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On Saturday 15th November (3.00pm), Odaline de la Martínez will conduct her work 'Suite from Imoinda' at Guildford United Reformed Church (83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4BS), featuring solosists Donna Bateman as Imoinda and Sandeep Gurrupati as Oko. Full programme: Ethel Smyth Overture and Intermezzo from The Boatswain’s Mate Ethel Smyth ‘Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies’ from Entente cordiale Ethel Smyth Symphonie für kleines Orkester (UK premiere) Ethel Smyth The M

In November, the orchestral version of Four Afro Cuban Poems sees its first recorded release, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the Pixaudio label. The recording also features mezzo soprano soloist Simone Ibbett Brown, and conductor Michael Poll. The album, titled Portraits and Serenades , also includes music by Edward Elgar, Ian Venables, Daniel Thomas Davis and Shruthi Rajasekar.

The Tulane Alumni Association Board of Directors and the Tulane Office of Alumni Relations have announced that Odaline de la Martínez has been chosen to receive the 2026 International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement. Presented by the Tulane Alumni Association, this award recognises and honours alumni who live and/or work in international communities and who exemplify the highest standards of excellence and have distinguished themselves in their fields. It is among th

Scenes from 'Imoinda' will receive its world premiere performance on 1st November, 7.30pm, at the Warehouse in London, conducted by Vincent Godfrey. The role of Imoinda will be played by Donna Bateman; and Oko by Sandeep Gurrupati. Full programme: Britten Simple Symphony Colleridge-Taylor 4 Noveletten for Strings, Op. 52 Odaline de la Martinez Scenes from Imoinda WORLD PREMIERE Florence Price Three Dances (arranged for string orchestra Norman Phillip Hart) Florence Price A

In collaboration with the Iberian and Latin American Music Society (ILAMS), the Instituto Cervantes and Echoes Festival, the 2025 London Song Festival will feature a complete performance of Canciones on the 21st November, as part of the event Songs by Latin American Women Composers in a Festival edition dedicated entirely to female composers. The programme features Spanish soprano Ana Beard Fernández; Brazilian baritone Michel de Souza, percussionist Gillian McDonagh, and p

On 1st August, soprano Lorena Paz Nieto and pianist Helen Glaisher-Hernández performed '¿Qué es poesía?' from Cantos de amor at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, following a previous performance of the piece at the Leeds Opera Festival, as part of a their programme Mujeres ¡Presentes! Mujeres ¡Presentes! is a ground-breaking art-song programme comprising works by twenty Iberian and Latin American women composers from the 19th century to the present day.

On June 6th the Massachusetts International Festival of Arts welcomes the premiere performance of Memorias by the Victory Players. The...

May 17th 2025 saw the German Premiere in Berlin of Studies in Rhythm for solo piano by the pianist Fidan Aghayeva-Edler  as part of 'A...

Three Afro Cuban Poems for choir was premiered in September 2024 at the Royal Welsh College of Music, commissioned by the professional...

On December 1st Samantha Ege will premiere Odaline de la Martínez' Studies in Rhythm for solo piano at the Barbican.

The Mornington Trust and Lontano proudly present the 9th London Festival of American Music, to be held from 11th–15th November at The...

On October 31st, the University of Surrey at Guildford presents a concert celebrating Odaline de la Martínez' 75th birthday. A graduate...

On October 13th Opera America will offer a performance in New York of Arias and Duets from Odaline de la Martínez' opera, Imoinda .

On October 2nd Odaline de la Martínez' Four Afro Cuban Poems will be performed at the University of Illinois Champaign.

On September 28th the Ora Singers will premiere Odaline de la Mart´inez' Three Afro Cuban Poems at the Welsh Academy of Music in...

On the 13th June the University of Surrey Chamber Choir performed Odaline de la Martínez' work, I Want to Go Home' at Guildford Cathedral

Martínez' new work, 'Cuban Dances', was commissioned by the Belgian ensemble, Lilith, who performed it on Saturday 25 May 2024 at the...

The song cycle by Odaline de la Martínez, After Sylvia, will be performed this October 12-15th by British soprano Nadine Benjamin at the...

The Tulane School of Liberal Arts honours one of its most illustrious alumni with a new 'Odaline de la Martínez Award' for outstanding...

Lorelt Records was 30 years ahead of the curve when it started to record music by overlooked composers, many of whom are now finally...