• Submitted by: manso
• Arts and Culture
• 02 / 07 / 2011

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The Ottawa Jazz Festival presents Cuba’s sensational Omara Portuondo on Thursday, February 17, 2011, 8pm, at Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper Street, (corner Cooper and O’Connor). This is a rare opportunity to see this legendary Cuban superstar!

“Flowing in the present, but with deep roots in the past – the Cuban singer Omara Portuondo… is still impulsive onstage.” – New York Times

As a young artist, Omara toured extensively throughout the USA with her sister until the Revolution.

She has became known for her signature “boleros”. A living legend, Portuondo has been the subject of a documentary, Omara, which won an award at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.

For more than sixty years Omara Portuondo has passionately exuded her country’s musical culture. The Cuban-born diva became synonymous with Cuban music after the instant success of the recording “The Buena Vista Social Club” and the band’s first international tour produced by Ry Cooder. Here she left her indelible mark alongside the legendary BVSC co-stars, Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo and Reuben Gonzalez.

Ottawa audiences will recall her two sell out performances with the Buena Vista Social Club and subsequently with the critically acclaimed Barbarito Torres. Omara is unquestionably the quintessential voice of the golden age of Cuban jazz.

Reserved tickets are $40. General admission is $32 and Student prices (11 to 25 years, with valid student ID) are $22 (HST included). Tickets are on sale at the Ottawa Jazz Festival office: 294 Albert, Suite 602, 613-241-2633 or through our website at ottawajazzfestival.com; Compact Music (2 locations); CD Warehouse (all 3 locations) and Ottawa Festivals – 47 William St. in the Byward Market.

Fuente: www.ottawafestivals.com