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Fri - Feb 21, 2025 - 8 pm

Arturo Sandoval

Arturo Sandoval

Arturo Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small village in the province of Havana, Cuba. He started playing music at the age of thirteen in the village band. After playing many instruments he finally settled on the trumpet. In 1977 he met Dizzy Gillespie who became a friend and mentor and helped him defect from Cuba while on tour with the United Nations Orchestra, becoming an American citizen in 1998.

To rise above the crowd, you must discipline yourself unceasingly to the strict demand and realities of your ambition.
— Arturo Sandoval

Sandoval has performed in the White House and at the Super Bowl. He has won numerous Grammy Awards, Billboard Awards and one Emmy for his score on the film about his life, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) starring Andy Garcia.

To add to his honors Sandoval received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and slated to receive the Kennedy Center Honor this December, 2024.

  • February 21, 2025
  • 8:00 - 9:30 pm
  • Annenberg Theatre

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  • Presidential Medal of Freedom

    President Barack Obama awarded Cuban-born trumpeter Arturo Sandoval the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House November 20, 2013.

  • Emmy Winner

    Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Dramatic Underscore) 2001. Winner Arturo Sandoval, Composer

  • Kennedy Center Honor

    Arturo Sandoval is slated to receive the Kennedy Center Honor this December 8, 2024.

    The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has selected Arturo Sandoval as one of the 47th Honorees for lifetime artistic achievements.

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