Composer Roberto Sierra is leading a Latino invasion of the classical world

“Composers from Central and South America have long been a part of our music, from Brazil’s Hector Villa-Lobos and Argentina’s Alberto Ginastera to Mexico’s Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez.

But these days a new generation of Latinos in the United States is transforming high-end music with an explosion of styles, colors, rhythms and symphonic textures that are appealing and proving durable.

“We are no longer an accessory,” said Roberto Sierra, whose own artistic persona includes the salsa and bomba rhythms of his childhood.”

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