The Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, present a third installment of their multi-Grammy Award-winning Latin series with an album centering Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz. Inspired by a 16th century African prince who was enslaved in Mexico, Yanga is composed for choir, percussion quartet, and orchestra. Yanga uses African instruments that arrived in Latin America including batás, guiros, shekeres. and cabasas. Ortiz’s new cello concerto Dzonot was inspired by the cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula. The work was commissioned by the LA Phil, and written for cellist Alisa Weilerstein, who gave the premiere to wide acclaim. Referring to Chilean composer Violeta Parra, Seis Piezas a Violeta was commissioned by Cuarteto Latinoamericano to celebrate their 20th anniversary and arranged for orchestra at Gustavo Dudamel’s request. Three of the six pieces are inspired by the life of Violeta, while the remaining three are studies in polyrhythms.