Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
Encyclopedia
The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (or the Latin Academy or Latin Recording Academy), is a multinational membership-based association composed of music industry professionals, musicians, producers
, recording engineers, and other creative and technical recording professionals. They are dedicated to improving the quality of life and the cultural condition for Latin music and its makers, both inside and outside the United States
. The academy is headquartered in Miami. The Latin Academy is internationally known for the Latin Grammy Awards
. Gabriel Abaroa
serves as president & CEO of the academy.
- and Portuguese
-speaking communities worldwide. Through its efforts, the Latin Academy works to strengthen these communities through networking opportunities and educational outreach. The Latin Grammy Awards
were the first prime-time English
-, Spanish-, and Portuguese-language telecast on U.S. television.
The Latin Recording Academy produces educational outreach programs in Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, and Miami. The Latin Academy also produces the e-Latin GRAMMY Carreras Y Música events. These events provide educational outreach to more than 10,000 high school age participants from at least 11 countries. The Latin Academy's programs provide interested students the opportunity, using interactive satellite technology, the opportunity to discuss with musicians and members of the music industry what it is like to work in the business and what it takes to be successful in the field.
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, recording engineers, and other creative and technical recording professionals. They are dedicated to improving the quality of life and the cultural condition for Latin music and its makers, both inside and outside the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The academy is headquartered in Miami. The Latin Academy is internationally known for the Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...
. Gabriel Abaroa
Gabriel Abaroa
Gabriel Abaroa Jr. is the current president & CEO of the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences , which presents the Latin Grammy Awards. LARAS was established in 1997 and the first Latin Grammy Awards took place in 2000.-Career:...
serves as president & CEO of the academy.
Historical highlights
- 2000: The Latin Recording Academy was established as the first international venture launched by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.National Academy of Recording Arts and SciencesThe National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS, is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its...
- 2002: Elected its first independent Board of Trustees.
Latin Culture and Education
The Latin Recording Academy draws its membership from music professionals from SpanishSpanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
- and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
-speaking communities worldwide. Through its efforts, the Latin Academy works to strengthen these communities through networking opportunities and educational outreach. The Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...
were the first prime-time English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-, Spanish-, and Portuguese-language telecast on U.S. television.
The Latin Recording Academy produces educational outreach programs in Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, and Miami. The Latin Academy also produces the e-Latin GRAMMY Carreras Y Música events. These events provide educational outreach to more than 10,000 high school age participants from at least 11 countries. The Latin Academy's programs provide interested students the opportunity, using interactive satellite technology, the opportunity to discuss with musicians and members of the music industry what it is like to work in the business and what it takes to be successful in the field.
External links
- The Latin GRAMMY Award Winners searchable database