PLACIDO DOMINGO to be honored as The 2010 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year
On Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2010 The Latin Recording Academy® (www.latingrammy.com) announced that Three-time Latin GRAMMY® winner, nine-time GRAMMY® winner, and internationally renowned tenor Plácido Domingo will be honored as the 2010 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year.
The 11th Annual Tribute Gala will be held on Nov. 10 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas as Part of This Year‘s Latin GRAMMY® Week Celebration.
Domingo, was chosen for his philanthropic and professional accomplishments, will receive the honor at a star-studded concert and tribute dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. The concert will feature many of Domingo’s friends performing some of his pop duets as well as some of his favorite music, and a portion of the proceeds from the gala will benefit one of Domingo’s chosen charities as well as The Latin Recording Academy’s outreach and educational programs. The prestigious event will precede the 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live on the Univision Network on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central. For breaking news and exclusive content, join the organization’s social networks as a Twitter follower at www.twitter.com/latingrammys, and a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/latingrammys.
“The Latin Recording Academy and its Board of Trustees take great pride in honoring Plácido Domingo as an extraordinary musician, philanthropist and, above all, a great human being whose immense talent and generosity has had a profound global impact,” said Gabriel Abaroa, President/CEO of The Latin Recording Academy. “We are privileged to pay tribute to one of the most respected musical voices of our time, as well as a man whose selflessness has benefited many around the world.”
Plácido Domingo is fittingly described as “the king of opera,” “a true renaissance man,” and “the greatest operatic artist of modern times.” Born in Spain to a family of operatic performers and later relocating to Mexico at the age of 8, Domingo’s musical abilities were quickly nurtured as he attended the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City where he initially studied piano and conducting. His official debut in 1968 as a vocalist at The Metropolitan Opera House in New York quickly elevated his career — solidifying him as a tour de force in the world of opera. Since then he has opened the season at The Met 21 times, surpassing the record previously held by Enrico Caruso. Domingo began conducting opera in 1973, and in 1981 he gained considerable recognition outside of the opera world when he recorded the song “Perhaps Love” as a duet with John Denver. Since the beginning of his opera career, he has added more than 40 new roles to his expansive repertoire and has covered opera in six different languages (English, Italian, French, German, Russian and Spanish). He appears regularly at all the big opera houses of the world, including Milan’s La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, London’s Covent Garden, Paris’ Bastille Opera, the San Francisco Opera, Chicago’s Lyric Opera, the Washington National Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, and the Real in Madrid, and currently he is the General Director of the Washington National Opera and the Los Angeles Opera as well as the Artistic Advisor for the Youth Orchestra of the Americas.
Ever the philanthropist, Domingo founded Operalia, an annual international voice competition designed to nurture and support the careers of opera’s future standard-bearers. He has raised millions of dollars through benefit concerts for the victims of such disasters as Mexico City’s devastating 1985 earthquake, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the floods caused by Hurricane Paulina in Mexico. In Lerma, Mexico, he helped found a hospital that has given aid to thousands of people. Domingo also has participated in many concerts, including the now legendary Three Tenors concert with José Carreras and
Luciano Pavarotti, which have benefited a range of causes and goodwill efforts. In addition, Domingo has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the United States as well as the titles of Commandant of the Legion of Honor in France, Honorary Knight of the British Empire, and both Grande Ufficiale and Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He also has received honorary doctorates from Oxford University and New York University for his lifelong commitment and contribution to music and the arts. For more information on Plácido Domingo, please visit www.placidodomingo.com.
Plácido Domingo will have the distinction of becoming the 11th Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year honoree and the first in the next decade of The Latin Academy’s continued evolution. He joins a list of artists that includes Gloria Estefan, Juan Gabriel, Gilberto Gil, Juan Luis Guerra, Julio Iglesias, and Carlos Santana, among others.
For information on purchasing tickets or tables to the 2010 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year tribute to Plácido Domingo, please contact The Latin Recording Academy ticketing office at 310.314.8281 or ticketing@grammy.com.
About The Latin Recording Academy:
Is an international, membership-based organization comprised of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking recording artists, musicians, songwriters, producers and other creative and technical recording professionals. The organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for Latin music and its makers. In addition to producing the Latin GRAMMY Awards to honor excellence in the recorded arts and sciences, The Latin Recording Academy provides educational and outreach programs for the Latin music community. For more information about The Latin Recording Academy, please visit www.latingrammy.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, join the organization’s social networks as a Twitter follower at www.twitter.com/latingrammys, and a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/latingrammys.
Plácido Domingo photo Courtesy of The Recording Academy®/photo by WireImage.com © 2010
Source: http://www.latingrammy.com
Editor’s Note: We congratulate Plácido Domingo for been named 2010 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year of the 11th Annual Latin Grammys and we thank him for the great contributions to our society.
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