You're invited to celebrate Miami’s Latinx heritage with internationally recognized artists from Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Turkey! The week-long festival will present 12 concerts, 4 masterclasses, 4 lectures, and a luthiers expo. 

The festival kicks off on Sunday, February 18 with three Cuban virtuosos: Iliana Matos, Rafael Padron, and Millet Padron (winner of MIGF 2022 Concert Artist Performance Competition) and will continue through February 26 with such world class artists as Benjamin Verdery (Yale University), Laura Verdugo del Rey (Spain), Robert Trent (Radford University), and Los Hermanos Calero (Colombia). On Feb. 23, don't miss the world premiere of “Wynwood Walls” guitar concerto by Stephen Goss, featuring guitarist/composer Mesut Ozgen and the FIU Festival Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Javier Jose Mendoza. 

Master classes will be open to students of all ages and levels who will perform for the festival artists in front of a general audience. Lectures will be presented in a variety of topics. The luthiers expo will be open to public presenting excellent hand-built guitars by renowned guitar makers on February 19, 25, and 26.

More info at migf.fiu.edu.

Festival sponsors include Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, and Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.

Upcoming Concerts

New York Philharmonic Quartet

Monday, Feb 13

8:00PM Performance

In partnership with Friends of Chamber Music of Miami, we proudly present a spectacular piano program of Mozart, Thompson, and Schubert featuring the renowned New York Philharmonic Quartet. FIU students are free.

Departmental Recital

Thursday, Feb 16

3:30PM Performance

The community is invited to a free hour-long matinee concert featuring emerging student musicians from the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts.

Mandatory for music majors.

FIU Opera Theater: A Double-Bill of Early 20th Century British Operas

Thursday, Feb 16

7:30PM Performance

You're invited to two short operas by prominent British composers of the early 20th-century: Gustav Holst’s Savitri and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Riders to the Sea. The operas depicts the tragic, yet transformative experiences of two deeply spiritual women who rely on their faith to confront Death and the loss of the loved ones.

FIU Opera Theater: A Double-Bill of Early 20th Century British Operas

Thursday, Feb 17

7:30PM Performance

You're invited to two short operas by prominent British composers of the early 20th-century: Gustav Holst’s Savitri and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Riders to the Sea. The operas depicts the tragic, yet transformative experiences of two deeply spiritual women who rely on their faith to confront Death and the loss of the loved ones.

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