Event Directory Search for upcoming events Picks and Previews Plan ahead to check out these not-to-be-missed events All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Music Pedrito Martinez Group | Photo: Courtesy of Mount Royal University Conservatory April 22, 2017 Pedrito Martinez Group Head to Mount Royal University for an evening of Afro-Cuban folkloric music Amy Jo Espetveidt Location Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW Price $44 - $69 Buy Tickets Bound to get the Bella hopping, the Pedrito Martinez Group comes to Calgary this April as part of the Travelers Series presented by MRU Conservatory. Born in Havana, Cuba, Pedro Pablo “Pedrito” Martinez is known as consummate master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music and plays the complex Oru seco exquisitely. The world’s first-call rumbero, Martinez has recorded and performed with Wynton Marsalis, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Bruno Mars, Lada Gaga, and more. Habana Dreams, PMG’s second album, was featured as the top Latin Jazz Album in NPR’s Jazz Critics Top Jazz Albums for 2016. Catch the Pedrito Martinez Group at 7:30pm on April 22, 2017 at the Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University Conservatory (4825 Mount Royal Gate SW).
