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Doors 6:30 - Show 7PM
The Alluvion is proud to present the Diva of the Buena Vista Social Club: Omara Portuondo and her band as they travel to Traverse City during their VIDA World Tour. This year marks the 25 year anniversary of the award winning album and film that documented the incredible story and work of the Buena Vista Social Club band. We feel so honored to host one of the legendary members of the now iconic ensemble and her touring band for a one-of-a-kind Wednesday evening at The Alluvion!
Omara is one of Cuba’s greatest vocalists and has been very popular from the day she started singing professionally in the late forties.
She started her professional career at the Cabaret Tropicana in Havana in 1930, and in the 1950's she began her international career backing Nat King Cole. In 1997, at the age of 67, Omara became The Diva of Buena Vista Social Club, crowning her fame after half a century of a huge national and international solo career. Omara won her first Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album along with a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. She received three Grammy Award nominations in 2019, and in 2021, Omara was awarded with the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports, in a ceremony presided over by the King and Queen of Spain, and then she won the prestigious Songlines Pioneer Award for her life long contribution to Cuban music and culture.
Get your tickets early and mark your calendar for Oct 18! Omara will be joined by: pianist Jose Portillo, drummer Ramses Rodriguez, bassist Lino Piquero, and percussionist Degnis Bofill.
