Spring Gala Comes To Aventura

Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida presents its Spring Gala on Saturday, April 26th, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center blending the enchanting worlds of ballet and opera under the artistic direction of Vladimir Issaev. Audiences will be sent on an operatic journey through dance, where the worlds of ballet and opera intertwine to create an unforgettable evening. The Spring Gala promises to captivate and enchant, celebrating the enduring power and beauty of the timeless art forms. This exquisite program opens with "Harlequinade," a lively one-act ballet originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Riccardo Drigo. This charming piece includes an aria that enhances the whimsical tale of Harlequin and Columbine. Following the operatic theme, ABTF presents excerpts from Vladimir Issaev’s "La Favorita" from Donizetti’s beloved opera as this ballet seamlessly integrates into the operatic narrative and also showcases "Markitanka" (La Vivandière), choreographed by Saint Leonto, and the delightful music of Cesare Pugni. The highlight of the evening is the exquisite pas de deux from "La Traviata," set to Giuseppe Verdi’s iconic score.

Miami International Piano Festival presents Brandon Goldberg on Sunday, April 27th, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. Award-Winning Pianist and Composer Brandon Goldberg has been playing piano and making music since he was three years old. Critics have praised his “unassailable technique, advanced harmonic understanding, a deep sense of swing and, most impressively, a clarity and plethora of ideas executed to near-perfection.” – Downbeat Magazine

Goldberg is a 2024 YoungArts winner with Distinction, a semifinalist in the 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition and youngest recipient of the 2022 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award. He celebrated the release of his third album, Brandon Goldberg Trio Live at Dizzy's, at the Kravis Center in March 2024. This album, recorded with Ben Wolfe on bass and Aaron Kimmel on drums, presents the trio's modernized take on the music of the great piano trios of the 1950s and 1960s. The 2021 album, In Good Time, showcases five original compositions and five standards, garnering rave reviews from London Jazz News and four stars from Downbeat Magazine, All About Jazz and Jazzwise. Goldberg has also written original music for television and his compositions were featured in the first season of Lawmen: Bass Reeves, episodes four and six. 

Tickets to all shows are on sale now. Ticketmaster is the only official ticketing service of the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. Buy tickets online at: www.aventuracenter.org - By phone at: (877) 311-7469. Or: (954) 462-0222. Or in person at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center box office Wednesday through Saturday from 12:00 p.m. Noon to 5:00 p.m. and 90 minutes prior to each performance. For Group Sales, please call: (954) 660-6307.

The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center is located at 3385 Northeast 188th Street, Aventura, Florida 33180. Join the conversation, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram: @aventuracenter. Or: #aventuracenter. 

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts manages the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, a 14,864-Square-Foot, 330-seat Waterfront Complex that hosts performing arts, cultural and educational programming for all ages.