Winter Here and Now Festival: Armando Bayolo’s “Memorias Vagabundas” / Vicky Chow, Geoffrey Burleson, Mikael Darmanie, Blair McMillen, Erika Dohi

Here and Now Winter Festival

On January 6, Barge Music presents the LIVE world premiere of Armando Bayolo’s Memorias
vagabundas. Memorias vagabundas is a collaboration led by Bang on a Can All-Star Vicky
Chow, composer Armando Bayolo, and ten other pianists exploring Bayolo’s biography, evoking
ancestral Spain, parental Cuba, native Puerto Rico and his life in the United States. Premiered on
video in November, 2022 by Bang on a Can, this is the first time the entire cycle will be performed live in concert.

Featuring performances by:

Vicky Chow
Geoffrey Burleson
Mikael Darmanie
Erika Dohi
Blair McMillen

performing the world premiere of

Memorias Vagabundas

From Vicky Chow:

“This special project came about during the pandemic, when artists were struggling to connect and be “together” in the way we know how: by making music. Armando and I asked our friends and colleagues to be a part of this commissioning project. Everyone that is involved is connected to one another; it feels deeply personal for us as performers, that we banded together to move forward from a very strange place of isolation and anxiety for the future.

Thank you Armando, for this piece, and for giving us something beautiful on which we could collaborate –
and be together. To all these wonderful musicians, my friends, “Salut!”

From Armando Bayolo:

“This is my most personal and meaningful piece to date. I am incredibly lucky and privileged to work with
these incredible musicians to bring Memorias vagabundas to life. We are all thrilled to have come together
during a difficult time to make music together and to honor ancestors who paved the way on our journey in this world.”

Tickets: $35

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