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"`P- UERTO RICAN {classical} musicians deserve recognition, and the shortest route to that is a forum for their work,2" said Eva de La O, a soprano who has been providing such a forum since 1979 when she started producing concerts featuring musicians of Puerto Rican descent. , 3"Most mainstreamers don't know what a huge classical music input Puerto Ricans have had in both composing and playing,2" de La O said. Her organization, Musica de Camara, produces monthly performances of chamber music, classical music played by small groups. , Puerto Rican artists associated with Musica de Camara include renowned violinist Christian Colberg, composer Francis Schwartz, pianist Felix Rivera-Guzman and the Gabrieli Brass Quintet, a group of young musicians who came to New York for the first time five years ago at de La O's request. The quintet includes members of the Puerto Rico Symphony and music teachers from universities on the island. , An accomplished soprano, de La O also has performed at several of the concerts. , Such artists as baritone Justino Diaz have been able to achieve international classical music success, de La O says. 3"But a lot of us who make up the nuts and bolts are not being recognized and I'm trying to change that.2"
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