Orquesta Charangoa

Orquesta Charangoa

Primary Genre

South American
Secondary Genres
Caribbean

Contact Name

Fay Roberts-Levanthal
213-280-7412

PA System

Indoors & Outdoors

Configurations

Quartet (4)
Quintet (5)
Sextet (6)
Septet (7)
Octet (8)
Nonet (9)
Dectet (10)

Instrumentation

Flute, violins, cello, bass, piano, singers, timbales, conga, guiro and coro singers.

About

Orquesta Charangoa plays traditional Cuban dance rhythms of son, mambo, cha-cha-cha, merengue and danzon. A favorite in L.A. salsa dance circles, the group features flute, strings, three-part vocal harmonies and Cuban percussion. They have shared the stage with Los Van Van, Isreal Lopez Cachao and Nestor Torres and performed at many festivals including Watts Towers Jazz Festival, L.A. Salsa Festival, L.A. Cuba Festival, Oxnard Salsa Festival and Dance Downtown at the Music Center.