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Paquito D'Rivera

Sat, Jun 03

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Prager Family Center for the Arts

Improvise! | Paquito d'Rivera, clarinet | Cuba Gabriela Montero, piano | Venezuela

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Paquito D'Rivera
Paquito D'Rivera

Time & Place

Jun 03, 2023, 7:30 PM

Prager Family Center for the Arts, 17 S Washington St, Easton, MD 21601, USA

About the Artists

Paquito D’Rivera defies categorization. The winner of fourteen Grammy Awards, he is celebrated both for his artistry in Latin jazz and his achievements as a classical composer.

Born in Havana, Cuba, he performed at age 10 with the National Theater Orchestra, studied at the Havana Conservatory of Music and, at 17, became a featured soloist with the Cuban National Symphony. As a founding member of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, he directed that group for two years, while at the same time playing both the clarinet and saxophone with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. He eventually went on to premier several works by notable Cuban composers with the same orchestra. Additionally, he was a founding member and co-director of the innovative musical ensemble Irakere. With its explosive mixture of jazz, rock, classical and traditional Cuban music never before heard, Irakere toured extensively throughout America and Europe, won several GRAMMY…

Tickets

  • Paquito d'Rivera

    Enjoy a complimentary, pre-concert toast with this ticket, from 7pm.

    $150.00

    +$16.50 MDS + TCAT

    +$4.16 ticket service fee

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