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HOMENAJE A RUTH FERNÁNDEZ
CHOCO ORTA
with Dr. Willie Rodríguez, John Benítez, Chuito De Jesús, Wilson (Chembo) Corniel,
Frances Benítez, Pete Nater, Hommy Ramos & Daniel (Gato) Arbolena

  • Main Theater
    Saturday
    7:30 p.m.
  • Reserved Seating: Orch $25 Mezz $20
    Students and Under 18 $10

    Buy Tickets online
    (718) 518-4455

The acclaimed songstress Choco Orta returns to New York for Puerto Rican Heritage Month to perform her dream for many years --a tribute to the great contralto and stateswoman Ruth Fernández. Heralded as “the Soul of Puerto Rico made into Song,” Fernández broke many gender and racial barriers--performing at Carnegie Hall, recording with Machito, touring Scandinavia, and many other firsts for an Afro-Latin woman. Orta, who will be joined by New York's finest Latin musicians, has put together a very special program of Fernández favorite songs composed by such beloved Borinquen icons as Rafael Hernández, Bobby Capó and Lito Peña.