The University Core Curriculum and the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra present Cuban jazz musician Paquito D’Rivera at 2 pm on Friday October 10 in Forum I in the Wright Administration Building at University of South Indiana. Multiple Grammy-award winning musician and composer D’Rivera will present a free musical 'informance' for the USI community, and the public is invited.
A Havana, Cuba native, he began his career as a child prodigy and created various original and ground-breaking musical ensembles during his teen years. A founding member of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, he directed that group for two years, while at the same time playing clarinet and saxophone with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. He also was a founding member and co-director of the innovative musical ensemble Irakere, a mixture of jazz, rock, classical and traditional Cuban music, and has toured extensively throughout America and Europe.
A Havana, Cuba native, he began his career as a child prodigy and created various original and ground-breaking musical ensembles during his teen years. A founding member of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, he directed that group for two years, while at the same time playing clarinet and saxophone with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. He also was a founding member and co-director of the innovative musical ensemble Irakere, a mixture of jazz, rock, classical and traditional Cuban music, and has toured extensively throughout America and Europe.
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