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15 Panama Jazz Festival

Latin America / Panama / Panama

Once again, Panama makes its appearance beginning the year at the City of Knowledge and Casco Antiguo – Panama Jazz Festival in its 15th edition, thanks to the “Danilo Pérez” Foundation, where it gives us the opportunity to enjoy music in a healthy way, once again becoming the The largest Jazz stage in the Region, where musicians and fans from different countries such as Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, USA, Mexico, among others, will participate from January 15 to 20.

Its director Danilo Pérez mentions “From the heart of America to the world” giving us a message, which is not just to make and carry out a festival but to show everyone his dedication worldwide by showing us his cultural project that consolidates creativity, exchange and talent. , with a strong commitment to Panamanian education and social welfare, returns with a strong artistic billboard.

Performing artists include the Wayne Shorter Quartet; Latin jazz legend Chucho Valdés; the Brazilian singer, Luciana Souza; the legendary American pianist, Ran Blake, the master composer and pianist, Bill Dobbins accompanied on stage by the Global Jazz Big Band and the Panamanian cumbia patrons, Samy and Sandra Sandoval. Not to mention that the musical billboard is also strengthened with the participation of Panamanian bassist Santi Debriano along with saxophonist Craig Handy, pianist Bill O’Connell and drummer Will Calhoun, as core members of this musical banquet.

Others that will perform are the Panamonk Revisited trio, made up of maestro Pérez together with the Grammy-winning percussionist, Terri Lyne Carrington and bassist Ben Street, who will share this celebration with other renowned ones such as the Italian saxophonist Marco Pignataro and his Almas Antiguas quartet, with the Panamanian saxophonist Carlos Agrazal as a special guest; the Panamanian saxophonist Luis Carlos Pérez, and the famous Pan-African Jazz Project, made up of the Chilean saxophonist Patricia.

Collash of the 15th Panama Jazz Festival

Zárate Pérez, the Panamanian Luz Acosta (voice and bass) and Graciela Núñez (violin) and the Egyptian musicians Hesham Galal and Balquei.

The Global Stage will be back this year, which will be a stage to enjoy in style with bands from different latitudes such as Rubén Amador and Yahuba (Puerto Rico), The Shuffle Demons (Canada), Paulina Pérez and Luna Mestiza (Chile), Josean Jacobo & Tumbao (Dominican Republic), Marco Pignataro (Italy), Yogev Shetrit Trio (Israel), Fundación Armonía Colectiva (Costa Rica), Four On a Swing (India) and Shea Welsh (United States); and Panamanian talents German Pinzón Jiménez, Tambo Jazz Collective, Digger Descendants Calypso Band, Proyecto Shuruca and Pureza Natural.

In addition, there will be highly prestigious educational institutions, Berklee College of Music, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, New England Conservatory, Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, New York Jazz Academy and Crossroads High School, which offer great support every year.

And of the institutes that will be: Berklee Global Jazz Institute, New England Conservatory, Thelonious Monk Institute Of Jazz and New Yorl Jazz Academy.

Artists of the 15th Panama Jazz Festival

And the schedule of activities to be carried out are:

Schedule of the 15th Panama Jazz Festival

One of the most important details of the festival is that auditions, countless educational clinics, as well as the VI Latin American Music Therapy Symposium, the I Classical Music Exchange Program and the II Symposium of Musical, Artistic and Cultural Expressions will be held. of Afro-descendants in Panama with the main theme El Calypso:

A unique Latin rhythm being known as an African and Afro-American music that began in Trinidad and Tobago, later being very popular in the highlands of Venezuela, San Andrés and Providencia in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico and others from the Antilles, where they use instruments such as the stellpan (steel drums), trumpet, trombone, flute, Spanish guitar, electric bass, saxophone, congas, bongos, maracas. This rhythm varies depending on the country where it is performed, giving a unique touch to studying Calypso to all fans or interested in it.

