2010-05-16 08:44:42 GMT2010-05-16 16:44:42 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HAVANA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Cuban vocal band Sampling was nominated for
the Best Central and South American A Cappella group award by the U.S.
The Contemporary A Cappella Music Society (CASA), local media said Saturday.
A cappella music is performed without instrumental accompaniment and
CASA is a charitable organization co-founded in 1991 and dedicated to
fostering and promoting such music around the world.
According to the report, the final list of the CASA awards will be
announced on June 1.
Founded in 1989, Sampling has a wide variety of repertoire, including
boleros, rumba, salsa, jazz and fusion.
Over the past 11 years, the band has produced five records, won two
Latin Grammys in 2002 and performed in countries such as U.S., France,
Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, UK and Singapore.
Rene Banos, leader of the band, said in an interview that, when the band
members were still students at the National Music School in Havana, they
enjoyed competing to see who could make the most original sounds for
entertainment. Later they realized they could also make serious art
based on a cappella singing.
Sampling would give two concerts in Venezuela next week and a touring
performance in Europe in June, Banos said.
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