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WHAT: Latin Grammy Award Winner Nestor Torres will host “Havana Forever: A Cuban Music Love Affair,” as he conducts the FIU Danzon/Charanga Ensemble performing a selection of timeless music from Cuba, as well as Havana inspired original compositions. Throughout the program, Torres will share personal stories about his discovery of music. The concert will [...]
“Keeping La Tradición” (“Keeping The Tradition”) was the theme for the benefit concert featuring Nestor Torres and the FIU Danzón Charanga Ensemble presented on April 23 at the Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The vibrant show constituted a heartfelt tribute to authentic Cuban rhythms [...]
WHAT: Latin Grammy Award Winner Nestor Torres will present a concert with his Danzon/Charanga Ensemble to raise funds for the FIU School of Music and the establishment of the Israel “Cachao” López Scholarship Fund. The scholarship would benefit students who are members of the nascent ensemble. WHO: Even though his [...]
MIAMI – Latin Grammy winner Nestor Torres has joined the faculty of Florida International University this fall as a visiting guest artist and founding director of the FIU School of Music’s first charanga ensemble. Torres will also hold private jazz flute lessons for students in the School of Music. “We [...]