For more information about the Festival, you can contact them through:

WebSite: http://panamajazzfestival.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PanamaJazzFest/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/panamajazzfestival/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PanamaJazzFesti
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +507 317-1466

12th edition of the distinguished Salsero and tourist Festival of Venezuela

Latin America / Venezuela / Caracas

Venezuela land of salsa by nature year after year offers us a space dedicated to this beautiful dance, mainly framed in the presentation of the talent of more than 150 dance schools registered as diffusers of Salsa in this country and an expected visit of guests and foreign public. will make the so named Venezuela es Latina an event to remember. With 12 years of successful editions, it invites us not to one more edition, it calls us to enjoy 4 nights and 3 days of multiple activities, best of all, nights of great social parties.

Venezuela es Latina XII Festival - Flyer — Venezuela es Latina XII Festival – Flyer

Venezuela is Latina, an event with more than 11 years of experience, organizes for this 2018 edition a festival full of workshops, seminars, forums, certifications, bootcamp, shows, competitions and good local tourism, the ideal space for everyone who wants to meet one of the most emblematic tourist and salsa lands in the world, the famous Venezuela.

This 12 installment gives us a cycle of more than 20 hours of classes and training cycles distributed in workshops, seminars and Bootcamp on days dedicated to the professional training of dancers or dancers, as well as instruction for visitors, novices and / or dance fans.

We will be able to delight ourselves with the knowledge of the best instructors from Colombia, Ecuador, Cuba, Venezuela among other countries that remain to be confirmed, with workshops of the most sought-after disciplines, added to this 3 high-caliber seminars of theoretical and practical content that seeks to certify participants.

For the general public, Bootcamps are offered guided by the organizing academy, the Son Rumbero school, which for 2 years has brought this famous practice to the festival, giving attendees the opportunity to do a cycle of classes that ends when they appear on stage. along with the best dancers of the moment on the main night of the festival.

For lovers of good music, there will be a meeting of salsa and timba fans or collectors, where we can enjoy the best musical themes, acquire good music, together with 3 nights of parties and social dancing to share with all attendees, framed in nights of enjoyment and sharing between dancers and sympathizers of these great rhythms at the hands of the best guest DJs.

Stage of the Venezuela es Latina XII Festival

For those who wish to visit this great event, the organizing committee has distributed all-inclusive packages for Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Central America, North America and Europe, with 5, 4 and 3 star hotels adapted to each need. In the same way, free packages are offered for promoters, directors or group managers who visit the festival.

Everything is ready for the 12th edition of this festival, the city of San Cristobal – Táchira State will offer us the best spaces to enjoy 4 days of great Latin things, a city 30 minutes from the border with Colombia in Cúcuta that speeds up access from the south. Dare to be part of this great festival, for more information, contact through social networks: @vzlaeslatina on Instagram and Facebook. Telephones: +573114061366 / +584126142562.

Grazy Tango Festival 2018

Europe / Austria / Graz

Grazy Tango Festival 2018 – 08 Mar 2018 – 11 Mar 2018

The elegance of Argentinian Tango is here to conquer the heart of Europe with the March edition of Crazy Tango Festival 2018! This is the third edition of this amazing Tango Festival in the beautiful city of Graz/Austria and each time attracts more national and international dancers. Participants will love the friendly atmosphere, the high quality workshops in air-conditioned rooms with wooden floors and the wonderful Milongas with superb music!

Maestros 2018:

Maja & Marko (Croatia)
Germán & Eva (Argentina & Denmark)
Boris & Chris (Argentina & England)

Tango DJs 2018:

DJ Pablo
DJ Germán
DJ Veronika
DJ Vlado
DJ Đurđina

Maja Petrović & Marko Miljević started dancing Tango in Zagreb, Croatia in 2002 in a small group of enthusiasts curious about this “new” dance. Only five years later they began giving regular lessons at the Tango Argentino Zagreb Dance School. Their first and most influential teachers were Pablo Rodríguez and Noelia Hurtado. Later they continued to study with Noelia and Carlitos Espinoza.

Maja and Marko - Grazy Tango Festival 2018 — Maja and Marko – Grazy Tango Festival 2018

In 2014 they started to work with Tango professionally, holding workshops and performing all over Europe. In 2015 they had their debut in North America at Bailongo Tango Festival in Montréal, Canada.

Germán Cuestas started dancing when he was a teenager, and since then dedicated his life to music and Tango. He has a degree as a music school teacher and now uses this knowledge in his work as a Tango dancer.

