Sunday, October 30, 2016 8:00pm

General admission: $50, $40, $20; Five College, GCC, and 17 & Under: $10

For over a century, the Warsaw Philharmonic has been one of Poland’s most distinguished musical institutions. They will be joined by the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition Winner, Seong-Jin Cho. Bachtrack hailed “Cho has an enviable ability to make every note sound distinct and clear, shaping and balancing each phrase perfectly. After only about a minute of his performance I stopped analyzing, closed my eyes and lost myself completely in the sheer musicality of the moment.” Program TBA but you can bet Chopin will be included.

Thursday, October 13, 2016 7:30pm

General admission: $45, $40, $20; Five College, GCC, and 17 & Under: $10

International sensation Mariza returns to the FAC with her bewitching renditions of fado – the haunting torch songs of old Portugal rooted in folk poetry, Arabic cadences, and African and Brazilian rhythms. With her majestic beauty, impassioned performances and dramatic stage presence, she is a reigning diva in world music, bringing a thrilling contemporary edge to fado’s ancient sound.

Friday, October 14, 2016 8:00pm

General Admission: $25, Five College, GCC and 17 & Under: $10

Othello in the Seraglio, a uniquely powerful “coffeehouse opera,” tells an age-old story of passionate love and murderous jealousy, of a black eunuch at the 17th century Ottoman Court. The stunning score, by Boston composer and Grammy nominee Mehmet Ali Sanl?kol, weaves together Italian Baroque and Turkish sources with his own newly-composed music into a tapestry of uncanny beauty. Othello in the Seraglio is performed on European period and traditional Turkish instruments by an ensemble of 12 instrumentalists, singers and a dramatic storyteller.

Contra-Tiempo | Urban Latin Dance Theater

Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

CONTRA-TIEMPO, a bold, multilingual Los Angeles-based dance company creates physically electrifying dances combing Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, and contemporary dance with theater, text, and original music. Contra-Tiempo celebrates diversity by creating stories not traditionally heard or seen on the concert stage. For this special school time performance they will perform a 30 minute excerpt from Agua Furiosa as well as excerpts from I Dream America (“Letter to Hip Hop” and “Let America Be”). The performance will be followed by a question and answer period with the artists.

Ages: Grades 2-12
Running time: 55 minutes

Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 7:30pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

General Admission: $40, $30; Five College, GCC and 17 & Under: $15, $10

This Los Angeles based dance company performs their newest evening-length work, Agua Furiosa, challenging the audience to confront the harsh realities of race in our country. Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Oya, the Afro-Cuban deity of wind and storms, Agua Furiosa merges call and response, a live vocalist, water themes, fierce physicality and the performers’ own personal narratives.

Wednesday, October 05, 2016 7:30pm

General Admission: $25; Five College, GCC  and 17 & under: $10

Japanese artist/dancer Takao Kawaguchi re-creates the persona of the legendary Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno through his most celebrated masterpieces, such as “Admiring La Argentina,” “My Mother” and “Dead Sea, Ghost, Wienerwaltz.” Capturing Ohno’s unique improvisational style for the distinctive features of his body and movements, Kawaguchi projects himself into the forms and shapes of the master Ohno’s body.