Come celebrate Cuban-style!

Hot off its third Grammy nomination, the Cuban music group Tiempo Libre and the Oregon Symphony will celebrate Cuba’s musical heritage with a joyous dance-inducing symphonic concert at Arlene Schnitzer Hall on Saturday, April 30th at 7:30pm, and Sunday, May 1st at 3:00PM. Tickets may be purchased by visiting http://www.pcpa.com/index.php or the Oregon Symphony Orchestra website, http://www.orsymphony.org

Tiempo Libre and the Oregon Symphony will perform a medley of traditional cha-cha-chás, traditional sones (including “El Manicero”, “Son de la Loma” and “Guantanamera”) arranged by Tiempo Libre’s Jorge Gomez in collaboration with Raul Murciano (a professor at University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and one of the founders/music director of Miami Sound Machine) as well as selections from Tiempo Libre’s Grammy nominated album Bach in Havana, which uniquely fuses Cuban music and Bach and was featured on Dancing with the Stars.

Tiempo Libre will also perform some high energy, dance-inducing Grammy-nominated timba music on its own featuring songs from Bach in Havana, as well as selections from their two previously Grammy-nominated timba albums Lo Que Esperabas and Arroz Con Mango.