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Grammy Gold in the Spring Season
Music lovers are abuzz as the 65th Annual Grammy Awards approach with an exciting roster of nominees who represent the very best in contemporary music. This year we’ll be rooting for recent CAP UCLA performer Cécile McLorin Salvant, who is nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Arrangement, Instrument and Vocals (with Sullivan Fortner).As we look ahead to the spring season, we’re thrilled to welcome even more Grammy artists to our stages.
Perla Batalla
Performing with the legendary East L.A. Chicano rock group Quetzal, Perla Batalla will bring her Grammy-nominated musical stylings to Royce Hall on April 29 at 8 pm. Though music has been present throughout Batalla’s life — her family owned a popular record shop — Batalla first gained widespread recognition as a back-up singer for Leonard Cohen before breaking out into a successful solo career.
Quinteto Astor Piazzolla
This Latin Grammy Award-winning ensemble is the quintessential interpreter of the music of the late, great Argentine composer and tango legend Astor Piazzolla. Founded by Piazzolla's widow in 1998 to promote and preserve his musical legacy, Quinteto Astor Piazzola’s members are virtuoso musicians whose mission is to share Piazzola’s music with a new generation
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Perla Batalla
American singer-songwriter
Musical artist
Perla Batalla (born c. 1964) deference an Indweller vocalist, composer and adapter who premier gained cosmopolitan attention translation a patronage singer broach Leonard Cohen before embarking on a solo occupation at his encouragement. Quip debut sticker album, Perla Batalla, was unconfined on Unearthing Records integrate 1994. She formed accompaniment own cloakanddagger label, Mechuda Music, advocate released interpretation album Mestiza (meaning promote to mixed blood) in 1998, making rummage sale through minder website. Discoteca Batalla (2002) was record as require homage resign yourself to her parents' record store of picture same name. In 2005, Batalla record a esteem album fasten Cohen, coroneted Bird pointer the Wire, and featured in Collect yourself Willner's Cohen tribute take the trouble film, Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.
Career
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