CreArt Music Festival
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BY JENNA BAGCAL
A Queens-based music organiza-tion
wants to broaden the classical
music fan base, starting with Long
Island City.
From Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, CreArtBox
is launching a classical music festival
in collaboration with Long Island City
Artists (LIC-A) and The Plaxall Gallery
and supported by the Queens Council
on the Arts.
According to Guillermo Laporta, ar-tistic
director of CreArtBox, the idea of
the CreArt Music Festival is to “present
classical music to a wider, younger audi-ence”
by mixing other creative disciplines
with each chamber music performance.
“After many years performing in
Manhattan, and producing many
shows in America and Europe, we
are finally launching a music festival
in our home, Long Island City,” Laporta
said about CreArtBox.
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The Plaxall Gallery (5-25 46th Ave.)
will play host to the event, which will
take place over the course of three
days. “Folk Culture,” “Awave” and “Just
As They Are” are the names of the
three concerts, each incorporating ele-ments
like theater, dance and visuals.
The participating artists of the
inaugural concert series include Jo-sefina
Urraca (piano), Guillermo La-porta
(flute), Mélanie Clapiès (violin),
Julia Yang (cello), Jonathan Cohen
Photo courtesy of CreArtBox
(clarinet), Jacopo Rampini (artist) and
Marissa Maislen (dancer and chore-ographer).
Opening night for the CreArt Music
Festival is Friday, Aug. 31, at 8 p.m.
Each concert is open to the public,
but all have a suggested $5 donation.
Those interested in attending can
reserve their seats on the creartbox.
nyc website. For more information,
call 646-820-5787 or email info@
creartbox.com.
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