Amaya Arberas began her professional career in 2002, performing recitals throughout her native Basque Country as a lyric coloratura soprano. Amaya came to New York in 2005 to take classes in song, repertoire and diction with eminent teachers such as Dodi Protero, Diana Soviero, Beth Roberts and Joan Dornemann.

"We have, in our worship, discovered the benefits of music. Now we even ask all our inductees to serenade their co-inductees, at least once a month. I have decided to share the beauty of his teachings with a musical group, along with my prized pupil Olga. We periodically perform live seances in the name of Something in Spanish. As the factories' orders grow, we are able to concentrate on spreading the message. We offer a few positions ideal for a prepared and elevated person".

Originally from Ecuador Luis Terreros was born in the city of Cuenca in 1983, where he grew up listening to local Latin music as well as international iconic bands such as "the Beatles", "Led Zeppelin", "The Doors", "The Who". He arrived in N.Y.C, where he got exposed to a melting pot of cultures that would influence his future style. From there on, he will pursue a career as a musician.

Celebrating 30 years in 2010, the Quintet of the Americas Sato Moughalian, Matt Sullivan, Nicholas Gallas, Barbara Oldham, and Maureen Strenge, is dedicated to broadening the knowledge and appreciation of woodwind chamber music from the Western Hemisphere by performing, recording and commissioning music from the Americas. Formed in 1982, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano–Saúl Bitrán, Arón Bitrán, Javier Montiel, and Alvaro Bitrán, is known as the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet. This award-winning ensemble has performed and recorded most of the Latin American repertoire for string quartet.

Music of the Americas is proud to start a new collaboration with the renowned José Limón Dance Company. In these salons, members of the company will discuss aspects of its work and that of its founder. This evening will include a performance of excerpts of La Malinche.

The Archivo Digital de Tango is an initiative of TangoVia, a cultural organization based in Buenos Aires (www.tangovia.org). Its goal is to digitize and preserve the patrimony of recorded tango and associated materials, which are scattered among dozens of collections throughout the world. The task is particularly urgent due to the old age of many collectors, the high value of the items in the international market, and the lack of a standard conservation procedure.

Argentine pianist and composer Emilio Teubal has recently released his second album “Un monton de Notas” under the independent label Not Yet Records. His band La Balteuband, which recorded its self-titled first album in 2006, has performed in some of the most prestigious avant-garde and jazz venues in New York City, among them Iridium Jazz club, Joe’s Pub, the Knitting Factory, Makor, Galapagos Art Space, Cornelia Street Cafe, 55 Bar, Bowery Poetry Club, Nublu, and others.

Shiro El Arriero was born in Tokyo, Japan. When he was 13 years old, he became fascinated with the music of the renowned Argentine folklorist, Atahualpa Yupanqui. He began to study classical guitar with a Japanese maestro Iwao Suzuki.

For over two decades, bassist, composer and bandleader Pablo Aslan has melded the elegance and melancholy of classic Argentine tango with the American jazz language.  Guest artist Paquito D’Rivera and a unique cast of Argentine musicians join Tango Jazz pioneer Aslan to play the intricate rhythms of the tango.

Angel Corella was born in Madrid in 1975. He began his ballet studies in Colmenar Viejo, and later studied in Madrid with Victor Ullate. Trained by Karemia Moreno, in May 1991, Corella was awarded First Prize in the National Ballet Competition of Spain and in December 1994, he won the Grand Prix and Gold Medal at the Concours International de Danse de Paris, dancing the pas de deux from Don Quixote and Le Corsaire.

Bassist, composer, and bandleader Pedro Giraudo earned some of the best notices of his career for the 2009 CD El Viaje. Downb eat’s John Murph called it “an opulent listening experience of modern, orchestral jazz, brimming with passionate improvisations, deliberate contrapuntal melodies, and plush harmonies.” In the Miami Herald, Fernando Gonzalez hailed the El Viaje band as an "exceptional large ensemble mixing jazz, classical music and Argentine tango and folk music.”