Villalobos Brothers
New York City, New York, United States | SELF
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The best kept secret in music
Press
"...Last year the Villa-Lobos brothers performed at the Latin Grammy Awards after a producer attended one of their concerts for the Shul of New York....People don't just come to listen to something beautiful, they come to be part of it..." - The New York Times (Metro Section, Friday, September 14th, 2007)
"...No es común toparse con violinistas talentosos....mucho menos con tres, y de la misma sangre!....El miércoles tocarán en el campo de los New York Mets frente a 40,000 personas.....cuando de escenarios se trata, nada los asusta..." - El Diario La Prensa, New York
"...Last year, on a recent evening in December, the Villa-Lobos Brothers, three virtuoso violinists from Veracruz, Mexico, made their main-stage debut at New York City's Carnegie Hall.....they played with exuberant intensity for the appreciative audience...with their heads bowed as if in prayer, their fingers jumping and feet tapping, they weren't just playing music, they were living it...." - New York Forward
Discography
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RECORDINGS
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"ALIENS OF EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY" (2012)
Music and lyrics:
Villalobos Brothers, Camargo Mariano,
Richard Schindell, Sam Cook.
(Juan Kanagui, spoken-word)
Mixed and Master: Brendan Muldowney
"VILLA-LOBOS" ALBUM (2009)
Music and lyrics:
Villalobos Brothers
Master: Ken Rich
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L I V E P E R F O R M A N C E S
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LATIN GRAMMY’S ® SPECIAL AWARDS PRESENTATION
Villalobos Brothers
The Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center
Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
With César Camargo Mariano, León Gieco,
Graciela, Rickie Ray & Bobby Cruz,
Paloma San Basilio, Alberto Vázquez,
Johnny Ventura, Rafael Escalona
and Alejandro Quintero
New York, NY
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
SHEA STADIUM
Villalobos Brothers
William Alfred Shea Municipal Stadium
Opening a game between the New York Mets
and the Pittsburgh Pirates
Queens, NY
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
CARNEGIE HALL
Villalobos Brothers
Isaac Stern Auditorium
With Calpulli Mexican Dance Company
Carnegie Hall Family Concert
New York, NY
Sunday, December 17th, 2006
SAINT PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL
Villalobos Brothers
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
With Nelson Hidalgo, Sheila Ríos,
Ramón Ponce and Lorenzo Negrete.
Fundación Tepeyac, Univision Broadcast
New York, NY
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
WEILL RECITAL HALL AT CARNEGIE HALL
Villalobos Brothers
Debut Recital
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall
Benefit Concert for the Shul of New York
New York, NY
Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Villaobos Brothers
60th Anniversary of the United Nations
Presented by the United Nations
Association of New York
Gala Dinner 2005 in honor of
Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Delegates Dining Room
United Nations Headquarters
New York, NY
Friday, October 21st, 2005
MERKIN CONCERT HALL
Villalobos Brothers
Benefit Concert for the Shul of New York
New York, NY
Sunday, November 12th, 2006
JOE’S PUB
Villalobos Brothers
Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater
Opening night for the “MexicoNOW Festival”
New York, NY
Friday, September 1st, 2006
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Villalobos Brothers
Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater
New York, NY
Saturday, June 4th, 2005
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C O L L A B O R A T I O N S
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PIERRE BOULEZ, winner of 23 Grammy ® Awards, composer
The Pierre Boulez Academy Orchestra
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Luzerne Festival
Switzerland
(2004)
SIMPLY RED Grammy ® winner singer-songwriter
Opening for Mick Hucknall and SIMPLY RED
With singer-songwriter MORLEY
At the Zenith Theater
Cité de la Musique
Paris, France
(2005)
DAN ZANES, Grammy ® winner singer-songwriter
“Blue Country Heart: The Music of Hank Williams”
With Jorma Kaukonen, G.E. Smith, Dan Zanes,
Little Toby Walker, Larry Campbell, Marc
Anthony Thompson, David Spelman
and Barry Mitterhoff
Live from Merkin Concert Hall
New York, NY
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
“Songs from Latin America” (Album)
Festival Five Records
(2008)
ITAAL SHUR, Grammy ® winner singer-songwriter
Orensanz Center for the Arts
Benefit concert for the Shul of New York
With The Shul Band and Lucy Woodward
New York, NY
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
ANA GABRIEL, Latin Grammy ® winner singer-songwriter
Concert at Madison Square Garden
With Ramón Ponce and Mariachi Real de México
New York, NY
(2005)
MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS Latin Grammy ® winner singer-songwriter
Concert at Madison Square Garden
With Ana Bárbara and Mariachi Real de México
New York, NY
(2005)
LEO DAN, Latin Grammy ® winner singer-songwriter
Teatro Natives
With Ramón Ponce and Mariachi Real de México
Queens, NY
(2005)
EDDIE PALMIERI, Grammy ® Winner Singer-Songwriter
“Ritmo Caliente” (Album)
Concord Records
(2003)
LILA DOWNS, Latin Grammy ® winner singer-songwriter
Mariachi Academy of New York (Video)
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Bio
VILLALOBOS BROTHERS
Masterfully blending the indigenous rhythms and melodies of their native Veracruz, Mexico, with the intricate harmonies of jazz and classical music, the three Villalobos Brothers deliver an intoxicating brew of musical brilliance, cadence and virtuosity that awakens the senses as it redefines the notions behind Latin music.
Their signature style of fiddling, called fast-chatting violin, has taken them to perform at Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium, the United Nations 60th Anniversary Gala and the New York Mets' Shea Stadium, as well as the Latin Grammy's, Rockefeller Center and Broadway's New Victory Theater, where their music was described as "High Octane Mexican Fiddling". In 2011 they appeared at both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Following a concert at Kaufman Center's Merkin Concert Hall "The Forward" noted that "…they played with exuberant intensity for the appreciative audience...Ernesto returned his attention to his violin, his dark hair flying through the air as his bow raced across the strings...With their heads bowed as if in prayer, their fingers jumping and feet tapping, they weren't just playing music, they were living it..."
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