The Hamilton Friendship Association with Cuba and Matapa Music and Arts Organization and are pleased to announce the only Hamilton stop on a nation-wide tour of famed trova musician Gerardo Alfonso.  He will be accompanied by our friend Sandra Ramirez of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).  Gerardo will perform his well known and loved Neuva Trova songs and Sandra will discuss the October 2014 World Conference in Solidarity with Cuba, the 3rd of its kind. 

About Gerardo
Gerardo Alfonso was born in Havana in 1958.  He began as a trova musician under the influence of the Cuban form of nueva canción (new song).  He has shared the stage with Maria Bethania, Pablo Milanes, Silvio Rodriguez, Carlos Verela, Frank Delgado and many others. 

His lyrics have assured him a place in the hearts of all Cubans, just as his fusion work has won him high marks among specialized critics.  His songs incorporate elements of Latin American music —basically Brazilian and Caribbean— but he has also understood how to take advantage of his urban and popular roots in a range of mixtures that span from rock and reggae to rap and guaguanco, though never abandoning his trova essence.