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    (Visiting Presenter) Santiago Calva: Side on Pie Tour

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    Saturday, September 26, 2026

    7:30 PM

    Kupferberg Center for the Arts

    65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY 11367

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Colombian singer-songwriter Santiago Cruz, whose work moves between trova, Colombian pop and Latin pop, appears at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts. His New York appearances have included collaborations with the Queens College Choral Society and ensembles such as the Spanish Harlem Orchestra and the Queens Symphony Orchestra; his performances favor direct storytelling and clean melodic lines over vocal display.

    About Siete de Tour

    “Siete de Tour” comes to the Kupferberg Center for the Arts as a live New York City engagement, led in part by featured performer Santiago Cruz. The program frames Latin pop songwriting as a record of movement and return, shaped by touring life and the private costs that sit behind public performance. Presented in an arts-center setting rather than a stadium circuit, the material reads with unusual clarity, closer to narrative than spectacle. Its cultural weight lies in how it treats contemporary Spanish-language music as lived testimony, not background sound.

    About the Artist

    Santiago Cruz

    Santiago Cruz

    trovacolombian poplatin pop

    Santiago Cruz is a Colombian singer-songwriter whose work moves between trova, Colombian pop, and Latin pop, with a following that extends well beyond his home scene. In New York City, he has appeared at the Milton G.