MICHEL CAMILO TRIO

Some pianists play well. And then there is Michel Camilo. Pure energy at the piano, a true force of nature. He was born in Santo Domingo and arrived in New York with everything to prove. And prove it he did. Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 1985, he has moved effortlessly between jazz, Latin music and classical music, as if genres were suggestions rather than boundaries for an artist. One Grammy, three Latin Grammys and an Emmy. He has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and Chucho Valdés. He has also premiered his own concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, and was artist-in-residence at the Vienna Konzerthaus. Berklee awarded him a professorship.

For his debut concert at Les Arts, he is joined by bassist Ricky Rodríguez and drummer Antonio Sánchez on a journey through the highlights of a career that has yet to reach its peak.