Arturo O'Farrill
“One of our greatest living pianists.”
Born in Mexico and raised in New York, Arturo O’Farrill is a prolific pianist, composer, and passionate promoter of Latin music and its cultural heritage. Arturo is the founder and Artistic Director of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Afro Latin music through performance, education and preservation.
Throughout his career, he has played with several bands and orchestras all over the world, including his own Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and the Arturo O’Farril Sextet. He has also performed with Ballet Hispánico and the Malpaso Dance Company, and composed pieces for the Evidence Dance Company and the Alvin Ailey Dance Company.
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Tilles Center
A multi–Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer, and educator, O’Farrill leads his renowned 18-piece orchestra in a thrilling evening of big band jazz infused with Afro Latin rhythms, contemporary improvisation, and bold musical storytelling. Known for pushing the genre forward, the Orchestra performs boundary-breaking compositions that invite audiences into a vibrant, cross-cultural conversation.
Weekly Live Jazz at City Winery
GRAMMY Award-winning pianist, composer, and bandleader Arturo O'Farrill leads his 18-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in a new weekly residency, performing a broad spectrum
City Winery NYC Presents Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra on Sunday, April 26th, at 11:30 AM, part of a multi-show series. View all NYC dates and times here!
The Pocket
Presented by Belongó, GRAMMY Award-winning pianist, composer, and bandleader Arturo O’Farrill leads the 18-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Continuing their 29 year-long weekly NYC residency, the band performs a broad spectrum of repertoire from celebrated Latin classics to original compositions and contemporary works by some of the most impactful musicians in the city.
“New York pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill has not just continued but renewed that musical discussion with a breathtaking, consistently inventive array of Afro-Cuban jazz over two CDs.”
Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley
The album, recorded in tribute to the late Carla Bley, will feature Blue Palestine, the composer's final commissioned work for O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.
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