Agarita 2025 Performance Schedule
Agarita, the innovative San Antonio chamber ensemble dedicated to producing bold, collaborative musical events, is celebrating the new year with an exciting lineup of concerts planned for 2025, including seven large-scale community concerts, inspiring art and music with local and international artists, a special lecture and guest performances at its new Agarita Loft and visits to schools, libraries and parks through its Humble Hall and Agarita Inspires! programs. These performances are always bilingual, free and open to all.
“Agarita is pleased to continue its 2024-2025 season with strong programming that remains devoted to the community reaching new audiences through reinventing the concert experience and making a direct impact through artistic collaboration and education,” said Agarita Executive Director and Violist Marisa Bushman. “Our mission remains steadfast to present classical music in a free and accessible manner. We aspire to inspire others with our world-class, innovative performances, community engagement and adventurous programming.
“We are immensely grateful for the generous donations we received in 2024 from our supporters and especially appreciative of the unwavering support of the San Antonio community. This allows us to continue providing high-quality performances to the community free of charge.”
On March 9, Agarita will welcome back internationally acclaimed Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas to the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, HEB Performance Hall. Sainz-Villegas has been acclaimed by the international press as the successor of Andrés Segovia and an ambassador of Spanish culture in the world. Featuring Max Zorin on violin.
On May 25, Agarita will present a premiere of Ethan Wickman’s Shimmers of Byzantium, among other inspired works at The Chapel of the Incarnate Word on May 3, 2025. It will close out the season for two back-to-back performances with GRAMMY-winning quintet, Imani Winds, at the Diane Bennack Concert Hall, University of the Incarnate Word, on June 21, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. and Charline McCombs Empire Theatre on June 22, 2025 at 3 p.m.
Agarita will offer a free lecture by co-founder and pianist Daniel Anastasio and welcome guest performances with cellist Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir and violinist Suliman Tekalli at its new Agarita Loft in Southtown. Anastasio will hold a recital with Saeunn, and Suliman will be joining the Agarita ensemble for two evening concerts at the Loft.
Through its Humble Hall visits at libraries and parks, Agarita will continue with its dedication to the community to visit all 10 council districts and four precincts in San Antonio with four free mobile concert performances. Two of these free performances will be with Azul Barrientos at libraries presented in a bilingual format. This community initiative brings live, world-class, innovative musical performances to San Antonio while eliminating barriers including time and expense of traveling to a concert hall or venue.
As of December 2024, Agarita has performed in front of more than 48,000 audience members, providing 266 concerts at around 145 venues and collaborating with more than 50 artists and groups. Through Agarita Inspires!, Agarita is giving 50+ educational concerts for more than 12,000 young students, all free of charge.
All free tickets to Community Concerts will be available two weeks prior to the show; all free tickets to Loft events are available one week prior to the show.
Feature photo: Members of Agarita, Cecilia Bercovich and Pablo Sáinz-Villegas perform together at La Rioja Festival in La Rioja, Spain. From left to right: Sarah Silver Manzke (violin) — left; Cecilia Bercovich (violin) — far left; Pablo Sáinz-Villegas (guitar) — center; Marisa Bushman (viola)— far right and Ignacio Gallego (cello). Photo by Rafael Lafuente.