He also has been a Tango DJ for many years and is the organizer of El Motivo Tango (a Milonga in Villa Malcolm’s club, Buenos Aires) and has taught in various Milongas and schools in Buenos Aires.Now he is based in Denmark, teaches and performs with Eva Lehrmann, around Europe, Russia and Argentina.

Eva and German dancing tango - Grazy Tango Festival 2018 — Eva and German dancing tango – Grazy Tango Festival 2018

Eva Lehrman has been dancing different styles of dances most of her life, however it wasn’t until she met the Argentine Tango that she dedicated herself to dancing professionally. She travelled to Buenos Aires, where she soon started working in El Esquinazo, a newly opened Tango school, where she taught Tango and Yoga and there she also met Germàn. Today she mainly works in Copenhagen being an instructor, a DJ and a performer. She still spends a big part of her time in Buenos Aires, where she is part of a team who organizes Tango holidays.

Boris and Chris work to harmonize their distinct and varied backgrounds of dance training, biomechanics, and Tango to create their dance. The fundamental element of their Tango is “el abrazo”’ and the connection between two dancers. It enables them to communicate in an unspoken language that unites you to your partner, your partner’s body to yours.

They believe that even if two bodies are standing still in space, their embrace continues moving within and between them. In her experience of studying many other disciplines, Chris believes that this is what makes Tango so special, so unique and so rewarding, “alongside the technical details, the complexity of the steps and the music, in no other dance style have I experienced this sensation where dancers search for such a deep connection with their partner”.

Boris and Chris - Grazy Tango Festival 2018 — Boris and Chris – Grazy Tango Festival 2018

Using knowledge and understanding of the body, their teaching method focuses on how to use the bodies to create movement and then how to transmit and receive this information through the embrace. Alongside steps and techniques, they will give you tools, foundations, and concepts that can be applied within your entire Tango world to discover different ways of moving.

Location

All the workshops will take place in the four air-conditioned halls of the dance school on approximately 450 m². You will also find a lobby with a cozy bar and comfortable chairs, as well as some cloak & changing rooms. Wooden floors are dancers’ paradise and the bar will take care for your refreshments!

Gravity does not allow very much floating, but sometimes in your life you come to a place, where the laws of gravity do not apply any more. This place will give you a pleasurable experience, which will put you at ease and which transfers you into an unforgettable experience. The place where we just can relax and let your soul get some rest.

The panorama hall presents itself with a glazing from the bottom to the top and offers an unbelievable view over the city of Graz. It is one of the most popular event locations of the “Schlossberg”, the well-known landmark of Graz. Together with the stage hall it covers 250m2 of wooden dancefloors so that dancers can experience a most memorable evening.

Am Schlossberg 7

A-8010 Graz

Tel.: +43 (0) 316 84 00 00

[email protected]

Körösistraße 81

A-8010 Graz

Further information at https://www.facebook.com/events/1666219917013457/

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2018 Begin this May in the heart of San Francisco

North America / USA / San Francisco

2018 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBG Festival) proudly announces the lineup for its 18th Season.

The tradition continues to downtown in San Francisco! Hang out this new season with the first all-female mariachi ensemble, Mariachi Flor de Toloache + Mexican vocalist, composer, and guitarist Diana Gameros on Sunday, May 6 at 1:00pm, the first concert of this year’s 100 admission-free events.

The very popular series Let’s Go Salsa@Jessie also will have the best Latin artists, such as: “New Mambo Retro Salsa” group Cabanijazz Project on May 17, the nine-piece combo Bululú led by Venezuelan-born percussion master and vocalist Lali Mejia on June 21, the Bay Area’s inventive Cuban band Pellejo Seco on July 19, among many others. YGB Festival offers you entertainment FREE completely: music, theater, circus, dance, poetry & culture programs to children and entire family with artists from the Bay Area and International guests.

Named one of the Best Urban Green Spaces in North America by Local Medias, YGB Festival is a world-renowned cultural destination that offers three outdoor stages to performances for Bay Area residents, families, workers, and visitors alike. Yerba Buena Gardens Festival take place outdoors in Yerba Buena Gardens, off Mission Street between 3rdand 4th Streets, San Francisco.

