Culture Club Outing: Roberto Fonseca at the Grand

Culture Club members will be attending a performance by Roberto Fonseca at the Grand Theatre.  The Culture Club will meet at 7.30 pm in the foyer for a start time of 7.45 pm.

Pianist and charismatic band leader Roberto Fonseca extends his take on his Cuban roots, performing his new album ABUC. 

Pulsing percussion and bolshie brass revolve around Fonseca’s exuberant piano in an exhilarating extension of the music of his homeland.

Not since Orlando López’s ground-breaking 2001 release Cachaíto has Cuban music been made to sound so fresh as in Fonseca’s ‘Electro Cha’, ‘Son Beat’ and ‘Mambo Afro’.

Part of the renaissance in Cuban music over the past two decades, Roberto Fonseca toured with Buena Vista Social Club before releasing solo material, cementing himself as one of the most inventive and creative Latin jazz musicians of this new generation.

A dazzling performer who can match Cuban jazz with a remarkable variety of other styles

— The Guardian

Click below to watch Roberto Fonseca:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQIHLeMVz10&feature=youtu.be

Members will need to apply in advance of the performance by attending the monthly Culture Club meetings (WYPH cafe, second Monday of each month between 5.30 and 6.30 pm).  Tickets are on a first come basis and are subject to availability of the allocation from Opera North.

Image courtesy of  and owned by the Opera North website.