DRANOFF 2 PIANO PRESENTS
Co-presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center.
PIANO SLAM 2024 THEME:
My Music. Miami. All We Can Save.
Rhythms & Writings
of Restoration
Suite Afrocubana to Lico Jimenez
Classical, hip-hop, Spoken Word mashup
featuring Miami’s top young poets
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PIANO SLAM 2024 composition
Suite Afrocubana
to Lico Jimenez
By Chucho Valdés
In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, Mr. Valdés has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style. Winner of seven GRAMMY® and six Latin GRAMMY® Awards, Mr. Valdés, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Science last year and was also inducted in the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.
PIANO SLAM is a classical performance and education program and annual poetry competition which brings live classical performances to classrooms and uses music and arts-integrated curriculum as a tools for students to learn core subjects in public middle and high schools.
PIANO SLAM is a program of The Murray Dranoff Foundation, Inc. a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization. Donations to 501(c)(3) nonprofits are tax-deductible.
Inspire. Empower. Create.
Piano Slam utilizes music as a tool and inspiration to give
our youth a voice through artistic expression.
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Inspire. Empower. Create.
PIANO SLAM utilizes music as a tool and inspiration to give our youth a voice through artistic expression.
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PIANO SLAM 2023 Finals
Performed at The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
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