Acclaimed Brazilian Pianist to Perform
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Las
Vegas’ premiere contemporary ensemble The Desert Winds to perform with guest
artist
LAS
VEGAS, Mar. 31, 2014 --
The Desert Winds, Las Vegas’ premiere contemporary wind ensemble, will feature
famed Brazilian pianist, Tânia
Cançado. Cançado
will perform her signature piece, George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” with
guest conductor, Steven Trinkle, on May 17, 2014, at Community Lutheran Church
at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online in advance for $15 at www.thedesertwinds.org or at the door the night of the
concert.
Tânia
Mara Lopes Cançado is an
internationally-acclaimed pianist and is
currently dean of the School of Music at the Federal University of Minas Gerais
in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She studied with eminent pianists Eduardo Hazan
(Brazil), Jacques Klein (Brazil), Sergio Magnani (Italy), and Hans Graff
(Austria). She has also toured with many symphony orchestras throughout Brazil,
Cuba, and the United States.
This concert, “ELEMENTS: Air”, marks the end of The Desert Winds’ season 2013-2014. The Desert Winds is a local wind ensemble led by artistic director, Charles A Maguire. The group is comprised of over 50 professional and semi-professional musicians, who primarily showcase music of contemporary composers. Now in their fifth season, The Desert Winds was voted “Best Performing Arts Group” in the LVRJ’s “Best of Las Vegas” for 2014.