The Female Mariachi from New York City Flor de Toloache won the Latin Grammy for the Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album for its record Las Caras Lindas, the artistic production of this album was in the hands of Costa Rican Producer and Musician Felipe Fournier and Chulo Records. Fournier, who graduated from the Castella Conservatory in Costa Rica and the National University, also studied Jazz and Car...

The Costa Rica National Symphony Orchestra was awarded the Latin Grammy in the category of “Best Classical Music Album¨ in the 18th edition of the Latin music award ceremony that was celebrated Thursday evening in Las Vegas, Nevada. The recognition was awarded for the album ¨Música de Compositores Costarricenses, volumen 2¨ (Music by Costa Rican Songwriters, Volume 2) a production directed by ...

This Saturday, November 11 at 8 p.m. at the downtown San José, Costa Rica National Theater, U.S. and Costa Rican musicians join together for a delightful and inspiring concert dedicated to friendship between the two countries. Award-winning U.S.-based Medical Musical Group's chorale and symphony will perform together with Costa Rica's Coro Voces de Libertad, directed by Carol Guzmán, and the Un...

From October 24 to November 11, the XVIII International Festival of Baroque Music is being held, and all concerts are free. The activity is organized by the Santa Ana Municipal School of Integrated Arts (EMAI). The majority of the concerts will be held at the downtown Santa Ana musical school and at the Catholic church in Santa Ana. Free concerts will also be given at the Monteverde Institut...

The Costa Rica Star had announced the reunion concert in Costa Rica of the band Helloween along with Kai Hansen (singer and guitarist) and Michael Kiske (singer), part of their Pumpkins United World Tour which started this October in Mexico. The event will take place this Monday, October 23 at the BN Arena in Hatillo, and is the only stop in Central America. The German band, founded in 1984...

As The Costa Rica Star had announced back on September 16, Costa Rica will have the privilege of listening to several of the greatest rock hits of the 80’s in the voice of some of the members of the popular bands Toto, Chicago, Kansas and Journey. Tickets are now available for this unique concert that will take place November 19 at 5 p.m. Parque Viva in La Guacima, Alajuela. Kevin Chalfant ...

As The Costa Rica Star announced last month, music idol Bruno Mars will be performing in Costa Rica December 7th at the National Stadium. Today, production company SD Concerts Costa Rica finally released the information for ticket sales for this highly-expected concert. This show is part of the singer’s 24K Magic World Tour. Ticket sales began this Wednesday, October 18 for American Expre...

The official press conference to announce the performance of Cirque du Soleil in Costa Rica was held yesterday with the presence of Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio former members of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. The show Sép7imo Día – No Descansaré (Seventh Day – I won’t rest) inspired by the music and lives of Soda Stereo will take place at Hacienda Espinal in Alajuela, the same location ...

Cirque du Soleil has confirmed through a press release that Costa Rica will be one of the stops where they will be presenting their show Sép7imo Día – No Descansaré (Seventh Day – I won’t rest) inspired by the music and lives of Argentine rock trio Soda Stereo. The show made its debut this 2017 in Argentina and is the first Cirque du Soleil production based on a Latin band; the entertainment co...

The Siberian Virtuosi Orchestra a state ensemble of violinists from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), will be offering a presentation at the Melico Salazar Theater in Costa Rica October 7th starting at 7 p.m. The repertoire will include famous pieces by Mozart, Bach, Rossini, Vivaldi, Brahms and Dinicu. This Orchestra was founded in 1994 and continues to gain popularity worldwide; it has offe...

Costa Rican singer and songwriter Debi Nova; the National Symphony Orchestra and actress-singer Maribel Guardia are part of the list of nominees of the Latin Grammys 2017. Debi Nova received the nomination for “Best Singer/Songwriter Album” for her album “Gran Ciudad”, “Thank you to the Academy, to Sony Music, and everyone that works with me, and everyone that listens and share my music. Gran C...

The Municipal Band of Acosta will represent Costa Rica in the 2019 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. According to the band’s director José Manuel Mora, the band sent the application to participate since February, and a video was sent (included below) where the strengths of the band were highlighted. The Acosta band was founded in 2008 and has participated in national and international fe...

The rumors began last Friday, and although there was no official announcement, the social media quickly went crazy with the rumor: Bruno Mars live in Costa Rica December 7th! Yesterday the production company SD Concerts Costa Rica, finally confirmed the event, which will take place at the National Stadium and is part of the artist’s 24K Magic World Tour, 24K Magic is the name of his last album ...

