Popular Dedicates Its New Musical Production to El Gran Combo
November 09 2010 - 5:50PM
Business Wire
Today, Popular (NASDAQ:BPOP) presented to the news media its new
musical production, which will be broadcast on Sunday, December 5.
The new production “Salsa: A Tribute to El Gran Combo” contains
almost an hour of some of the band’s biggest hits performed by
various local and international artists.
Richard L. Carrion, president and Chief
Executive Officer of Popular; Rafael Ithier, Director of El Gran
Combo and Isidro Infante, Musical Director of Salsa un Homenaje a
El Gran Combo (Photo: Business Wire)
“With this new production, we pay a well-deserved tribute to the
University of Salsa, which is how this iconic group is called. Our
mission is to bring joy through their music. It’s not a
documentary, but it is a project that shows this Salsa institution
and many who appreciate them doing what they love the most, playing
music,” said Richard L. Carrión, president and Chief Executive
Officer of Popular.
This new musical offering showcases artists such as Edgar
Daniel, NG-2, Carolina La O, La India, Willie Colón, Domingo
Quiñones, Issac Delgado, Luisito Carrión, Tito Rojas, Michael
Stuart, José Alberto “El Canario,” the Symphony Orchestra from the
Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music featuring Roselín Pabón, and El
Gran Combo, among others.
As in previous years, the funds raised from CD and DVD sales
will go to the Fundación Banco Popular, which will use them for
music education for children and young people. The Puerto Rico
Conservatory of Music, the “Escuelas Libres de Música” and the
Loaíza Cordero High School, are some of the entities that have
benefitted from funds raised from the music specials’ sales.
Isidro Infante was in charge of the music production while Rojo
Chiringa did the film production and the Behind the Scenes feature.
Reaktor did the post-production and Gabriel Coss edited the
special.
The new production will be broadcast not only on local
television, but also through the Internet and various TV channels
in the United States. Just the same, Popular designed an Internet
page in which visitors can learn more about this production at
www.popular.com.
As part of this tribute, Popular also presented an exhibit
dedicated to El Gran Combo, which will remain at the Popular
Center’s lobby for the next two months.
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