Oscar Hernandez

About Oscar Hernandez

The music director and pianist of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, as well as the orchestra's founder. He won a Grammy for Best Salsa Album in 2005.

Oscar Hernandez before fame

Local musicians would gather around a piano maintained in the basement of their apartment building by his brother. Those musicians taught him a lot, and they were the only ones who provided him with formal instruction.

Achievement of Oscar Hernandez

He composed jingles for Dunkin' Donuts, General Motors, and CoverGirl, as well as performing piano for HBO's hit series"Sex and the City".

Oscar Hernandez family life

In the 1940s, his family came to the United States from Puerto Rico, settling in the South Bronx, a ghetto with a sizable Latino population at the time.

Associations of Oscar Hernandez

He planned and produced the music for"The Capeman", a Broadway musical based on the life of gang member Salvador Agron, at Paul Simon's request.

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