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A World of Piano: Arturo O'Farrill

Thu, Feb 26

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Northampton Center For the Arts

Arturo O'Farrill (piano)

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A World of Piano: Arturo O'Farrill
A World of Piano: Arturo O'Farrill

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Feb 26, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Northampton Center For the Arts , 33 Hawley St, Northampton, MA 01060

About The Event

ARTURO O’FARRILL, pianist, composer, and educator, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Arturo’s professional career began with the Carla Bley Band and continued as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte.


In 2007, he founded the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the performance, education, and preservation of Afro Latin music. Learn more about ALJA here: http://www.afrolatinjazz.org


In December 2010 Arturo traveled with the original Chico O’Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra to Cuba, returning his father’s musicians to his homeland.  He continues to travel to Cuba regularly as an informal Cultural Ambassador, working with Cuban musicians, dancers, and students, bringing local musicians from Cuba to the US and American musicians to Cuba.


Arturo has performed with orchestras and bands including his own Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and Arturo O’Farrill…


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