"It's such a joy to be here in New York City," says Ricardo Oropesa-Fernandez, manager for the Cuban folkloric band Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro. "I feel that we are walking the same steps that ...

It’s a measure of the new exile tolerance that a heralded band from Cuba is headed for Miami, and — at least so far — no one is talking about protests, pain or politics. The Septeto Nacional made its ...

Like a comet with an erratic orbit, Cuba’s hothouse music scene occasionally flares into view, dazzling American audiences for a spell before suddenly falling back into darkness. These patterns are ...

*Music genius Ignacio Piñeiro formed Septeto Nacional in 1927 in Central Havana. He was known for “Echale Salsita,” a recording wherein he put his trumpets in front and added it to percussion, vocals ...

If Ignacio Pineiro hadn’t been a musical genius, he would have still gone down in history for two things: When he founded his seminal septet, he put the trumpet up front, completely upending all ...

As Cuban singer Eugenio Rodriguez spoke over the phone from a mountain in Puerto Rico, his boast sounded like he was sitting on top of the world. “We’ve visited 32 countries, and in Turkey, Norway, ...

?SEPTETO NACIONAL DE CUBA IGNACIO PIÑEIRO?and ORQUESTA BROADWAY? Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present the legendary champion of Cuban son SEPTETO NACIONAL DE CUBA IGNACIO PIÑEIRO ...

If time between shows is any indication, you may have to wait another 76 years to catch Cuba’s legendary Septeto Nacional on yanqui shores again. Our work is funded by readers like you who make ...

In 1927, Ignacio Pineiro formed a group to play Cuba's traditional son music, a genre germinated in the black communities of rural Cuba. Pineiro added a cornet player to add zest and appeal, and the ...

In the first week of November the temperature starts dipping below freezing in Kingston Ontario, so it was some relief to have a warm Caribbean breeze blow in from Cuba November 3/10 and plunk itself ...

They are the oldest and greatest of the Cuban small orchestras performing in the musical style that gave birth to salsa. Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro de Cuba may not have the longest band name out ...