Cuba's premier flutist and composer, Maraca

Orlando “Maraca” Valle is highly appreciated for his spontaneously celebratory, rhythmically complex, lyrically clever, and instrumentally thrilling music; his brilliant fusions range from Latin jazz to the most danceable tropical rhythms, and his spectacular live performances as well as his multi-award winning recordings have made him famous all over the world. The New Collective is a band of ten of the best musicians from Cuba today.
His nomination as “Best Salsa Album” at the US Grammy Awards in 2003 made him the youngest Cuban artist ever nominated by the US National Recording Academy.
Rounding out the evening will be a performance by local guitarist Rich Sikorski and a salsa demo from Salsa de Cuba.