Tom Rohde Plays Villa-Lobos

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Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Time: 6:30-7:00pm
Location: TSAI Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi@fas.harvard.edu

Tom Rohde, guitarist, will play compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Tom's performance will be followed by the screening of Villa-Lobos - Uma Vida de Paixão

Tom performs regularly with Choro Democrático, an acoustic seven-piece ensemble playing choro, a popular Brazilian instrumental style. Other performances include the 92nd Street Y in New York City, the Spoletto Festival in Charleston, SC, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Ryles Jazz Club.

Special Event Cosponsored by the Consulate General of Brazil in Boston, Grupo Mulher Brasileira and the Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of the great Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.