Fiesta Cultural

July 16 - 20, 2024

Our celebration of Latin American arts and culture returns for 2024! Fiesta Cultural is a week of vibrant events and performances at the Lesher Center for the Arts.

Activities will include world-class Headliners performances and a free street fair on Saturday with music and dance from the diverse cultures of Latin America.

FIESTA CULTURAL STREET FAIR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Arturo Sandoval

Presented by Lesher Center and Diablo Regional Arts Association

 

This production is a program of Fiesta Cultural!

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Arturo Sandoval plays the trumpet

 

A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, ARTURO SANDOVAL was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just two years after Gillespie became the first musician to bring Latin influences into American Jazz. Sandoval began studying classical trumpet at the age of twelve, but it didn’t take him long to catch the excitement of the jazz world. He has since evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer.

He is one of the most dynamic and vivacious live performers of our time, and has been seen by millions at the Oscars, at the Grammy Awards, and the Billboard Awards.

Sandoval has been awarded 10 Grammy Awards, and nominated 19 times; he has also received 6 Billboard Awards and an Emmy Award. The latter for his composing work on the entire underscore of the HBO movie based on his life, “For Love or Country” that starred Andy Garcia as Arturo. His two latest Grammy award winning albums, “Dear Diz" “Everyday I think of you” and Tango “Como Yo Te Siento” are now available worldwide.

Arturo Sandoval reaches beyond the scope of mere effort. His struggles while in Cuba and since his defection have given him more energy and strength, urging him to accomplish and surpass his childhood dreams. Filled with a virtuoso capability, he desires nothing more than to share his gift with others who feel the same intense adoration for music as he does. One frequently speaks of Arturo Sandoval’s virtuoso technical ability or his specialty in high notes, but he who has seen him on the piano, lyrically improvising a ballad, or has had the opportunity to enjoy the diversity of his music, through his compositions from the most straight ahead jazz, Latin jazz or classical, knows that Arturo Sandoval is a prominent musician and one of the most brilliant, multifaceted and renowned musicians of our time.

 

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Special thanks to our 2024 host and steering committees! 

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