NYC: Interview to Andrea Cukier
2026-03-25 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | NUEVA YORK: King Juan Carlos Center @ NYU, 53 Washington Square S, Nueva York, New York, NY 10012, Estados Unidos
In the series Art for the Living I’ll interview 5 women artists from New York.
Our third guest is painter Andrea Cukier, who also ilustrates children books.
Book your seat:
https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/espaciodeculturas/events/Spring-2026/art-for-the-living-curated-by-artist-in-residency-sonia-megias.html

NYC: Interview to Anna Tonna
2026-04-15 18:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Madrid) | NUEVA YORK: King Juan Carlos Center @ NYU, 53 Washington Square S, Nueva York, New York, NY 10012, Estados Unidos
In the series Art for the Living I’ll interview 5 women artists from New York.
Our fourth guest is mezzo soprano Anna Tonna, who not only sings opera but also contemporary music in the States and in Europe.
Book your seat:
https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/espaciodeculturas/events/Spring-2026/art-for-the-living-curated-by-artist-in-residency-sonia-megias.html

NUEVA YORK: Premiere of 'Family Cord' en el Metropolitan Museum
2026-04-25 18:00 (America/New_York) | NEW YORK CITY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028, United States
Next April 25th, a chorus of 40 people from the FMDG music school for blind people and prople with vision loss, will premiere at the Auditorium of the Metropolitan Museum of New York my tactile piece Family Cord, made of 43 meteros of satin ribbon with linen embroiders and ceramic figures.
The piece has been created thanks to the economic support of the school itself and the Consulate of Spain in New York.
More info in this link.

Video of the premiere: Go to minute 42:49.

The piece that the museum projected at the screen during the premiere was this one, made of a branch.

Media:
2026’IV’27. Sonia Megías, la compositora y alumni del programa Fulbright, estrenó su obra ‘Family Cord’ en el Metropolitan Museum of Art el pasado 25 de abril. US Embassy in Madrid Newsletter.
2026’IV’23. Nueva York acoge el estreno de una partitura rara de Sonia Megías. MQR Radio. Villena (Alicante, Spain).
2026’IV’21. La compositora almanseña Sonia Megías estrena partitura táctil en el Auditorio del Metropolitan Museum de Nueva York. Interview at TV Almansa
2026’IV’20. La compositora Sonia Megías estrena en el MET de Nueva York su partitura táctil Family Cord. Doce Notas music magazine.
2026’IV’17. Obra de Sonia Megías en el Met Museum de Nueva York. Website from ‘Mujeres en las Artes Visuales’ association.

NYC: 'Airth' by CoroDelantal NY + Sonic Mud
2026-05-09 06:30 - 08:00 (America/New_York) | NEW YORK CITY: WindScape Brooklyn, 34 35th Street, 6th Floor, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11232, United States
CoroDelantal is a laboratory for choral experimentation that was created in New York City in 2011 by Spanish composer Sonia Megias. After one year of work, the project expanded to Spain (Madrid and Alicante), where it continues running.
We’ll start celebrating our 15th anniversary with a series of concerts in New York City. For this one, we’ll share stage with some special guests: flutist Jane Rigler or visual artist Julia Elsas with her Sonic Mud creations.
Program:

SferaSpiriS (spheric score) __________ Sonia Megías
Hi, hi __________________________ Sonia Megías. WORLD PREMIERE
Nesta Rua ______________________ traditional from Brasil, arr. Heitor Villalobos
Sonata (video-score) _______________ Sonia Megías, on drawings by Eva Lootz, motion by Carlos Cueto
Shto e Pa Moru __________________ traditional from Bielorrusia, arr. Sonia Megías
Somagwaza _____________________ traditional from Sudáfrica
Embrace & Breathe (video-score) ______ Sonia Megías, motion by Carlos Cueto
Improvisation ___________________ with Sonic Mud, Julia Elsas’ instruments, Jane Riggler…
Only Believe ____________________ round from the United States
Bye, bye ________________________ Sonia Megías. WORLD PREMIERE

CoroDelantal singers:
SOPRANOS: Floor Grootenhuis, Inma Heredia, Thessia Machado, Natalie Plaza
MEZZOS: Mimi Berkova, Ana Fisyak, Marina Garde, Lauren Lane
ALTOS: Ranjit Bhatnagar, Joana Costa, Luisen Elias, Lindsey Williams

MADRID: 'Alzo aquí' por el Coro Nur
2026-05-15 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | MADRID: Iglesia del Perpetuo Socorro, Manuel Silvela, 14, Madrid, Madrid, España
Coro Nur sings again my piece Alzo Aquí, on a poem by Gustavo Pineda, dedicated to José Manuel López Blanco, founder of Coro Nur.

