Miami Light Project & FUNDarte
Presents Multiple Concerts
Presents Multiple Concerts
Global Cuba Fest 2018
Final Performances
Dafnis Prieto Sextet and
Omar Sosa &
Seckou Keita Transparent Water
Seckou Keita Transparent Water
March 16th
and 17th at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse
Tickets on sale now!
Every year, FUNDarte and Miami Light Project, in collaboration with Miami
Dade County Auditorium, team up to present Global Cuba Fest, a
celebration of the culture and rhythms of Cuba, with concerts by an exciting array
of artists from Cuba and the Cuban Diaspora.
This year’s lineup opened with a concert featuring Piano Marathon Cubano by celebrated
pianist Tony Perez and multi-instrumentalist Yusa in Concert with
Horacio El Negro Hernandez, both appeared on Saturday March 10 at 8:30
p.m. at On.Stage Black.Box Theater at the Miami Dade County Auditorium (2901 W
Flagler St., Miami, FL 33135). This program is followed by Dafnis
Prieto Sextet on March 16th and Omar Sosa & Seckou
Keita Transparent Water on March 17th at The Light Box at
Goldman Warehouse (404 NW 26 Street Miami, FL 33127). These world-renowned Cuban artists will grace
the Miami stage with concerts of virtuosic and soulfully rooted music that
reinvents contemporary Cuban music!
Expand your musical horizons through the music of acclaimed Cuban pianist
Tony Perez, considered one of Cuba’s top musical geniuses, in an
unforgettable Piano Marathon Cubano
that spans a range of diverse musical genres and styles, including jazz, salsa,
timba, and even rock and funk. Bask in the soulful passion and sensuality of Yusa,
a talented composer, multi-instrumentalist, and powerful vocalist gracing the
Miami stage after successful engagements in cities around the globe. Yusa’s
work defies any genre or category and incorporates world influences with
introspective and transformative lyrics, often penned by the artist
herself. Shake your body to the rhythms
of Dafnis Prieto, one of the leading drummers and composers of his
generation, known for his inventive, sensitive playing and propulsive rhythms.
His compositions, like his playing style, bristle with confidence, emotion, and
energy, weaving musical narratives that are inviting and reflect the expansive
musical influences that permeate his life. Omar Sosa’s latest project, Transparent Water presents a perfect
example of Sosa’s transcendent determination to seek new musical ground through
combinations that bring together diverse influences and forces. Sosa will be
joined by Ovalles and Keita, who recently won the 2016 Songlines Best Album
Award for Africa & the Middle East for his latest solo album 22 Strings.
Global Cuba Fest is a yearly series
composed of two weekend-long events from March 10th to the 17th,
featuring artists from Cuba and the Cuban Diaspora.
Global Cuba Fest showcases a fresh and
varied assortment of artists that raise local and global awareness of the
diversity and scope of work produced on and off the island, featuring hybrid
outgrowths of Cuban creative expression as it exists in Cuba and around the
world, performed by artists that maintain a solid Cuban identity while
responding to contemporary global influences.
Two final programs
scheduled for Global Cuba Fest 2018
on March 16th and 17th at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse (404 NW 26
Street Miami, FL 33127)
Dafnis Prieto Sextet – Friday, March 16th at
8:00 p.m.
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita Transparent Water – Saturday, March 17th
at 8:00 p.m.
About the Artists:
Born in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Tony Perez began his jazz training at
Cuba's National School of Arts and is currently
considered to be one of Cuba’s most accomplished contemporary musicians. He has
performed and recorded with many renowned artists in the Latin American music
scene, also leading several Afro-Cuban jazz ensembles with top-name musicians,
including such names as Isaac Delgado, Fania Allstars, Celia Cruz, Jose Luis
Cortes, and Giraldo Piloto’s group ‘Klimax’, who referred to Perez as "one
of the greatest pianists in Cuban music." In 1998 Mr. Perez was
hand-picked by Chucho Valdez to become the pianist for the most internationally
renowned Cuban group of all time, ‘Irakere’ and participated in the production
of the all-star collaboration "La Rumba Soy Yo," a recording that won
a Grammy in the 2001 Latin Music Awards. His relocation to Boston, MA in the
early 21st Century placed him among the greats in the Boston Berklee
Jazz Scene, where he has flexed his jazz muscles playing with local
giants. Among his accomplishments, Tony
Perez has released two recordings, the 1998 solo-piano disc "Soneao"
on Tamarindo Records, and "From Enchantment and Timba to Full Force
Jazz," a sophisticated yet hard-driving collection of Latin Jazz originals
released by Pimienta Records in 2005.
