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VIRTUOSO: Cuban violinist Omar Puente
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THE international salsa ensemble Classico Latino return to the studio with a new set Salsa Classics — a homage to Colombian salsa legend and multi instrumentalist Julio Ernesto Estrada aka “Fruko.”
Classico Latino are stellar musicians led by Colombian pianist Ivan Guevara and British cellist/conductor Graham Walke and feature the Cuban violin virtuoso Omar Puente.
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