Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Latin jazz flutist Nestor Torres took an early interest in music, following the lead of his father, who played the piano and vibes. Torres started playing the drums at ...

Nestor Torres is describing his crazed weekend routine as a music student in Boston during the late 1970s: Wake up at 6 a.m. on Friday, practice for 2.5 hours, go to class, grab his flute, and jump on ...

"I was 14 when I first heard the music of Tom Jobim," recalls Albare, nom de guerre of guitarist Albert Dadon. “I already had six years of guitar learning under my belt. When I first heard those bossa ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Nestor Torres runs Friday, October 8th - 7pm. If a flute could sing, it ...

Miami University welcomes Latin Grammy Award-winning flutist Nestor Torres as a performer and artist-in-residence during Hispanic Latino-American Heritage Month. The festival — organized and sponsored ...

For his performances in Boca Raton Tuesday night, Grammy-winning flautist Nestor Torres will do something out of character: He’ll look backward for inspiration. Of course, this is not a bad thing when ...

Standing on the shoulders of flute giants from worlds as diverse as Rampal & Galway in Classical Music; Richard Egues' Cuban Charanga style; rocker Ian Anderson's Jethro Tull; Herbie Mann and - most ...

Jazz sensation Nestor Torres has been rehearsing the songs he wants to perform this weekend to honor the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting. The flutist modified his tour to perform at the Latin ...

The eight tracks on Jeff Dingler's new jazz album In Transit are as fascinating as they are beautiful. In ways both abstract and concrete, the songs reflect the cross-cultural inspirations that fueled ...

A 12th-century monastery near the hustle and bustle of Biscayne Boulevard may seem an unusual sacred spot. But it’s one that Nestor Torres, a practicing Buddhist, finds most inspiring. “I’ve always ...

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Two personal stories were told in different ways during Team Redstone's Hispanic American Heritage Program on Oct. 14 at Bob Jones Auditorium. Nancy Archuleta used her words. Nestor Torres used his ...