Photo - Thursday lunch with various artists — Photo – Thursday lunch with various artists

YBG Festival Executive/Artistic Director Linda Lucero says, “Get inspired! Treat yourself and treat your family, friends, and co-workers to the most diverse performing arts experience in the Bay Area. Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is Free, Outdoors, and fresh!”

During these 6 months (May – October) YBG Festival includes the highly acclaimed Let’s Go Salsa@Jessie! Dance series, the family-friendly Children’s Garden Series, Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake, and Thursday Lunchtime Concerts.

Pistahan Children at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

Each and every week and weekend, the Festival presents a curated lineup of musicians, dancers, poets, and artists from around the world including the Moroccan trance music of Innov Gnawa with Book of J on May 12, northwestern Indian dance with Garba in the Gardens on May 19, the 2nd Annual Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest on June 2 and 3, the most celebrated gamelan ensemble outside of Bali, Gamelan Sekar Jaya.

On June 9, powerhouse Afro-Venezeulan vocalist Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo with VNote Ensemble on June 16, three performances from Festival favorites Circus Bella on June 22 and 23, the all-women klezmer group direct from New York City Isle of Klezbos with San Francisco’s Fanfare Zambaleta on July 7, Ukulenny and Cynthia Lin’s SF Uke Jam Summer Uke-Splosion!

On July 14, Cuban saxophonist Yosvany Terry Sextet on July 28, the 40th Anniversary performance of the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band on July 29, one of Vietnam’s most celebrated traditional artists Vân Ánh Võ & The VA’V on August 25, Manila Disco Fever on September 1, and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival commissioned piece from Marcus Shelby Orchestra – Blackball: The Negro League and the Blues on September 8. The Festival closes with the 18th Annual Halloween Hoopla on Sunday, October 28.

The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Social (YBG Festival)

The popular series Let’s Go Salsa@Jessie!, the open-air salsa dance party in Jessie Square (near the Contemporary Jewish Museum), takes place on the third Thursday of each month from May to September from 6:00pm – 7:30pm.

Performers are the ‘New Mambo Retro Salsa’ group Cabanijazz Project on May 17, the nine-piece combo Bululú led byVenezuelan-born percussion master and vocalist Lali Mejia on June 21, the Bay Area’s inventive Cuban band Pellejo Seco on July 19, the U.S. State Department-sponsored Latin Jazz Ambassadors and the Mission’s own Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans on August 16, and Los Mocosos vocalist and master salsero Manny Martinez y la Rebeldia on September 20.

This Festival brings the delightful Children’s Garden Series features interactive performances specially designed for kids and families every Friday from June to August in the Yerba Buena Children’s Garden at Fourth and Howard Streets.

The series presents performances by kid favorites: the 2018 Grammy-nominated Alphabet Rockers, Non Stop Bhangra,Māhealani Uchiyama, Parangal Dance Company, Circus Bella, Unique Derique, Caterpillar Puppets, Chelle! & Friends, Pi Clowns, Red Panda Acrobats, Venezuelan Music Project, Crosspulse, and Ka-Hon. The series ends with the wildly popular 18th Annual Halloween Hoopla on Sunday, October 28.

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival San Francisco

Between these 100 free performances in YBG Festival are Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series that take place most Thursdays from 12:30pm to 1:30pm and is a favorite destination of downtown workers, shoppers, tourists, and students.

This year features the very best of local and international musicians including New World String Project on May 10, Community Music Center Older Adult Choirs on May 17, Dogon Lights on May 24, Kitty Pak on May 31, Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco on June 7, the Swedish Consulate’s Jenny Lind Concert on June 21, Dalia & the Big Violin on June 28, Manring Kassin Burr on July 5, Maikaze Daiko on July 12, Solate on July 19, Sol Development with Mino Yanci on August 2,

LINES Dance Center on August 9, Highest Ani on August 16, Faun Fables on August 23, La Patronal on August 30, John Brothers Piano Company on September 6, Daniel Riera: Future Flutist with Electric Ensemble on October 4, and Rice Kings on October 11.

This amazing event also celebrates annually: the 21st Native Contemporary Arts Festival on June 17, the 18th Annual AfroSolo in the Gardens featuring a Tribute to Duke Ellington featuring Denise Perrier and Nina Causley with David Hardiman’s San Francisco All-Star Big Band on August 4, the 25th Annual Pistahan on August 11 and 12, and Brazil in the Gardens: Pragandaia with special guest Margareth Menezes on August 18.

