"Viva Latinoamerica" / 7pm doors / 7:15 dance class / 8pm showtime / Encore (1415 Broad St)

Latin American music is considered by many 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 stars lineup of musicians from all over the world and outstanding guest vocalists. This will be an event to not 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 for 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 been also collaborating with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra in the last years.

Pablo Cardenas

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