Yusa is a Cuban singer and songwriter, born in the Buena Vista district
of Havana, Cuba and brought up in East Havana, Yusa’s childhood was cradled by music. She started studying
guitar at the age of 6, and completed her musical studies at the Amadeo
Roldán Music Conservatory, where she concentrated on a particular type of Cuban
guitar called the tres, after
which she began performing in small bars and clubs in Havana. Yusa is a
multi-instrumentalist who is perfectly at ease playing guitar, bass, keyboard, or percussion instruments. Her voice is
also a powerful instrument, and she writes a great deal of her own
material. Her music is defined as a
young and thoroughly modern musical style laced with funk, jazz, rap, and soul influences, but holding on tightly to its African and
Caribbean roots. Yusa is often described as a poet, and her songs expose the
personal daily struggles of living in Havana. A master collaborator, Yusa has
recorded and performed with top artists working in a variety of musical genres,
creating a fresh and sophisticated sound that opens up a new dimension of Cuban
music.
Dafnis Prieto: Since arriving in the U.S. from Cuba in 1999, Dafnis Prieto has
been fearless in his vision, playing and writing across styles, always with a
forward-looking eye. Prieto has composed for numerous configurations — trios,
quartets, quintets, sextets, and big bands — amassing a catalog of more than 50
original works featured on more than 10 albums. His compositions, known for
their grace and subtlety, mixing lush melodies with polyrhythms, range from
classical chamber music to Latin jazz, the community in which he’s built his
reputation as a trailblazing artist. Prieto earned the prestigious
MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award in 2011.
His citation noted that his “rhythmically adventurous compositions
combine a range of musical vocabularies” and that he “transposes elements from
his Afro-Cuban musical heritage onto a jazz drum kit.”
Omar Sosa, Composer-pianist-bandleader Omar Sosa was born in 1965 in
Camagüey, Cuba’s largest inland city. At age eight, Omar began studying
percussion and marimba at the music conservatory in Camagüey; in Havana, as a teenager,
he took up piano at the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Música, and completed
his formal education at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. Among his
influences, Omar cites traditional Afro-Cuban music, European classical
composers (including Chopin, Bartok, and Satie), Monk, Coltrane, Parker, Oscar
Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Chucho Valdés, and the
pioneering Cuban jazz group Irakere. Moving in 1993 to Ecuador, Omar immersed
himself in the folkloric traditions of Esmeraldas, the northwest coast region
whose African heritage includes the distinctive marimba tradition. He relocated
to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1995, and soon invigorated the Latin jazz
scene with his adventurous writing and percussive style.
This event is part of Global Cuba Fest presented
by FUNDarte and Miami Light Project in collaboration with Miami Dade County
Auditorium. This series focuses
on highlighting the freshest new artists and work from Cuba and the Cuban
Diaspora.
Financial and administrative support for the concerts of
Global Cuba Fest 2018 is provided in part by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; the Miami
Dade County Auditorium, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the
Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and Miami-Dade County Board of County
Commissioners; National Endowment for the Arts; State
of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the
Florida Council on Arts and Culture, University of the Miami, Department
of Modern Languages and Literatures Joseph Carter Memorial Fund, Centro
Cultural de España en Miami, WDNA, WLRN, The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald,
Miami Art Guide, Glassworks Multimedia, Generacion Asere, The Batchelor
Foundation, Publix Super Markets Charities, The Children’s Trust, The Vagabond
Hotel, and Romaldesign,
FUNDarte is an engine for multicultural arts and culture in the U.S.,
presenting a yearly season of music, theater, dance, and cultural events that
enrich local communities with artistic offerings from around the world,
particularly focusing on Latin America, Spain, and the Caribbean, while also
nurturing and showcasing Miami-based artists. For the last 15 years, FUNDarte’s
programs have built cultural bridges across Miami’s diverse communities and
provided cultural links to the global arts scene, promoting interdisciplinary
and international collaborations. FUNDarte engages and empowers artistic
communities locally and globally by promoting innovative artistry and
international cultural exchange.
Founded in
1989, Miami Light Project is
a not-for-profit cultural organization which presents live performances by
innovative dance, music and theater artists from around the world;
supports the development of new work by South Florida-based artists; offers educational
programs for students of every age; and cultivates the development of new
audiences reflecting the diverse cultural and economic make-up of
South Florida. Miami Light Project is a cultural forum to explore
some of the issues that define contemporary society.
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
opened its doors in 1951. It has a splendid history as one of South Florida’s
premiere performing arts center. Over the years it has hosted countless numbers
of operas, symphonies, theatre presentations, ballets, concerts, lectures,
presidential candidates, graduations, naturalization services and a host of
other programs of great community interest. This popular multipurpose theatre
features Art Deco Revival décor. Recently renovated, this state of the art
facility has for decades served as the center for showcasing the diversity of
our cultural life and celebrating the Hispanic arts community. The operation of
Miami-Dade County Auditorium was transferred to the Department of Cultural
Affairs in January 2012; the Department has a track record and reputation for
innovation and artistic excellence. The Auditorium is managed by the Miami-Dade
County Department of Cultural Affairs (www.miamidadearts.org), with funding support from the office of the Miami-Dade County Mayor and
Board of County Commissioners.
Visit us at www.fundarte.us for more
information about our exciting and diverse live programming.
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