The Recording Academy® Statement Re: Nati Cano October 6, 2014
Nati Cano poses in the press room after his win for Best Regional Mexican Album
at the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards held at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on February 8, 2009.
"GRAMMY® winner Nati Cano was a remarkable musician and legendary figure in mariachi music. A highly accomplished artist with a career that spanned more than seven decades, Cano was devoted to sharing traditional mariachi music to widespread audiences and was fiercely dedicated to the preservation of the genre. He learned to play the vihuela, a small five-stringed guitar, at the age of 6 and by the time he was 8, he was playing professionally in cantinas with family members. In 1961, Cano became the leader of the Los Angeles-based group Mariachi los Camperos, who would go on to play top concert venues around the world and are widely considered one of the top mariachi ensembles in the country. He also lectured on ethnomusicology at UCLA, sharing his passion and love for his music and culture and ensuring its legacy. We have lost a uniquely gifted member of our creative community, and our sympathies go out to his family, his friends, and all who have been moved by his extraordinary and heartfelt talent."
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Neil Portnow
President/CEO
The Recording Academy
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