NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – When it comes to music, Spanish native Vicente Barreiro has a clear favorite. "Salsa is the best music in the world," he said. "It will make you dance. As soon as you start ...

The more saturated and mass-produced our culture becomes, the more people yearn for the authentic. One remedy is coming to the Northrop Auditorium on Sunday, as the Spanish Harlem Orchestra continues ...

The La Jolla Music Society has featured exceptional musicians in many genres over the years. Best known for staging classical concerts, since the opening of its intimate home at The Conrad the Society ...

Oscar Hernández knows he might be stepping on some toes, but he’s got to be honest. The pianist, arranger and leader of the triple Grammy Award-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Hernández realizes ...

The multi-Grammy-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra confidently earned its reputation Sunday at Music Haven, while a hot local combo rose to the challenge of opening for the big-city visitors. Both made ...

When last heard from, the salsa powerhouse Spanish Harlem Orchestra was celebrating fifteen years of playing together with Anniversary (ArtistShare, 2018). There have always been elements of Latin ...

4 ICYMI: Watch the Next On Stage: Season 6 Premiere The Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center will present the Spanish Harlem Orchestra on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at 8 p.m. Led by Oscar Hernandez, this ...

The Grammy-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra is named for a little slice of New York City that gave rise to Tito Puente, the king of Latin music, and crowned Celia Cruz from Cuba as the queen. When ...

Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras play some of their favorite new songs from the last few months, featuring globe-spanning electronica from Colombian producer Sinego, border-crossing new music from ...

Two decades ago, pianist Oscar Hernandez dreamed of an ensemble that could expand on the legacy built by the pioneering New York Latin dance bands during the golden age of the 1940s and ’50s, when ...