TSQ LIVE + MTA Music Under New York: Inti and the Moon

MTA MUSIC (Music Under New York) is one of the visual and performing arts programs presented by MTA Arts & Design to enhance the transit system for riders. More than 350 individuals and ensembles present over 12,000 MTA MUSIC performances annually, featuring a wide range of instruments such as the Gambian kora, Korean drum, West Indian steel drums, Andean pipes, Cajun cello, Celtic and Baroque harps, guitars, violins, hammered dulcimers, and musical saws, and encompassing classical strings, jazz ensembles, world music bands, folk, a cappella groups, singer-songwriters, and more.

Performing September 10: Inti and the Moon

Inti and the Moon was formed in 2010, and includes Ecuadorean Geovanni Suquillo on lead guitar, charango, keyboards, and percussion; New Yorker Concetta Allegra on violin/viola, and vocals; and Albert Siri of the Dominican Republic on rhythm guitar. The band is influenced mainly by Latin American and North American folk music, as well as Spanish rumba and flamenco. Its unique blend of languages, rhythms, and melodies represents years of cultural diffusion and change. Inti is the word for sun in Quechwa, an indigenous language spoken in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. The sun and moon in the band’s name "symbolically contrast cityscapes and nature, as well as ancient and modern cultures."