Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 7:30 pm • VanDusen Botanical Garden

Ernán López-Nussa

Sal Ferreras

Celso Machado

There will be festival seating for these outdoor concerts. Bring your own festival chair (max 8" legs) or blanket. There will be areas designated for patrons bringing full-sized chairs.

FREE secured valet parking for bicycles.

Food services: Special pre-concert dinner at Shaughnessy Restaurant - call 604.261.0011 for reservations.
Food available for purchase on site.

Children 12 and under admitted free when accompanied by a ticket-holding adult. Identification may be requested. ( maximum 2 children per adult).

Sal Ferreras, percussion and leader
Israel "Toto" Berriel, singer
Miguelito Valdes, trumpet
Jack Duncan, percussion
Vince Mai, trumpet
Raphael Geronimo, percussion
Ernán López-Nussa, guest piano
Celso Machado, opening guitarist

Also appearing
Al Johnston, bass
Lou Mastroianni, piano
John Korsrud, trumpet
Rod Murray and Francois Levesque, trombones

Cuban pianist Ernán López-Nussa was a hit in our 2003 Festival season, and this year’s programming spotlight on “Music of the Americas” gave us the perfect reason to reunite this remarkable player with his Vancouver fans. López-Nussa's musical roots dig deep into Cuban, Afro-Cuban and classical traditions, with poetic instincts and technical chops are fused in a dynamic blend that has won him fans in and outside of jazz and Latin music circles. For this “hard salsa” concert, he’s joined by an impressive ensemble of top Latin American singers, dancers and percussion and horn players, led by Sal Ferreras and including Miguelito Valdez (an alumnus of the Buena Vista Social Club) and Cuban vocalist Toto Berriel. Get ready to sway and swoon to their oh-so-intoxicating sound!

The concert will open with a performance by Brazilian singer and guitarist Celso Machado.

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