FUNDarte Season

Season Events

La Anunciación (Film)

A Cuban Family within the tour cardinal points… looks for sponsorship.
Synopsis: Amalia, spiritualist old woman, has just become a widow. She lives in a small, last floor-apartment of an old building, with Cristobal, her 10 year-old grandson and with his younger son, Mayito, who is not at home most of the time. Amalia summons her sons in order to read their father’s Will. Her sons: Ricardo, revolutionary engineer, lives and works in a humble, small provincial town; Margarita, architect, lives in the United States where she has formed a family; and Mayito, bohemian musician and poet; they all live separate worlds. This reunion serves the brothers to settle some accounts of their lives.
Amalia, a faithful believer, falsifies the father’s legacy aiming at reconcilement. During a séance, calling the dead husband’s spirit, he speaks through Amalia’s grandson. Surprisingly, the spirit really speaks and reveals the existence of the legitimate document. When they all are about to read the Will in order to attack it, the grandson tears it up and throws the document out the window. Finally, he recovers the real Will and keeps it.

Russian Red and Alex*Cuba in Concert

A CO-PRESENTATION WITH CENTRO CULTURAL ESPAÑOL DE MIAMI

Two concerts at the beautiful Miami Beach's Art Deco Colony Theater with some of the best of emerging Contemporary World Music artists! The night begins with Russian Red, the stage name for Lourdes Hernández, a singer-songwriter based in Madrid, Spain. Her beautifully crafted, minimal songs beam delicate folk harmonies and lustrous vocals, originally formed in 2007, by Lourdes and Brian Hunt. The moniker for Lourdes comes from a lipstick color she frequently uses. The evenings closes with Singer-songwriter Alex*Cuba who's trademark sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks and rock chords subtly subvert commonly held notions of what Cuban music is. Alex is the vanguard, crafting a cross-cultural sound. Not tied to tradition, this Cuban-Canadian prefers his vintage Gibson over el sencerro (cowbell) anytime.

10/15/2009 8:00 PM

Eliseo Parra and Rosalia Roio in Concert!

Eliseo Parra is one Spain's leading performers and researchers of folk music. He has traveled to small villages to rediscover old songs, musical instruments and learned how to play some instruments in the traditional style. He reconstructs folk music by adding modern elements. His background may seem surprising to some. He began as a rock musician and afterwards became interested in jazz and Caribbean rhythms. Eventually, he ended up rediscovering Spanish folk music. Rosalia, Guitar player, songwriter, composer and vocalist, a truly original musician. With a fabulous energy and singular mastery of her instrument, able to un-earth the ancient popular music of her native Spain and embody it in an astonishing performance full of passion and mastery. Rosalia's music is an inspired encounter of beauty, guts and virtuosity. Though educated with some of the bests musicians in the world, Rosalía's songs reveal a truly un-affected, creative and brave artist who has become a cult musician for an international audience. Her music is a fusion of traditional Spanish Folk music that has been largely forgotten. The adaptations combine this folk heritage, which is not derived from Flamenco, with jazz and Latin colors. She has taken many sources and created a new musical vision enriched by her virtuosity guitar technique.

10/30/2009 8:00 PM

3rd Annual Global Cuba Fest!

The evening features a showcase of some of the best of contemporary and time-honored Cuban rhythms, with three extraordinary musical groups and two DJs.The night begins with Boston based Jazz saxophonist Carlos Averhoff Jr. and Iresi Quintet, then the Salsa/Timba ”Miami vs. New York" Dance Party showcasing Br@ily, the amazing Miami-based Timba and Salsa trombone player and singer, whose unique electrifying performances show off his non-stop energy and virtuosity. The evening closes with the New York-based vocalist Jose “Pepito” Gomez and his band, who the New York Times has called “another order of performer."

Keeping the party going all night, DJs Snowhite and Duni will spin in the Fillmore lobby between performance sets. Born in Cuba, DJ Duni is Miami-based and has been promoting Cuban Music for the last 10 years as partial owner of timbastars.com, a website dedicated to promoting timba throughout the world. Born in Cuba and raised in Queens, DJ Snowhite is one of Miami’s leading and most innovative soundscape designers and turntable curators

11/07/2009 7:00 PM

A Taste of Out in the Tropics

Gender-bending, great music, lots of laughs and some powerful takes on history and sexual identity are all part of the upcoming performing arts showcase. The evening will feature the women-led pop-rock group BETTY, whose hilarious and always fresh musical performances and theater work has made them popular world-wide, as well as a great line-up of local GLBT artists. The M.C. for the night will be Adora, South Florida’s infamous gender illusionist known for his spot-on comedy and lip-synching in both English and Spanish. Juan Carlos Zaldivar will appear in his Martí and I, a mixed-media piece that blends video and live performance. Drag It Out will present their female-to-male “drag king” show that is sure to entertain audience members of all persuasions. And finally, the evening will be rounded out with a performance from an ensemble of the always-popular Miami Gay Men’s Chorus.

11/07/2009 10:00 PM

Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro in Concert!

Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro are paragon interpreters of son, Cuba's national music genre par excellence. Decades before the Buena Vista Social Club, the septet performed the compositions of its namesake, transforming them into international standards of the son tradition.

11/21/2009 11:00 PM

Bobby Carcasses in Concert

FUNDarte presents one of the most prodigious musicians, entertainers, and showmen of his generation, Cuban Legend and Jazz Master Bobby Carcassés, in an exclusive one night performance. The evening features some of the best Cuban musicians in today's Latin Jazz scene, including Dafnis Prieto, Yosvany Terry, Osmany Paredes, Yunior Terry, Magilee Alvarez and Marvin Diz. Bobby Carcasses has made an indelible contribution to Latin Jazz through his uniquely accented music and outstanding career. He is a renowned multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer and one of the leading exponents of contemporary Latin Jazz and the new sound of Cuban music coming from the island itself.

02/26/2010 8:00 PM

Anabel & Ke o Ke in Concert

FUNDarte & the City of Miami Beach present a Miami On Stage and Arts In the Parks Concert with Anabel & Ke o Ke

South Florida-based singer Anabel has been a member of such groups as Salsabrava and Retrozon, as well as pursuing her solo career as an interpreter of diverse musical styles, including salsa, bolero and son. Since 2005 Anabel has led her own group, Ke o Ke, showcasing her unique fusion style. She has shared the stage with musicians such as Willy Chirino. Albita Rodriguez and Cachao. Take a hip-shaking musical journey through contemporary Latin musical genres just steps away from the ocean in a beautiful outdoor setting.