Jorge Amado
Upcoming events
"Puentes Caribeños" Composition Symposium at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music.
Puerto Rican premiere of Tríptico Cubano
Violins: Danira Rodríguez & Nayomi Lozano
Viola: Miguel Ángel González
Cello: Diego F. Marrero
​Thursday, October 15, 2026, 7:30pm
Nomar Negroni’s band
World Premiere of "Querubín"
Nomar Negroni’s band
​Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 6:00pm
Knight Center for Music Innovation
5513 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33146
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World premiere of new piece for violin and cello
Cello: Caio Diniz
Violin: Matt Lammers
​Saturday, November 5th, 2026, 8:30pm
Mycelium New Music joins composer-vocalist Kate Soper for a new version of Epithets and her duo So Dawn Chromatically Descends.
The program also features winners of our 2026 Call for Spores (150+ submissions). As part of this year's Rhizome Project, which gives second performances to works by emerging composers, Jorge Amado, Celka Ojakangas, and Alex Taylor will come to Chicago for a workshop, recording, and performance.
mycelium new music ensemble
Conductor: Justin Weiss
Past events (2026)
When the West Side Burned
A WTTW Chicago Stories Documentary, Community Conversation, and Concert
Orbert Davis, conductor, composer and trumpet
Jorge Amado, viola
Saturday, February 7, 2026 - 4pm - 9pm​​​
Kehrein Center
5628 W Washington Blvd
Chicago, IL 60644 United States + Google Map
Performance of Recuerdos de juventud
Rhapsody in Colors
Performance of Como una canción prohibida en el mar
Keren Lerner, piano
Saturday, February 20th, 2026 - 3:00 pm
Celebrating African Heritage
Performance of En Conga pa' La Habana
UMD Symphony Orchestra
​conducted by Prof. Jean R. Perrault
This event will serve as a celebration of Latinx culture and heritage and highlight the contributions immigrants and Latinx culture has on art, music and society both historically and through newly made compositions and pre-existing works by Latin American composers.
World premiere of Relatos migrantes
Saturday, March 14th, 2026 - 7:30 pm
Shared concert with The Quijote Duo - pieces by Jorge Amado, Ben Zucker, Sixto Franco, Shawn Decker, Xenia St. Charles Iris Llyllith, and Alex Temple
Sunday, March 15th, 2026 - 4 pm
Performance of Fantasía II (for solo clarinet)
Violist with the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic and world premiere of Amado's arrangement of El Albaicín by Isaac Albéniz.
US premiere of La insitencia de mi memoria
Alejandra Contreras, viola
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DePaul's composer forum
Jorge Amado, violin
Amarin Tao Wexler, piano
Performance of Como una canción prohibida en el mar
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Ann Goodman Recital Hall at Kaufman Music Center (map)
New York City, New York
World Premiere of Paseo por La Habana with National Orchestral Institute
Composer Fellow at the National Orchestral Institute 2026
Friday, June 26, 2026 - 7:30 pm
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Dekelboum Concert Hall at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (map)​
College Park, Maryland
Join American Music Festivals for a free concert in the Pilsen neighborhood, presented in collaboration with the City of Chicago’s 25th Ward! The Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra plays a selection of classical and popular Hispanic music, along with the world premiere of Fantasía cubana, for Violin and String Orchestra by Jorge Amado, with violin soloist Desiree Ruhstrat.
Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra
Philip Simmons, conductor
Desireé Ruhstrat, violin
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Sunday, September 13, 2026 - 2:30pm​​