Pablo Cardenas presents Viva Latinoamérica!
Fri. November 28th 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM doors at 5:30 PM (All Ages)
Livestream + In Person $30 plus fees/tax walk-ins welcome
Latin American music is considered by many to be the most beautiful music, romantic, spiritual, energetic, and full of passion. Its cultural richness is endless. World-class Cuban pianist Pablo Cardenas and The West Coast Cuban Orchestra are presenting a show full of a wide variety of Latin rhythms, including son, salsa, bachata, cumbia, merengue, cha cha, plena, festejo, rumba, conga, and more.
They want to show you a lot of what Latin music can offer by getting you on a journey through the music of different countries like Cuba, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and more. Pablo will be joined once again by “The West Coast Cuban Orchestra”, an all-star lineup of musicians from all over the world and guest vocalists. This will be an event not to miss with a representation of the best Latin American music.
Pablo Cardenas is a Cuban Jazz pianist, composer, music educator, and arranger with different influences like Afro-Cuban, Latin jazz, jazz fusion, modern jazz, classical, and more. He studied classical performance at the Superior Institute of Arts in Havana, Cuba. Since the 2000s, he has been performing in music festivals in Havana and internationally. He has been residing in Canada since 2011, where he created different music projects as The West Coast Cuban Orchestra, highly contributing to the development of the Afro-Cuban music and jazz scene in the area, performing at the most important venues and festivals around, and collaborating with many accomplished musicians like Canadian treasures Dee Daniels and Denzal Sinclair. Pablo has also been collaborating with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra in recent years.