A documentary by Costa Rican filmmaker and producer, Miguel Gómez, aims to highlight the perils of irregular migration by focusing on the Mesoamerican corridor. From January - July of this year, the United Nations Migration Agency (IOM) registered 230 deaths of such migrants attempting to cross from Mexico into the United States. By recounting the true story of members of a Costa Rican regga...

Photo Credit: The Rackpack FB page/Bobby Kimball singer for band Toto / Those that grew up listening to the popular bands of the 80’s, Toto, Chicago, Journey and Kansas will have a chance to listen to some of these bands’ big hits November 19 at Parque Viva, Costa Rica. Kevin Chalfant who sat in for Steve Perry in Journey; Bill Champlin, main singer for Chicago (1982-2009); Bobby Kimball th...

Tickets to the next concert of the Costa Rica Philharmonic Orchestra “Music in the Movies“, went on sale this Wednesday, September 13. Usually concerts by the Philharmonic Orchestra sell out fast, so if you want to attend make sure to purchase your tickets ahead of time. “Music in the Movies” is offered in two dates, October 21 and 22 and includes the soundtracks for some of the most popular...

Costa Rican singer and songwriter Debi Nova will be offering a concert in Costa Rica October 14 in the National Auditorium of the Children’s Museum. Debi Nova, born Deborah Nowalski Kader, was born in Costa Rica in 1980 and is of Polish-Jewish descent; she moved to Los Angeles at age 17 and has worked with artists such as Ricky Martin, Britney Spears and Venezuelan Franco De Vita who actually ...

Tickets to the Fifth Harmony concert in Costa Rica are going on presale tomorrow, Saturday, August 26 at 10 a.m.; with the fan club members getting the first pick. Fifth Harmony will be in concert October 15 at the Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Parque Viva, La Guacima, Alajuela, Costa Rica starting at 8 p.m. as part of their PSA tour in which they are promoting their latest album 7/27 released in 2...

For the first time, Costa Rica will present a concert of electronic, experimental and synthesizer music, as well as a workshop on creating such sounds, for children, announced the San José-based Alianza Francesa, or French Alliance, the French government's cultural center. The event organizers describe the event as involving "two semi-human and semi-plant characters will give a concert in the f...

The Costa Rica Philharmonic Orchestra continues to sell out its concerts and win over its audience, its concert “Songs of Freedom” , a tribute to Bob Marley was a great success and therefore they will be presenting it one last time at the Coca Cola Amphitheater in Parque Viva, Saturday, September 23. The two hour show was presented for the first time in March 7, 2016 at the Melico Salazar Theat...

International acclaimed concert pianist, Markus Groh, will perform this weekend at the Costa Rican National Symphony Orchestra's seventh seasonal concert to be held at San José's National Theater. The concert will include music by Strauss, Haydn and Brahms for two performances - Friday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. - under the direction of the orchestra's lead conductor, Carl St. Clair. ...

Girl band Fifth Harmony confirmed its Latin America PSA tour and Costa Rica is among the countries where they will perform. Production company Move Concerts is in charge of bringing the band to the country and has informed the concert will take place October 15 at the Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Parque Viva. Fifth Harmony has currently four members Ally Broke, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane Hans...

The annual Credomatic Music Festival is a great opportunity to beat the rainy season blues in Costa Rica. Concerts by a wide range of world class performers are offered at some of the country's best hotels throughout the month of August. Many venues offer packages that combine a hotel stay with concert entrance and other amenities. If you haven't taken advantage of green -or low - season ...

If you need an excuse to get off your couch this weekend and out of the house, we leave you with some activities that are taking place this weekend in Costa Rica Music: 4 Voices of Rock 90’s Edition Hard Rock Café: This Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25 the Hard Rock Café is offering a rock concert with four of Costa Rica’s best voices, Gustavo Salazar, Kurt Dyer, Manuel Barrantes and Andr...

The Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra (PYSO) will have three presentations in Costa Rica, two of them for free and the third one will be a fund raiser. The first concert will take place this Sunday, June 11th at the National Theater in San José at 5 p.m.; those interested in attending have to consider there is a limited number of tickets available according to the capacity of the theater and th...

https://youtu.be/JGwWNGJdvx8 Ed Sheeran will be giving his first concert in Costa Rica this Tuesday, June 6 at the Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Parque Viva. The amphitheater will open doors at 5 p.m. Parking has a cost of 6,000 colones (around $10.5) for cars and 3,000 colones ($5.5 for motorcycles) and can be paid with cash, card or Compass token. There is also a VIP parking lot access for 11,...

