10-Time Grammy Award Winner Arturo Sandoval live in Singapore
PUBLISHED August 4th, 2014 04:00 pm | UPDATED May 9th, 2018 03:13 am
A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval emerged from Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, to become a 10-time Grammy Award winner and six-time Billboard Award winner.
Sandoval began studying classical trumpet at the age of 12, but it didn’t take him long to catch the excitement of the jazz world. He has since evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugel horn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer.
The founding member of the Grammy Award-winning group Irakere, Sandoval is one of the most dynamic and vivacious live performers of our time. He has been seen by millions at the Oscars performing with Celine Dion, at the Grammy Awards with Justin Timberlake, and in his own right as a leader, and at the Billboard Awards with Alicia Keys.
His versatility can be heard on recordings with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Woody Shaw, Michel Legrand, Bill Conti, and Stan Getz to Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka, Rod Stewart, Josh Groban and Alicia Keys, amongst many others.
Filled with a virtuoso capability, he desires nothing more than to share his gift with others who feel the same intense adoration for music as he does. As the maestro puts it himself: “If you’ve got music in your heart, you’re gonna be a happy person, no matter what” (NPR). Sandoval will be joined on stage by fellow acclaimed musicians Mahesh Balasooriya (piano), Zane Musa (saxophone), John Belzaguy (bass), Johnny Friday (drums), and Armanda Arce (percussion).
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**DATE: 27 AUG 2014, WED
TIME: 7.30pm
(1hr 30mins, no intermission)
VENUE: Concert Hall
PRICE: $48*, $68, $88, $108**
Tickets available via [Sistic here](http://www.sistic.com.sg/events/arturo0814)
