Quintet of the Americas Presents Concerts for Latin American Cultural Week NYC – November 17 to 23

Quintet of the Americas woodwinds will present several concerts in Manhattan and Queens as part of the 20th Annual Latin American Cultural Week (LACW) Monday November 17 through Sunday November 23.

November 17 @ 11 AM – Quintet of the Americas in concert with guest artists LACW Director and pianist Polly Ferman and Bandoneon master Daniel Binelli at Sunnyside Community Services Center for Active Older Adults 43-31 39th Street Sunnyside Queens. The event will feature tangos including a new commission for the Quintet by Binelli.

November 18 @ 1:00 PM at Langston Hughes Library 100-01 Northern Blvd. in Corona -

Quintet of the Americas with guests pianist Polly Ferman and bandoneonist Daniel Binelli performing feature tangos including a new commission for the Quintet by Binelli.

November 19 @ 10:30 AM at Senior Center CCNS Best Life OAS 118-35 Farmers Blvd. in St. Albans Queens again in concert with Polly Ferman and Daniel Binelli featuring feature tangos including the new commission by Binelli.

November 19 @ 3 PM at Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main Street Flushing again in concert with Polly Ferman and Daniel Binelli performing tangos including the new Binelli piece.

November 20 @ 7:00 PM – Quintet of the Americas at National Opera Center’s Marc A. Scorca Hall 330 7th Ave 7th floor Manhattan performing tangos with Ferman and Binelli with the new commission for the Quintet by Binelli featured.

Quintet of the Americas/ Ferman/ Binelli programs will also be presented November 21 @ 12:30 PM at JASA Rockaway Park Older Adult Center 106-20 Shore Front Parkway Suite 300 in Rockaway Park Queens that same day @ 7:00 PM at Loisaida Inc. 710 E 9th St in Manhattan.

Finally on November 23 @ 3:00 PM at Maple Grove Cemetery 127-15 Kew Gardens Road in Queens with a reception to follow again featuring tangos with the commission by Binelli.

All Quintet of the Americas concerts are free and open to the public. More Quintet and event info at https://pamar.org/portfolio-items/lacw-2025#.

Founded in Bogota Colombia in 1976 Quintet of the Americas has specialized in bringing music from the Western hemisphere to audiences in the United States since its arrival in New York in 1979. The group has enjoyed an international career that has taken them to concert halls throughout the Americas and Eastern Europe including Carnegie Hall Lincoln Center Symphony Space and the Library of Congress. Visit their website at http://www.quintet.org and become their friend at http://www.facebook.com/groups/325982319921/. Quintet photos are available at http://quintet.org/press.html.

Quintet programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. These programs are supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding comes from the Music Performance Trust Fund of the A.F. of M. the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation and generous individuals. Special thanks to the Hon. Donovan Richards Borough President of Queens and the Queens Delegation to the New York City Council. 

For Quintet of the Americas press inquiries contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or [email protected].

For more LACW 2025 information visit https://pamar.org/portfolio-items/lacw#. For questions please contact PAMAR at [email protected].

LACW 2025 is sponsored in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Further support comes from Modero Art Foundation. Knowledge Art Studios LMCC Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone De Norte a Sur Flamart – Diversity in Action and St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery.

Pan American Musical Art Research's (PAMAR’s) mission is to promote preserve create awareness and appreciation of Latin American arts and culture and their roots in Spanish African and other cultures in New York City and beyond. PAMAR serves performing visual film and literary artists eager to expand awareness of and appreciation for their work to audiences familiar with these art forms while also developing a public often unfamiliar with them by collaborating with traditional as well as non-traditional often community-based organizations and venues. This has in years past featured presentations in Manhattan Brooklyn Queens and The Bronx.  Visit them at http://www.pamar.org. 

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