Poetic Tuesdays on the second Tuesday of each month with Guest curated by Litquake, Poetic Tuesdays run from 12:30pm-1:30pm and feature an array of poets and music as well as three performances of a new one-ring circus from Circus Bella on June 22 and 23. Conceived and directed by Abigail Munn and Joel Baker for Circus Bella, the show includes static trapeze, rope walking, juggling, contortion, unicycle, original clowning, acrobatics, and more.

Let’s Go Salsa Series’ Schedule (Every Third Thursday of month from 6:00pm to 7:30pm):

May 17: Cabanijazz Project
June 21: Bululú
July 19: Pellejo Seco
August 16: Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans
September 20: Manny Martinez y la Rebeldia

Venue: 760 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.

For more information and complete 18th Season Schedule, please visit www.ybgfestival.org

El “Día de San Juan” Salsa Festival

North America / USA

El “Día de San Juan” Salsa Festival Western Region Puerto Rican Council, Inc.

Concilio De Organizaciones Puertorriqueños Del OEste

Countdown to El “Día de San Juan” Festival 2018

40th Anniversary

SAVE THE DATE

June 30, 2018

Due to the ongoing effects of the devastation of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, the WRPRC will be directing all proceeds of El Dia de San Juan Festival to aid in the educational programs of the youth of Puerto Rico. http://www.wrprc.org/

“Día De San Juan” Salsa Scholarship Festival Line Up

Charlie Aponte

Charlie Aponte, one of the most beloved and remembered voices by millions of Salseros worldwide, returns to the stage as a Soloist after 41 successful years with La Universidad de la Salsa…El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico.

With Charlie Aponte as their lead singer El Gran Combo recorded many hits Brujería; Amor Brutal; La Loma del Tamarindo; No hay Cama pa’ tanta Gente; Hojas Blancas; Arroz con Habichuelas; among many others.

Tony Vega

Internationally known salsa singer and band leader, Tony Vega, emerged from Puerto Rico in the 1980’s, He has worked with many of the greatest salsa stars from the beginnings of the genre, to the present.

Vega was exposed to music at a very early age; influenced by many adults in his family who were musicians. Even in those early days, it was clear to Vega that nothing could satisfy his musical preferences like the music of his native Puerto Rico.

He was greatly influenced then by Ismael “Maelo” Rivera and Cortijo y su Combo, Rafael Ithierand El Gran Combo. Vega signed with the then new RMM record label and released his solo debut with “Yo Me Quedo!” in 1988.

Vega’s riveting voice and his innate ability to perform contemporary salsa in the best tradition of the classic “soneros” has been honed and refined over 19 years as an artist, first as a percussionist and then as a singer. Thus far Vega has participated in the recording of 17 albums, including the last four on the RMM label with his own band.

Tony Vega has recorded Hablando del Amor, Greatest Hits, Aparentemente, Hoy Quiero Cantarte, the self-titled Tony Vega, and these have established Vega as a highly regarded salsa star.

Taino Orchestra

Taino Orchestra began as a project to deliver salsa and latin jazz in August of 2010. The concept is very simple, a nine piece band with the sound and elegant sophistication of a big orchestra.

Inspired by bands and individuals such as Ray Barretto, Tito Puente, Willie Rosario, Eddie Palmieri and many others, TAINO has developed into one of the most solid, hard-hitting salsa bands in the area.

The band is led by percussionist and lead vocalist, Aaron Routtenberg. Aaron has toured and performed with some of the biggest names in the salsa industry including Jerry Rivera, Tito Nieves, La India, Tito Rojas and many more.

The percussion section features Carlos Caro on congas and Papo Martinez on bongo. On bass, Taino is proud to have veteran bandleader and musician Gilbert Roman, while the extremely talented Erick Peralta occupies the piano chair.

The sizzling horn section is proud to have Mike Rinta and Charly Aguilar on trombones, while Carlos McCoy dazzles audiences on baritone sax and flute. With this strong vocal section, swinging rhythm section, and blazing horn section that will make you move, we invite you to experience a musical masterpiece that you won’t soon forget! Ya lo ves, que viene TAINO!