Season XIX Concert 4
LOS HERMANOS
THE BROTHERS
A Musical Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday January 19, 2026
at 4 pm
Good Shepherd Center
543 Main St, Roosevelt Island, NY
free admission
suggested Donation $25/15 students and Seniors
Aldo Gavilan, composer and pianist “simply a genius, a star,” Chucho Valdés aldomusica.com
Ilmar Gavilan, violin (Grammy-award winning violinist, Harlem String Quartet) ilmargavilan.com
Max Zeugner, double bass, associate principal, The New York Philharmonic
The musicians will be performing original music from the brother's breathtaking album, “Brothers”, composed by Aldo Lopez- Gavilán and edited for violin and piano by Ilmar Gavilan. “Epilogue”, a program highlight, was premiered in the USA by Joshua Bell in 2016 at the Lincoln Center.
Aldo López-Gavilán's authentic voice has a genre-defying sound rooted in European classical traditions,
Latin jazz, and Afro-Cuban rhythms. Drawing from a range of colors associated with Schumann and
Ravel's work, Aldo's compositions weave a layered tapestry described as magical, optimistic, and at its
core, deeply soulful.
Music will be interspersed with excerpts from the award-winning PBS documentary Los Hermanos, which tells the story of the Gavilan Brothers journey from Cuba to the USA.
https://www.hermanosbrothersfilm.info/trailer
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