Latin Sounds: Fausto Cuevas y La Moderna
- Sat, Jun 8, 2024
- 5 pm - 7 pm PT
- LACMA
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Free
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Dorothy Collins Brown Amphitheater
Latin Sounds features world-renowned artists performing everything from Indigenous music to the latest sounds from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, and Los Angeles! These free concerts are presented Saturday evenings at the Dorothy Collins Brown Amphitheater at LACMA, where you can enjoy open seating and picnicking on the grounds
This week, join us for a concert with Fausto Cuevas y La Moderna.
Percussionist and band leader Fausto Cuevas began playing drums at the age of 11. Over the course of his career, he has recorded, performed and toured with artists ranging from Latin to Legend, including Julio Iglesias, Celia Cruz, Teena Marie, Al Jarreau, Nestor Torres, and Roy Hargrove. His band Fausto Cuevas y La Moderna has performed at the famed Playboy Jazz Festival and The Blue Note in New York City. Fausto has also appeared at the Sugarwater Festival with Queen Latifah, performed at the World Music and Lady of Soul Music Awards with Sheila E and Amerie; and the Tobago Jazz Festival.
Latin Sounds is free and open to all. Seating is limited and first come, first served.
Latin Sounds is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Promotional support is provided by media sponsor KJAZZ 88.1.
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, the Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Brant Brogan Photography
Latin Sounds is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Promotional support is provided by media sponsor KJAZZ 88.1.
All education and outreach programs at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Education Fund and are supported in part by the Judy and Bernard Briskin Family Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund for Arts Education, Alfred E. Mann Charities, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Gloria Ricci Lothrop, the Flora L. Thornton Foundation, U.S. Bank, and The Yabuki Family Foundation.
Image Credit: Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Brant Brogan Photography