Arturo featured in The New York Times ahead of the US premiere of Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill at the New School on May 2

Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim of The New York Times recently spoke to Arturo ahead of the New School's presentation of the US premiere of Carla Bley's genre-defying opus Escalator Over the Hill at Tishman Auditorium on May 2. Performed by a 30-member ensemble of students and faculty, the sprawling work—a kaleidoscopic fusion of jazz, rock, Indian classical, and free improvisation—was originally dubbed a “chronotransduction” upon its 1971 release. O’Farrill, a longtime champion of Bley’s music and her former collaborator, emphasized the importance of honoring the raw emotion and architectural integrity of the work, rather than mimicking its iconic recording. “The integrity was not in the performance,” he said, “it was in her writing.”

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Read the full piece HERE.