The Adrienne Arsht Heart for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and the Dranoff 2 Piano Basis will current this 12 months’s staging of PIANO SLAM on April 11 at 7:30 p.m.
The occasion will happen within the Heart’s Knight Live performance Corridor and admission is free. First-Entry Passes, which give visitors early entry to basic admission seating, may be reserved for the efficiency now. Reserve passes on-line at arshtcenter.org by calling the Adrienne Arsht Heart field workplace at 305- 949-6722.
Set throughout Nationwide Poetry Month, the occasion options Miami’s high teen poets who will share their authentic spoken phrase mash-ups paired with classical and hip-hop music across the theme, “My Music, Miami, All We Can Save – Rhythms & Writings of Restoration,” and set to “Suite Afro Cubana to Lico Jimenez” created by the legendary Cuban artist, Chucho Valdés.
Over a decade of PIANO SLAM
In its seventeenth 12 months, PIANO SLAM options dwell musical performances and program alternatives for college students, households, and academics. This 12 months’s focus facilities on the historical past of artists uncared for via cultural suppression. The chosen musical piece for this theme is “Suite Afro Cubana to Lico Jimenez,” Chucho Valdés’ composition devoted to reclaiming the legacy of Afro-Cuban composers and musicians who’ve been unjustly ignored.
The poetry competitors will broaden to incorporate pupil music and soundscapes that must be safeguarded for future generations. It is going to additionally embrace writing workshops for educators that can embrace the inspiration of music and the sounds of our surroundings.
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“I’m so proud that my piece ‘Suite Afro Cubana to Lico Jimenez’ was chosen to be a part of Piano Slam 2024. This program and its younger technology of poets will assist us maintain alive Lico’s title and legacy in our tradition,” says Chucho Valdés.
In a profession spanning greater than 60 years, each as a solo artist and bandleader, Valdés has distilled parts of the Afro-Cuban music custom, jazz, classical music, rock and extra, right into a deeply private fashion. Winner of seven GRAMMY and 6 Latin GRAMMY Awards, Valdés acquired a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Science in 2023 and was additionally inducted into the Latin Songwriters Corridor of Fame.
“PIANO SLAM 2024 is a dynamic convergence of Miami’s younger poets and the rhythmic legacy of Chucho Valdés, weaving collectively spoken phrase and music in a celebration of restoration, inclusion, and the enduring energy of inventive expression,” says Carlene Sawyer, Piano Slam creator and producer.
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Out of 1000’s of inventive submissions, 16 semifinalists are chosen to carry out within the Grand Finals live performance and competitors on the Arsht Heart’s Knight Live performance Corridor stage.
Prizes of $1,000 are awarded to the highest pupil poets. For the previous 11 years, PIANO SLAM has included a STEAM monitor and has taken college students and their academics to music performances, offered trainer workshops, environmental science analysis actions, and citizen science discipline journeys by college students to review environmental points impacting their lives.