Spanish tenor José Carreras will be performing live in Costa Rica at the Coca Cola amphitheater of Parque Viva alongside the Costa Rica Symphony Orchestra. The information was confirmed by Free Productions, the company in charge of bringing the artist to Costa Rican soil, during a press conference. “For us it is a great satisfaction that The Legendary Tenor José Carreras Final World Tour ha...

The National Symphonic Orchestra will give a free concert this Friday, May 26th at the Santa Ana catholic church starting at 7 p.m. This is not the first time that a concert of this type is held at the Santa Ana Church, this community has organized several times before the Baroque Music Festival in this same site. This time Directed by Bruno Procopio, the Symphonic Orchestra will present a repe...

After the explosion that occurred at the Manchester Arena following the Ariana Grande concert this past Monday, and that left 22 people dead and 59 injured, the artist cancelled six of her concerts in Europe which were part of her Dangerous Woman Tour. The American singer, however, will resume her tour starting June 7 with the concert scheduled in Paris, France at the Accorhotels Arena. One ...

Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff.  No sooner had President Donald Trump spoken about the continuing threat of radical Islam in Saudi Arabia – the heart of Islam -- a lone suicide bomber walked right up to a pop-music concert in Manchester, England and blew himself up along with 22 others, mostly ...

Ariana Grande, the Italian-descent singer from Florida, U.S. is scheduled to perform at Parque Viva in La Guácima, Costa Rica on July 9. The concert's official Facebook page hinted at the possibility of a cancellation, but had no specific information in the wake of the violent UK incident that took the lives of at least 19 people, and injured at least 50, according to international press reports. ...

U.S. conductor, Arthur Fagen, will lead six functions in Costa Rica of "La Traviata" (literally, The Fallen Woman), the most performed opera in the world. The 3-act opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, will be performed by the Costa Rican National Lyric Company (CLN) at the Melico Salazar Theater in downtown San José in July. Fagen serves as the p...

https://youtu.be/Q22dw9dGQxI The Irish rock bank U2 headed by Bono and formed in 1976 became globally renowned in the mid 80’s and with their greatest album “The Joshua Tree” from which singles such as "With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking for” topped the music charts around the world. Costa Rica was no exception, the band gained many followers here in the 80’s an...

These Saturday Parque de Diversiones will be the site of the Life in Color Festival, “an electronic music event that takes place in different countries around the world, this is the fourth time it makes a stop in Costa Rica. As in previous years the event will have musical performances by Costa Rican DJ’s and foreign artists featuring the likes of Nicky Romero from Holland recognized among the ...

One Entertaiment Group, the company in charge of the Ariana Grande concert in Costa Rica, has confirmed the ticket prices for the presentation of the famous young singer that will take place July 9th at the Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Parque Viva. This event is part of the singer’s Dangerous Woman Tour that has stops in several states of the US; countries in Europe, South America, Mexico and Asia...

Mauricio Herrera is his real name but in Costa Rica he is best known as “Elvis Tico” (Costa Rican Elvis) because he used to do a show where he would imitate the king of rock Elvis Presley. https://youtu.be/vXpoyTttbJM He was born in the United States but was raised in Costa Rica; he is the first and only Latin American “showman” to have made it to the quarterfinals of NBC’s America’s Got Tal...

Andrey Ramírez is just 9 –years-old but he knows what he is passionate about and he is not afraid of showing his talent to the world. Andrey, who is in fourth grade, loves music, he plays the guitar and sings, his mother Andrea López is a music teacher and his stepfather Nelson Alvarez is a musical producer and plays the piano. This young Costa Rican was part of NBC’s show Little Big Shots, ...

If you live in Costa Rica and even if you are in the country for just a few days, we would like to give you information on some of the cultural and artistic events taking place this month of May so you can plan ahead. Slayer Concert: The thrash metal band kicks off the month with a concert May 1st at the Coca-Cola Amphitheater of Parque Viva at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at boleter...

British singer Elton John was forced to cancel his shows in Las Vegas and Bakersfield, California after facing a serious infection that had him hospitalized and in intensive care. Elton John fell violently ill after finishing his tour through South America. According to reports, he boarded his plane after his concert in Chile on April 10 and began filling ill, “he contracted a harmful and unusu...

A teen idol, that’s what Justin Bieber is according to many… but in reality, the audience at the National Stadium in Costa Rica included not just teens but women (mainly) of different age groups. The show was not sold out, Move Concerts, producer of the show, was still encouraging the followers through social media to buy the tickets at the stadium booth just hours prior to the concert, high pr...