Gloria and Emilio Estefan Celebrate the Magic City at Variety’s Inaugural Miami Entertainment Town Event
variety.comThania Garcia Since the 1980s, the city of Miami has been synonymous with fashion, art deco and, of course, Latin music.On Thursday, Variety and the City National Bank of Miami hosted the inaugural Miami Entertainment Town breakfast — an event celebrating The Magic City’s irrefutable influence over the entertainment and music industry.
The Legends and Groundbreakers award was given to Miami’s most notable musical pioneers — Gloria and Emilio Estefan — who helped put Miami on the map with the revolutionary stylings of their Miami Sound Machine.In her acceptance speech, Gloria Estefan mused tales of the city, “Even as a little kid, I knew that one day someone would realize the gem that is Miami Beach,” she said.
Emilio Estefan added, “One of the things that I’m proud [of] is to see you guys — The next generation to be proud of where [they] come from, creating the new moves of what is happening in the music business.
For us it was difficult…before somebody used to tell you, you have to take the congas out, take the tumbao out, take your last name out — and we didn’t do that.”Variety’s executive editor of music, Shirley Halperin, hosted the morning’s first panel discussion with a few of Miami’s brightest — most of whom were featured in Variety‘s Miami Entertainment Impact Report.On the panel were Bruno del Granado, head of the global Latin music touring group for CAA; Adrian Harley, head of music label partnerships LATAM & U.S.
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