Cuarteto Latinoamericano, winner of the 2012 and 2016 Latin Grammys for Best Classical Recordings, will perform their Tribute to the Americas program, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 at Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s (SBMA) Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St.

Cuarteto Latinoamericano will perform “Quartet No. 17” by Héitor Villa-Lobos; “Lullaby” by George Gershwin; Astor Piazzolla’s “Four for Tango;” Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings Op. 11;” and Quartet Op. 96 in F Major “American” by Antonin Dvorak.
 
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, a renowned classical music ensemble, has for more than 30 years been the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet.

Founded in Mexico in 1982, the Cuarteto has toured throughout Europe, North and South America, Israel, China, Japan and New Zealand.

They have premiered more than 100 works written for them and continue to introduce new and neglected composers to the genre.

Winners of the 2012 and 2016 Latin Grammys for Best Classical Recordings, Cuarteto Latinoamericano has been recognized with the Mexican Music Critics Association Award and three times received Chamber Music America/ASCAP’s Most Adventurous Programming Award.
 
Tickets for the concert are $20 SBMA members; $25 non-members. 
Get tickets at tickets.sbma.net.