At the middle of Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m., legendary Mexican singer Aída Cuevas will make her UGA Presents debut at Hodgson Concert Hall.
Celebrating nearly 50 years as an international icon, she is an impassioned performer with a striking voice that evokes life’s deepest sorrows, greatest joys and most profound longings. She’ll appear with Mariachi Aztlán in a program honoring her late mentor, Juan Gabriel.
Cuevas, known as “The Queen of Mariachi Music,” celebrates 47 years singing traditional Mexican and Latin American music. Cuevas is the first and only female singer in the traditional mariachi genre to win a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award and now celebrates a long-lasting career that includes 11 Grammy nominations in the Best Mariachi/Ranchero Album category. Much like Ella Fitzgerald’s classic releases for Verve, Cuevas’s “songbook” albums have played a central role in defining Mexican popular music. Over her career, she’s recorded albums that have sold internationally in excess of 11 million copies.
An artist also known widely as “La Voz de México” (the Voice of Mexico) in her native country, Cuevas celebrates her 47th year as performer with this special tour, “Yo Creo Que Es Tiempo” (I Think It’s Time), named for her 1983 hit written by pop icon Juan Gabriel.
Under the direction of Dahlia Guerra and Francisco Loera, Mariachi Aztlán has been captivating audiences throughout Mexico, Canada and the United States since its establishment in 1989. They travel as musical ambassadors representing the beauty of Hispanic music and its cultural traditions.
This performance is supported by Muriel and Harold Pritchett.
Three ways to get tickets
- Purchase tickets online at pac.uga.edu.
- Call the Performing Arts Center box office at 706-542-4400, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Visit the UGA Performing Arts Center box office, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (five-minute parking is available in the drop off circle at the Performing Arts Center for purchasing or picking up tickets.)
To learn more about all UGA Performing Arts Center events, visit pac.uga.edu.
