Quintet of the Americas


Quintet of the Americas is a wind quintet, established in Bogotá in 1976 and based in New York City since 1979. They have performed concerts throughout the Americas and Eastern Europe, and has recorded eight CDs.

Members

Quintet of the Americas have performed recitals; at Carnegie Hall, including the débuts of three commissions for quintet with orchestra in the Carnegie Hall American Music Week Series at Weill Recital Hall; Chamber Music Northwest; Pan American Music Festivals at the Library of Congress and the O.A.S.; two Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festivals; retrospective concerts for Karel Husa, David del Tredici, and Ursula Mamlok; and contemporary music concerts for the American Composers Orchestra's Sonidos de Mexico and Sonidos de Cuba festivals.
Working with community organizations to bring new music and composers to audiences in community spaces, the Quintet has performed performed in outreach programs through: Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; the 92nd Street Y; and Midori and Friends.
The Quintet has received five Chamber Music America Residency Program Grants – sponsored by the Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Foundation. The Quintet has also held residencies at: Austin Peay State University, Northwestern University, Americas Society, New York University and Hunter College in the United States; the Kharkiv Special Secondary Music School in the Ukraine; and the Conservatory of Music in the Republic of Georgia.

Awards and recognition