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A & C La Banda ” is a Spanish oriented band , offering a variety of merengue , salsa , bachata , and bolero music . The band originated in Tampa , Florida by both Carlo Kural and Armando Olivero . It consists of 12 musicians ranging from piano , bass , saxophone , trombone , trumpet , congas , timbales , bongo , 3 singers and 1 musical director .
Armando Olivero was born in Bahoruco , Dominican Republic . Since a child he was greatly inspired with musical studies . Later registering at the Conservatorio Nacionalde Musica in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic , where he finalized his career with Cuban professor Santiago Falls , which graduated from the University Tchaicovski in Russia . With his direction and instruction he was taught to compose and orquestrate symphonies . He studied the piano with Milagro Beras at the Academia Dominicana de Musica , where he was recognized in the year 1988 as the Highest Achieving Student . At the Universidad Autonoma in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic he studied Economy for a number of six semesters . Where he later graduated as a lawyer at the Universidad del Caribe with honors Magna Cum Laude . He was orquestrator and director in the La Banda Sonora in the movie The Specialist , starring Sylvestor Stallone and Sharon Stone in the studios of Emilio Stephan in Miami , Florida . He has performed in prestigious stages in diverse countries such as , Japan , Chile , Cuba , China , Colombia , Costa Rica , Venezuela , United Sates , Estocolmo , Switzerland , Spain , San Martin , and Curazao . His works have been recognized by the Asociacion de Cronistas de Arte in the Dominican Republic as the Best Orquestrator and or Musical Arranger from 1994 through 2000 . In the
years 1998 through 2000 was awarded great statuette . He has acted as producer , musical director , and as special guest in a number of concerts and recordings for famous international artists such as , Danny Rivera , Sophy de Puerto Rico , Juan Luis Guerra , Jose Alberto ( El Canario ), Gilberto Santa Rosa , Jhonny Ventura , and Jhonny Pacheco .
He is currently residing in the city of Tampa , Florida , where along side pianist , Carlo Kural , has created “ A & C La Banda ”, in which he is producer and musical director .
He is currently residing in the city of Tampa , Florida , where along side pianist , Carlo Kural , has created “ A & C La Banda ”, in which he is producer and musical director .
“ WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto
( 33-1 , 27 KOs ), has been training hard for the title unification match that ’ ll take place in Madison Square Garden on June 13th , when he will meet the IBF champion Joshua Cottley ( 35-2 , 20 KOs ). “
Cotto , decided to train in Tampa to get away from the distractions that might crop up with his training in Puerto Rico and is reportedly feeling very comfortable with his new trainer , Joe Santiago .
Miguel Cotto returned to the ring in February 2009 with a dominant win over Michael Jennings , seven months after his now-debated loss to Antonio Margarito .
There ’ s “ Danger ” coming our way from Orlando . Dangerous P ., born in Chicago , Illinois moved to Milwaukee , Wisconsin at the age of 10 and relocated to Orlando last year , and will be coming to Tampa to perform music from his previous album , and some of his new music from his upcoming album , soon to be released . Dangerous P . is known for his deep lyrics and unique voice . He writes his own music and has a California connection for beats . D . P . recently did a show at the 11 / 12 Lounge in Orlando and has had his music played at Makos in downtown Orlando . Check him out at : http :// www . myspace . com / dangerousproperty as well as www . soundclick . com .