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  • Sep. 10, 2018
  • First-ever Norteño at the Bowl! with Los Tigres del Norte
    at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, September 15

     

    WHAT:

    Norteño at the Bowl! on September 15 will feature Los Tigres del Norte headlining the Hollywood Bowl's first-ever concert dedicated to Northern Mexico's música norteña. Los Tigres del Norte will perform with orchestra, including all-star musicians from the LA Phil's Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), conducted by Juan Felipe Molano. Joining the bill are Los Cachorros de Juan Villarreal and Los Cadetes de Linares. The performance will be a celebration of Mexican Independence Day.

    Los Tigres del Norte - who originated in Rosa Morada, Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico, and moved to San Jose, CA in the late 1960s - are known for their pioneering socio-political ballads, or corridos. The seven-time Grammy-winning group is recognized for turning norteño into an internationally known genre by modernizing the conjunto norteño form - which features accordion, bajo sexto, saxophone, bass and drums - and infusing it with bolero, cumbia, rock rhythms, and waltzes. Los Tigres del Norte is comprised of Jorge Hernández (director, lead vocals), Hernan Hernández (electric bass, vocals), Eduardo Hernández (accordion, saxophone, bajo sexto, vocals), Luis Hernández (bajo sexto, vocals), and Óscar Lara (drums).

    Norteño music developed in the early 1900s as the polkas of German and Czech migrant workers mixed with the ballads (corridos) and rancheras of Mexicans in the north of the country. While you can still hear remnants of that early music in modern norteño's accordion-driven sound and emotionally driven stories, today's stars like Los Tigres del Norte incorporate thumping rock-inspired rhythms and flashy brass, a modern evolution of a historically rooted music.

    Additional details can be found at hollywoodbowl.com.


    WHO:
    Los Tigres del Norte 
    with Orchestra and Members of YOLA 
    Juan Felipe Molano, conductor
    Los Cachorros de Juan Villarreal 
    Los Cadetes de Linares

    WHEN:
    Saturday, September 15, 2018, at 7:00 PM

    WHERE:
    HOLLYWOOD BOWL
    2301 N Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90068

    TICKETS:  
    Tickets for the Hollywood Bowl’s 2018 summer season are available online at hollywoodbowl.com or via phone at 323 850 2000.

     

  • Contact:

    Sophie Jefferies, sjefferies@laphil.org, 213 972 3422 
    Lydia Fong, lfong@laphil.org, 213 972 3689 
    Photos: 213 972 3034