Nestor Torres performs at Jack London
Latin Grammy Award Winner & Multi-Grammy Nominee Nestor Torres is a Puerto Rican flautist. He studied at Berklee College of Music, Mannes School of Music in NYC, and later at the New England Conservatory ofMusic in Boston. Torres’ career includes collaborations with Herbie Hancock, TitoPuente, and Gloria Estefan, Kenny Loggins, Dave Matthews, Paquito D’Rivera and Arturo Sandoval, as well as performances with The New World, Cleveland, and Singapore Symphony Orchestras. He has released 18CDs to date and has earned 4 Latin Grammy nominations, 1 Latin Grammy Award, and a Grammy nomination .His playing incorporates a seamless blend of Latin jazz, pop,straight-ahead jazz and classical styles. He has been described as "an exotic mix of styles that takes the listener through American, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban jazz". In addition to the LatinGrammy, Nestor Torres is the recipient of many awards,including two honorary doctorate degrees from Barry University and Carlos Albizu University, for his commitment to youth, education and cultural exchanges.
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Soul’d Out Productions (SOP) was founded in the Pacific NW in 2008 in order to bring a diversity in programming and cultural curation that was sorely lacking. Additionally, SOP has produced thousands of shows and events from LA to Vancouver BC, from Washington DC to NYC and founded the Jazz Fest by Nite series in New Orleans that ran from 2009 – 2019. As producer of the Soul’d Out Festival for 10 years and operator of several successful venues in Portland, SOP has helped evolve the NW musical landscape by changing who gets a ‘seat at the table’ in terms of community building and engagement through the arts.
