The popular LATIN JAZZ @ MONDO music series continues with a special concert event on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 8:00pm at the cozy MONDO venue, located at 426 Springfield Ave in downtown Summit, NJ.
You are surrounded by inspiring fine art as you enjoy an intimate concert experience with the best of Latin jazz from NYC and beyond. The unique Barbara Martinez Group will perform their special flamenco jazz fusion sound that continues to receive popular acclaim in NYC and beyond. Vocalist and dancer Barbara Martinez will be joined on stage her special guest music artists.
Barbara Martinez grew up in New York City singing in opera and musical theater. She was born in Venezuela, to her mother from Argentina. Barbara inherited the love for music, theater and art from her family. Her grandmother (Morenita Rey) and her grandmothers aunt (Libertad Lamarque) made long careers for themselves as singer/actresses in Argentina, and her father as a sculptor in Venezuela. When Barbara returned to New York after college at Brown U, she fell in love with flamenco. For many years she focused on the dancing (el baile), and studied intensely with New York City pillars like La Conja and La Meira, working and learning on the job at Jorge Navarro's original tablao, Alegrias back when it was on on Bedford Street and 7th. She worked with dance companies like Andrea del Conte Danza Espana. Then she returned to her alma mater, The Met Opera, where she had sung many times as a child, but this time as a gypsy dancer in Carmen and La Traviata....
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The popular LATIN JAZZ @ MONDO music series continues with a special concert event on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 8:00pm at the cozy MONDO venue, located at 426 Springfield Ave in downtown Summit, NJ.
You are surrounded by inspiring fine art as you enjoy an intimate concert experience with the best of Latin jazz from NYC and beyond. The unique Barbara Martinez Group will perform their special flamenco jazz fusion sound that continues to receive popular acclaim in NYC and beyond. Vocalist and dancer Barbara Martinez will be joined on stage her special guest music artists.
Barbara Martinez grew up in New York City singing in opera and musical theater. She was born in Venezuela, to her mother from Argentina. Barbara inherited the love for music, theater and art from her family. Her grandmother (Morenita Rey) and her grandmothers aunt (Libertad Lamarque) made long careers for themselves as singer/actresses in Argentina, and her father as a sculptor in Venezuela. When Barbara returned to New York after college at Brown U, she fell in love with flamenco. For many years she focused on the dancing (el baile), and studied intensely with New York City pillars like La Conja and La Meira, working and learning on the job at Jorge Navarro's original tablao, Alegrias back when it was on on Bedford Street and 7th. She worked with dance companies like Andrea del Conte Danza Espana. Then she returned to her alma mater, The Met Opera, where she had sung many times as a child, but this time as a gypsy dancer in Carmen and La Traviata.
Barbara began focusing more and more on flamenco singing (el cante), performing and learning with such luminaries as; Alfonso Cid, David Castellanos, Luis Vargas, Aurora Reyes and so many others from Spain. In 2008, she studied cante on scholarship at the Cristina Heeren Foundation in Seville, Spain. In 2010 she was honored to be invited to sing at Carnegie Hall to participate in a series organized by William Maselli,
featuring world music singers.
Currently Barbara sings for flamenco dance companies like Carlota Santana Flamenco Vivo, Pasion y Arte, A Palo Seco, Sol y Sombra and often with Juanito Pascual in Boston. She also performs as a soloist with acclaimed flamenco and jazz musicians, bringing a lush and eclectic repertoire of flamenco, jazz and Latin, always interspersed with dance. These past few years of performing in well known NYC jazz venues are culminating soon in a recording production that will hopefully do justice to this unique sound.
Also enjoy the current fine art exhibition at MONDO that is presented in association with the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey.
Concert tickets are priced at $20 in advance / $25 at the door. Advance tickets are available at BrownPaperTickets.com (enter LATIN JAZZ @ MONDO for event search). Also, for reservations and more info by phone call the TEATRO Si box office at 908-301-9496 or purchase tickets in person at MONDO. We recommend enjoying a fine meal or dessert at one of several fine restaurants in downtown Summit, NJ before or after the show. Event proceeds benefit programming efforts at TEATRO Si, a 501(c) 3 not for profit organization.
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