JOSÉ ALBERTO "EL Canario", ISMAEL MIRANDA and DOMINGO QUIÑONES + More @ Lehman Center

BRONX, N.Y. - Dec. 10, 2018 - PRLog -- Lehman Center for the Performing Arts and GOYA FOODS presents A Special Holiday Celebration:Aguinaldo Navideño with three of salsa's greatest sonero superstars: 2018 GRAMMY Award winnerJOSÉ ALBERTO "EL Canario", a salsa legend well known for establishing Salsa Romantica, ISMAEL MIRANDA who will perform his universally loved songs spanning several decades, and DOMINGO QUIÑONES with his impassioned live performance that is sure to get the crowd up and moving on Saturday, December 15^th, 2018 at 8pm.  Also enjoy the exciting dance rhythms of Johnny Olivo Jr. and his Herencia de Plena's performance of their afro-rich folkloric musical traditions of Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena. Music by DJ Andy Rodriguez. Produced by Lehman Center and José Raposo.
This concert continues the completion of the first phase of renovations at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts. Concert goers will find that the lobbies have been upgraded for ADA compliance with new ramps and carpeting, and the interior of the theater will have new seating, carpeted aisles, and finished flooring as well. The $15.4 million dollar refurbishment of the Center, which is expected to be completed by mid-2019, will also include 5,400 square feet of enlarged space, with a new main entrance and a redesigned box office, plus new administration offices and restroom facilities on the first and mezzanine floors, and an elevator. The Center seats 2,278 people in the concert hall and is the largest of its kind in the borough. Funding for the project is being provided by the Office of the Governor, the New York State Legislature, the Bronx delegation of the New York City Council, and the Office of the Bronx Borough President.
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is on the campus of Lehman College/CUNY at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468.  Tickets for JOSÉ ALBERTO "EL Canario", ISMAEL MIRANDA,and DOMINGO QUIÑONES on Saturday, December 15^th, 2018 at 8pm are $100*VIP, $65, $55, $50, and can be purchased by calling the Lehman Center box office at 718-960-8833 (Monday through Friday, 10am–5pm, and beginning at 4pm on the day of the concert), or through online access at www.LehmanCenter.org. *VIP Reception: The Havana Café, Goya Foods and Lehman Center special VIP pre-concert wine & hors d'oeuvres reception will start at 6:30pm. VIP tickets include the reception and the best seats in the house. Sponsored by Havana Café Restaurant and Goya Foods. Lehman Center is accessible by #4 or D train to Bedford Park Blvd. and is off the Saw Mill River Parkway and the Major Deegan Expressway. Low-cost on-site parking available for $5.
JOSÉ ALBERTO "EL CANARIO" is nicknamed El Canario (The Canary) because of his exquisite voice and amazing ability to use his highly melodious whistling skills as a soloing instrument. He is one of the most successful and respected artists on the salsa music scene with a recording history that includes more than 25 albums. Alberto first received international attention in 1977 as the lead vocalist of the ground-breaking ensemble TÍPICA'73 on recordings that include Salsa Encendida (1978), Charangueando con La Típica'73 (1980) and Into the 80s (1981). After being featured as a vocalist on Louie Ramirez' 1982 production Noche Caliente, the first album to give popular Spanish ballads an uptempo treatment, José Alberto became a major Latin star. Forming his own group in 1983, he recorded three albums on the Sono Max label titled Típicamente (1984), Canta Canario (1985) and Latino Style (1986).  In 2011, Alberto's album Original was nominated for a GRAMMY award and he won a 2013 Latin GRAMMY Award as a featured vocalist on Sergio George Presents Salsa Giants. Recent recordings include Intimamente Salsero Live(2012), Romantico y Rumbero (2014) and 2015's Latin GRAMMY-winning Best Traditional Tropical Album Tributo A Los Compadres: No Quiero Llanto.
ISMAEL MIRANDA was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in Manhattan's East Village. He showed an interest in music from a very young age and by the time he was eleven, he was singing and playing the congas with two juvenile groups. He recorded his first hit single, "Rumbón Melón", with Joey Pastrana's Orchestra when he was 17, which led to being hired as lead singer by bandleader Larry Harlow. Together they co-authored the Latin Boogaloo album El Exigente (1967), and Miranda headlined the record Orquesta Harlow Presenta a Ismael Miranda in 1968. Notable Orquesta Revelación album recordings include En Fa Menor (1976), Con Mi Viejo (1976), No Voy Al Festival (1977) and Doble Energia (with Willie Colon, 1980). Several of his hit songs have attained classic status, including "Arsenio", "Pa Bravo Yo", "Señor Sereno", "Lupe, Lupe" and "Se Fue Y Me Dejo". He has been honored with three GRAMMY nominations, 1 platinum and 8 gold albums, and countless international honors.
DOMINGO QUIÑONES, one of the world's most popular salsa stars, was born in New Jersey and moved when he was four years old to Ceiba, Puerto Rico where he grew up singing salsa, bachata, rumba and Cuban charangas. Returning to New York City as a young teenager, he began his career with Conjunto Nativo in 1981 and also sang coro with Rafael de Jesús, José Alberto, Johnny Rodriguez andConjunto Clásico before becoming the lead vocalist for Luis "Perico" Ortiz's orchestra. Going solo, he released his first album Domingo es Mi Nombre in 1990.