Nu Deco Ensemble Returns to Pinecrest Gardens Oct. 17

Nu Deco Ensemble Returns to Pinecrest Gardens Oct. 17

Nu Deco Ensemble is set to return to the stage on Oct. 17 at 8 p.m., opening its new season under the stars at the Banyan Bowl at Pinecrest Gardens. The Miami-born hybrid orchestra has spent a decade blurring the line between classical tradition and popular music, and its home-season opener promises another genre-crossing mashup of strings, soul and electronic textures. The ensemble has built a reputation as a Miami cultural force by refusing to…

Nu Deco Keeps Rewriting the Rules

Miami is pretty lucky to have an organization like Nu Deco Ensemble. It’s hard to explain how original they are, how they can be both treasured and undervalued at the same time. We should recognize them for what they are — a Miami cultural force shaped by Jacomo Bairos and Sam Hyken. Jacomo Bairos conducts Nu Deco with the kind of imagination and emotional clarity that turns Hyken’s genre‑bending ideas into music that feels unmistakably, electri…