Alvaro Torres, one of the most popular singers in Latin America, will offer two concerts in Havana on December 13 and 14 ( Friday and Saturday) at the Lázaro Peña Theater, the Cuban Institute of Music told OnCuba.
For presentations, the multi-award winning artist will be accompanied by the first stands of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, led by maestro Enrique Pérez Mesa.
According to sources from the Lázaro Peña , tickets to concerts are already sold out , but they pointed out were not sold to the public, but given to business centers of the capital of the island
Author and performer of hits like Nada se compara contigo and Hazme olvidarla, Torres has recorded throughout his career twenty albums widely marketed worldwide , and several of his songs have been sung by leading figures in the continent such as José Luis Rodríguez “El Puma” , Tito Nieves, Sergio Vargas, and Rocío Jurado, among others.
He has shared the stage with major artists such as Jose Feliciano, and expressly written songs for singers like Spanish Paloma San Basilio and Mexicans Dulce and Veronica Castro.
Alvaro Torres, 59, visited Cuba in the past, but on a private basis, so this, his first concert brings great expectations in Havana public.
His presentations are added to those of several artists who have recently sung in Cuba as Lila Downs from Mexico, the Dominican Maridalia Hernandez, both during the II Meeting of Popular Voices, and most recently the Mexican Alejandro Filio.