Album Notes

¡Un, dos, tres…y con entusiasmo! A native of Oregon, Sarah Vanegas has also been immersed in Latin American cultures long enough to feel at home in South America. In a culture where music dominates existence, rhythm drives the feet and possesses the hips; it was only natural for Vanegas to move the fiesta onto the piano.

Syncopated ragtime first caught her attention at an early age and led her to mentors Frank French and Scott Kirby who introduced her to the music of Brazil, Cuba and Terra Verde. That match awakened a passionate connection with the world of Latin American piano—one that Sarah delights in sharing with audiences. Her interpretation has been described as, “grace and beauty, exhilarating, authentic and moving.”

Most recently, Sarah has embarked on a Colombian piano project giving life to scores she recovered from the National Library in Bogotá, Colombia. Many of these musical gems have lain silent and nearly forgotten for decades. Sarah has made it a mission to take this music out of the archives and into the hearts of listeners both near and far.

Mrs. Vanegas graduated from Oregon State University and is a public health nutritionist and piano teacher in Davis, California where she resides with her husband.