NYC: 'Singing Bodies' by CoroDelantal NYC
2026-05-20 06:30 - 08:00 (America/New_York) | NEW YORK CITY: WindScape Brooklyn, 34 35th Street, 6th Floor, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11232, United States
CoroDelantal is a laboratory for choral experimentation that was created in New York City in 2011 by Spanish composer Sonia Megias. After one year of work, the project expanded to Spain (Madrid and Alicante), where it continues running.
We continue celebrating our 15th anniversary with our series of concerts in New York City. For this one, we’ll share stage with solo soprano Ally Christiansen.

Program:

Hi, hi ______________________________________ Sonia Megías
Contrapunto fonémico IV (video-score) * ___________ Sonia Megías. Thessia Machado, motion graphics
Asatoma Sadgamaya (mantra) __________________ traditional from India, arr. Sonia Megías
Templo (fragment, labyrinth-score) _______________ Sonia Megías
Grafía Cantada (video-score) __________________ Sonia Megías + Pepe Gimeno
Hotarukoi (round) _________________________ traditional from Japón
Family Cord (tactile score) _____________________ Sonia Megías
Barca Magia (video-score)** ___________________ Sonia Megías. Ally Christiansen, soprano
Tempsiabo (video-score)** ____________________ Sonia Megías. Ally Christiansen, soprano
Bye, bye _______________________________ Sonia Megías

* World Premiere
** World Premiere of the video-score for the piece

Singers at CoroDelantal for “Singing Bodies”:
SOPRANOS: Floor Grootenhuis, Inma Heredia, Thessia Machado
MEZZOS: Mimi Berkova, Ana Fisyak, Marina Garde, Megan Schubert
ALTOS: Ranjit Bhatnagar, Joana Costa, Luisen Elias, Lindsey Williams

NYC: Interview to Liz Geisewite
2026-05-27 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | NUEVA YORK: King Juan Carlos Center @ NYU, 53 Washington Square S, Nueva York, New York, NY 10012, Estados Unidos
In the series Art for the Living I’ll interview 5 women artists from New York.
Our last guest is choral conductor Liz Geisewite, who is also the president of the American of Choral Directors Association in New York.
Book your seat:
https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/espaciodeculturas/events/Spring-2026/art-for-the-living-curated-by-artist-in-residency-sonia-megias.html

NYC: 'Da' by Dúa da Pel @ WindScape
2026-06-06 06:30 - 08:00 (America/New_York) | NEW YORK CITY: WindScape Brooklyn, 34 35th Street, 6th Floor, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11232, United States
Dúa da Pel is a laboratory for choral experimentation that was created in New York City in 2011 by Spanish composer Sonia Megias. After one year of work, the project expanded to Spain (Madrid and Alicante), where it continues running.
We continue celebrating our 15th anniversary with our series of concerts in New York City. For this one, we’ll share stage with solo soprano Ally Christiansen.

MADRID: 'Not Today' at Teatros del Canal
2026-06-23 20:00 - 2026-06-25 21:30 (Europe/Madrid) | MADRID: Teatros del Canal, Calle de Cea Bermúdez, 1, Madrid, Madrid, 28003, Spain
Inside the theatre show ‘Los diarios de Manhattan’ by Ricardo Llorca, pianist Rosa Torres Pardo will play my piece Brooklyn Stravaganza, inspired in my first meeting with Ricardo and Rosa, while I was working as a cabaret pianist in the varietes show at Galapagos Club in Brooklyn. I was dressing as a carrot, and the guy I played with was dressing as a rabbit, at the end of our show I shooted him with a gun that I took from the piano.
Screenshot
Program:
Steven Sondheim (1930-2021):

The Ladies Who Lunch
I´m Still Here

Chick Corea (1941-2021):

Children´s Songs N.º 1
Children´s Songs N.º 6

Philip Glass (1937):

Opening
Etude n.º 6

George Gershwin (1898-1937):

Three Preludes

John Adams (1947):

China Gates

Sonia Megías (1982) / Eva Guillamón (1978):

Not Today

Ricardo Llorca (1958):

Las horas vacías – Obertura Chorale

Links:
2026’I’28: Los Diarios de Manhattan. EsMadrid.com
