Two internationally acclaimed musicians are back in B.C. to play tunes from their home countries.
Sunday, Cuban-born singer-songwriter Adonis Puentes will be joined by his father, Valentine, a Cuban resident, for a special concert at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre.
The pair will be accompanied by fellow Cuban musicians (who now call B.C. home) on original and traditional Afro-Cuban beats.
Now a Victoria resident, Adonis Puentes is best known for his work with his twin brother, Alex, with whom he shares a Juno Award nomination for Best Global Album, in 2001.
In 2014, he was again nominated for a Juno — this time, for World Music Album of the Year, for Sabor A Café.
Tickets for Puentes’ show are $29/$15.
Meanwhile, German-born Jens Lindemann will signal the start of Oktoberfest when he appears at Evergreen with pianist duo Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann.
The Oct. 3 show, which opens the Bergmann’s Musical Morning series with an evening performance, will include pieces by Strauss, Bach, Weill, Gershwin and Brubeck.
The Grammy-award nominated trumpet player, who now lives in California, was in the Tri-Cities last year with Port Moody musicians Shannon Gaye and Kristian Alexandrov for a fundraiser for the Port Moody Arts Centre; the trio also performed in 2014 at the PoMo ArtsFest.
Meanwhile, this year’s Musical Mornings series also includes: guitarist Daniel Bolshoy (Nov. 28); cellist Rebecca Wenham (March 27); and soprano Nadya Blanchette (April 17). Tickets range from $15 to $22.
Call the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
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