Using this strangest of times to regroup and focus on solo repertoire for clarinet, Louis Arques invites you to join him on an intimate journey through his favorite musical universes. From the inner poetry of Baroque music to the intense cries of Contemporary music, and from the sunny rhythms of Brazilian Choro to the blue soul of Jazz.
About the musician:
LOUIS ARQUES is a clarinet virtuoso, saxophonist, singer and conductor. One of the City’s most in-demand artist, he plays Classical and Contemporary music, as well as Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Jazz music and Early music on period instruments.
As a soloist, Louis performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the Empire State Symphony, the Debussy Clarinet Rhapsody with Camerata New York and the Zych Bass Clarinet concerto with Paris Ostinato Orchestra.
Passionate about orchestra, he is principal clarinet of the Metamorphosis Chamber Orchestra and the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, also occasionally joining the young talents of the Miami New World Symphony.
Sought after chamber music partner, he multiplies collaborations with ensembles including the internationally acclaimed Quintet of the Americas and the City’s finest players of the Metropolis Ensemble. Louis regularly performs recitals in the US with pianist Vladimir Rumyantsev (ABT) and in France with pianist Nima Sarkechik with whom he recorded a Brahms Sonatas album. He recently joined the Bridget Kibbey’s Bach to Brazil Trio and finds the most thrill touring the U.S. concert series and university residencies with them.
Advocating for contemporary music he constantly creates works by composers from the United-States and Europe.
His love for the Afro-American rhythms led him to co-found Diálogos Duo with guitarist-composer Richard Boukas. Together they independently released two albums and became the Brazilian music duo with the largest body of original works for clarinet and guitar. Louis is a regular partner of the salsa band Sonido Costeño.
To reconcile Classical and Contemporary music with his generation’s audience, he founded and conducted the orchestra NewOrch, and is now co-directing Metamorphosis Chamber Orchestra.
A Vandoren artist and MA from the New School (Professors Neidich and Krakauer), he taught in France for ten years (including Paris Conservatoire) and recently joined the faculty of the Diller-Quaile School of Music.
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