Jorge Luis Pacheco in Concert at Fundarte No Borders Series at Miami Dade County Auditorium

Direct from Havana, Cuba, and for one night only, FUNDarte presents Jorge Luis Pacheco in Concert. Cuba’s hottest up and coming young jazz pianist takes to the Miami stage in this unforgettable concert along with Miami-based artists Yorgis Goiricelaya and Reinier Guerra. This extraordinary evening will showcase the virtuosity of Cuba’s promising new jazz pianist Jorge Luis Pachecho, winner of the first prize at the International Competition of Young Jazz musicians (Jo-Jazz) in 2007. Pachecho is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Institute of Superior Arts in Havana, and was the only Cuban jazz musician to perform with the great Wynton Marsalis in his recent Havana concert. Pacheco has fine-tuned his craft while performing with such legendary giants as Chucho Valdés, Bobby Carcasses, Javier Zalba, Orlando Sanchez, Pablo Milanes, Rolando Luna, Stanley Clark, and many others....

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Direct from Havana, Cuba, and for one night only, FUNDarte presents Jorge Luis Pacheco in Concert. Cuba’s hottest up and coming young jazz pianist takes to the Miami stage in this unforgettable concert along with Miami-based artists Yorgis Goiricelaya and Reinier Guerra. This extraordinary evening will showcase the virtuosity of Cuba’s promising new jazz pianist Jorge Luis Pachecho, winner of the first prize at the International Competition of Young Jazz musicians (Jo-Jazz) in 2007. Pachecho is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Institute of Superior Arts in Havana, and was the only Cuban jazz musician to perform with the great Wynton Marsalis in his recent Havana concert. Pacheco has fine-tuned his craft while performing with such legendary giants as Chucho Valdés, Bobby Carcasses, Javier Zalba, Orlando Sanchez, Pablo Milanes, Rolando Luna, Stanley Clark, and many others.

A composer, pianist, percussionist, and musical director, Pachecho has participated in festivals and concerts in Cuba, Spain, German, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, and Switzerland. He was a finalist in the International Jazz Competition at Montreaux in Switzerland in 2009. In 2010 he performed with the Jazz Orchestra at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis and Chucho Valdés during their presentation in Havana, receiving rave reviews from both audiences and press. Pachecho is currently in final production of his first album "Pacheco's Blue” produced by Chucho Valdés.

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