorded the 2009 Grammy-nominated album Song of the Stars with The Voices of Ascension, as well as numerous world premieres. His latest solo album, Visca L’Amor: Catalan Art Songs of the XX and XXI Centuries, is a 2021 BBC Music Magazine 5-Star honoree available on Bridge Records with worldwide distribution by Naxos.

Muñoz’s program with his wife, Oksana Glouchko, an acclaimed solo and collaborative pianist in her own right, will share music of Iberia and Latin America as part of the performers’ ongoing project to lift up this important repertoire. The composers featured on this program — Manuel De Falla, Eduard Toldrà, Frederic Mompou, Carlos Guastavino and others — hold great historical significance in the progression of nationalistic movements within their native lands. Muñoz and Glouchko will show that these composers’ musical contributions rest in their music’s communicative power capable of speaking directly to the human spirit.

For more information or to request accommodations, contact Hendricks Chapel at 315.443.2901 or chapel@syr.edu.

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