Multi-instrumentalist Coqui Calzadilla and pianist Andy García are in town from Havana, Cuba, as guest artists of CAYO. With a program of Afro-Cuban favorites and originals, these members of storied musical dynasties in Cuba bring a modern take to the cultural milieu of the island. Click for more info.

Alejandro (Coqui) Calzadilla is a Cuban clarinetist, saxophonist, teacher, composer, and arranger as well as a professor at the National School of Music in Havana. His musical interests move between classical music, jazz, and Cuban music, with his first album being a synthesis of these styles. He is the director of the Lomarriba Jazz Quartet and the Palomonte Clarinet Quartet. As a performer, he has appeared as a guest soloist with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, the Havana Chamber Orchestra, the "Música Eterna" Chamber Orchestra, and the Las Villas Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in productions of "Carmen La Cubana" and "Vamos Cuba” across Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. He has also performed in concert halls in Argentina, Venezuela, and the United States. In 2023, he was awarded a scholarship sponsored by the Cuban Young Art Fund that allowed him to record his first album. In 2024, he was chosen by the Preservation Hall Foundation to be the first international artist in residence, connecting Cuban music and traditional New Orleans jazz. Coqui has been a teacher and performer with CAYO (Cuban American Youth Orchestra) since 2020, connecting jazz and classical music forms for students across the United States and Cuba. Learn more at cayomusic.org.

Andy García is a Cuban pianist, singer, composer, and producer who was born in Havana, Cuba. He cultivated a deep passion for music from an early age and has developed an exceptional ability to connect with his audience through his art. With a distinctive style that encompasses traditional Cuban music, jazz, world music, salsa, timbal, and pop, Mr. García has performed on numerous stages and collaborated in musical productions alongside artists such as Alain Perez, Tony Succar, Cimafunk, and Alexander Abreu. Mr. Garcia has appeared at festivals including Glastonbury, Sunfest Canada, Barranquijazz, Medejazz, Tempo Latino Festival, Cuba in Tunez, and the storied Havana Jazz Festival.