Arts & Entertainment

Earlier this week, a recording made in 2015 by the Jalisco Philharmonic Orcestra (Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco) was released internationally.

Monday music

Classical concerts are held each Monday at this classy and relatively new cultural complex to the north of the city. June 5: The brothers Peña Sommer, violinist Roberto and pianist Rodolfo Javier (above), present seven of Niccoló Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin and Brahms’ first violin sonata (with piano).  June 12: Klaus Meyer Big Band performs their “Big Band Rocks” program, consisting of songs by the likes of Nirvana, R.E.M. and Van Halen arranged for the Guadalajara-based jazz orchestra.  June 19: Interpreting selections from the classical canon (exact program TBD) are violinist Alvaro Larez and pianist Manuel Delaflor.  June 26: Two giants of jazz guitar present an homage to the past greats of jazz guitar whose pioneering efforts inspired them as young musicians.  Larry Carlton and John Scofield, both in their late-sixties, are among the most revered exponents of their instrument in the field of jazz today.  

Palcco, Monday, 8 p.m. 100 pesos.

Monday music

Classical concerts are held each Monday at this classy and relatively new cultural complex to the north of the city. May 29: El Cuarteto Nima, a string quartet specializing exclusively in repertoire by Mexican composers. 

For eight days, from June 3-10, Guadalajara will become Mexico’s capital of the circus arts when the fifth edition of the Festival Periplo Movimiento Internacional de Circo (translated as International Festival of the Traveling Circus) storms its ramparts.

Kill Carmen

MAY CULTURAL FESTIVAL. The Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin from Spain is a contemporary dance company  known for its absurd aesthetics.

Now in its third edition, the Feria Internacional de la Música, taking place May 25-28 in Guadalajara, is an event tailor-made for lovers of music, being one of the most important industry conferences in Latin America.