by Magdy Zara
Idelfonso Pablo Sánchez, better known as Poncho Sánchez, is a percussionist (conguero), salsa player and leader of a prominent Latin jazz and Cuban music band, whom you will have the pleasure of meeting at his next performance in California.
This event will also be attended by Francis Mercier, owner of the Moperc drum factory; in addition to Gammy winners Javier Cabanillas and Giancarlo Anderson.
This musical experience with two percussion geniuses will take place on April 14 and 15
at Yoshi’s Oakland, located at 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, beginning at 4:30 p.m. m., the cost of tickets is $30 per person, for more information register at Yoshis.com.
California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Hold Annual Business Policy Summit
As is customary for the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, they will host their long-awaited 2023 Business Policy Summit. This annual summit is known as the premier legislative conference for California’s small businesses, Hispanic and diverse communities, in order to learn and participate in the key policy issues and dynamics that impact the growth of California’s economy.
During this activity, business priorities will be raised, key policy solutions will be promoted that benefit their members, communities and small businesses in California.
The Summit is about politics, not partisanship, and will feature leading members from both sides of the political spectrum, who will update participants on the latest actions, initiatives and priorities at the state Capitol. Attendees will participate in briefings on policy issues and network with members of the legislature and Capitol Hill experts, gaining a first-hand perspective on California’s political and legislative environment.
This summit will take place next Wednesday, April 19 of the current year, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Registration will be open from 8 a.m. at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, located at 1230 J Street, Sacramento.
Open dance floor with Edgardo & Candela
The San Francisco Bay Area-based Salsa Candela band, an orchestra with a track record of over 36 years, is one of California’s most established salsa bands.
How much with the masterful execution of the piano, bass, trombone, sax, flute, guitar, conga, bongo, timbales and vocalists.
Better known simply as “Candela”, their trademark is their high-energy performance, with great vocals, a tight rhythm section and the powerful sound of horns. The band features the Bay Area’s crop of professional musicians, making for an incredible musical experience every time they play!
They narrate that the name of this group comes from the fact that in the past the drummers lit a small bonfire in the street curve, to warm up and tune their congas and other types of hand drums to “give fire to the drum.”
The name Candela has well described the energy and intensity of the live performances of this San Francisco Bay Area Salsa Band.
This open dance class will be prior to the Rueda con Ritmo show, to be held on Friday, April 28, starting at 8 p.m.
Venezuelan Conductor Rafael Payare Debuts with the SF Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Payare, after becoming the first Venezuelan and the youngest conductor to conduct the Indian Symphony Orchestra, undertakes a new challenge and soon makes his debut with one of the most important musical groups in North America, such as the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
The 2022 – 2023 season will include a live recording of Strauss’ Don Quixote with the Philharmonia Orchestra for the Pentatone label with his wife, the cellist, Alisa Weilerstein. As well as debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Payare will conduct the SF Symphony Orchestra, as part of the tour of the violinist Hilary Hanh, who plays the fiery violin concerto by Johannes Brahms. In his San Francisco Symphony debut Rafael Payare conducts Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben, an impassioned portrait of the man’s successes and failures, told with dramatic flair. And Darker America, by William Grant Still, depicts the journey of African Americans from grief to triumph.
Payare is characterized by his profound musicianship, technical brilliance and charismatic podium presence, which has elevated him as one of the most in-demand conductors.
This concert will be at the Davies Symphony Hall, during the days, 11, 12 and 13 of May, tickets for the Davies Symphony concerts can be purchased through sfsymphony.org or by calling the box office of the San Francisco Symphony at 415-864-6000.
The Davies Symphony Hallis is located at 201 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco.
