TICKETS are $12 General/$6 Student. Concert is one long set. End time is approximately 9:00..

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The Avalos Solera Duo is an ensemble that is always looking for new sounds and musical propositions. The duo emerged virtually over the pandemic, where they began to develop and conceive of their first album, Bach en Bandoneón. This concept became a reality in December 2021, when it was recorded over a weekend in the Iglesia de la Congregación Evangélica Alemana de Buenos Aires in Argentina. The album consists of their own arrangements of selected works from J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Bk I and Bk II, and includes their own compositions in homage to Bach.

In 2022, they completed their first tour in North America, where they presented the album to a diverse audience. In February 2023, they completed their second tour in Buenos Aires, Argentina, playing in important venues such as the Auditorium of the National University of the Arts. Currently, they are developing their next album for string quartet and two bandoneons. This album, beyond being made up of original compositions, reveals the new facet of the duo, which is collaborating with other artists.

Originally from Olavarría, Argentina, Rodrigo Avalos is a composer, bandoneon and guitar player. He has a long career in music, having made numerous international tours and having played with musicians such as Victor Lavallén, José Colángelo, Roberto Alvarez, among others. He has released several albums, such as “La Carmen” with his own tango orchestra, “Bach en Bandoneón” for bandoneon duo, etc. In 2023 he won the First Prize as a bandoneon player at the "Che Bandoneón International Competition" awarded by the Argentine Tango Society at the Stowe Music Tango Festival in Vermont, USA. He has recently been selected for a scholarship by the Fondo Nacional de las Artes to continue developing his compositions. He is also an educator as a bandoneon professor at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires Tango Orchestra.

Praised for her “soulful bandoneón” (Washington Classical Review), Heyni Solera is a sought after bandoneonist throughout the United States and abroad. Heyni’s major projects include the bandoneon duo, Avalos Solera Duo, who released their debut album, Bach en Bandoneon, in 2021. Her cello/bandoneon duo, Arco & Aire, won Washington, DC’s 2021 Wammie award for Best Latin Song, for their recording of “La Bordona,” which can be found in their EP, Overture. Heyni is a bandoneonist for the PanAmerican Symphony Orchestra, with whom she had her Kennedy Center debut in 2022. Also a music scholar, she completed her Master’s in Ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland, and has presented her lecture, “Today’s Women in Tango: Carving Out Spaces,” throughout North America.

Concerts and events made possible, in part, with support from the Wells Fargo Philanthropic Services Private Trust Foundations, which include grants from the Stanley A. and Flora P. Clark Memorial Community Trust Foundation (2020-2021; 2022-2023 seasons), the John, Anna, and Martha Jane Fields Memorial Trust Foundation (2021-2022; 2022-2023 seasons), and the Florence V. Carroll Charitable Trust (2021-2022; 2022-2023; 2023-2024 seasons). Special concert event support provided by the Arts Midwest Grow, Invest, Gather (GIG) Fund grant (2022-2023 season). Activities are made possible in part by the Arts Organization Support (AOS), Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency (2023-2024 season).

Concerts and events made possible, in part, with support from The Esther and George Jaruga Charitable Foundation (2020-2023 seasons). The Student and Home Grown Series concerts made possible, in part, with support from the ArtsEverywhere Grant from the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, and the Arts Project Support Grant and the Arts Recovery Grant through the Indiana Arts Commission.