HÉCTOR ACOSTA Celebrates Concierto Sentimiento Torito for Valentine’s Day! @ Lehman Center at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts and GOYA FOODS is proud to present HCTOR ACOSTA and his Concierto Sentimiento Torito for Valentines Day on Saturday, February 16th, 2019 at 8pm. Known affectionately as El Torito (The Little Bull), Hctor Acosta, one of the Dominican Republics most well-known bachata and merengue artists, will perform for the first time at Lehman Center his hits such as Me Voy, Sin Perdn, and Tu Veneno. El Toritos hot new single Antes Del Lunes was released on Friday, January 25th, 2019. Concert produced by Lehman Center and Jos Raposo.This concert continues the completion of the first phase of renovations at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts. Concert goers will find that the lobbies have been upgraded for ADA compliance with new ramps and carpeting, and the interior of the theater will have new seating, carpeted aisles, and finished flooring as well. The $15.4 million dollar refurbishment of the Center, which is expected to be completed by mid-2019, will also include 5,400 square feet of enlarged space, with a new main entrance and a redesigned box office, plus new administration offices and restroom facilities on the first and mezzanine floors, and an elevator. The Center seats 2,278 people in the concert hall and is the largest of its kind in the borough. Funding for the project is being provided by the Office of the Governor, the New York State Legislature, the Bronx delegation of the New York City Council, and the Office of the Bronx Borough President. Additional funding is being raised with a seat naming initiative, which allows community members to make a personal connection with one of New York Citys most important not-for-profit entertainment venues.Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is on the campus of Lehman College/CUNY at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468. Tickets for HCTOR ACOSTA on Saturday, February 16th, 2019 at 8pm are $125*VIP, $85, $65, $45, and can be purchased by calling the Lehman Center box office at 718-960-8833 (Monday through Friday, 10am5pm, and beginning at 4pm on the day of the concert), or through online access at www.LehmanCenter.org. *VIP Reception: The Havana Caf, Goya Foods and Lehman Center special VIP pre-concert wine & hors doeuvres reception will start at 6:30pm. VIP tickets include the reception and the best seats in the house. Sponsored by Havana Caf Restaurant and Goya Foods. Lehman Center is accessible by #4 or D train to Bedford Park Blvd. and is off the Saw Mill River Parkway and the Major Deegan Expressway. Low-cost on-site parking available for $5.HCTOR ACOSTA was born in Bonao, Dominican Republic, and grew up singing in church. After winning a vocal competition at age 15, he started performing with local groups in clubs and festivals where he honed his improvisational ability and developed his stage presence. In 1989 Acosta became the lead singer of Los Toros Band, which released its debut album Se Soltaron los Toros two years later. The album was a such hit on the Dominican merengue music scene that it led to more than two dozen albums over the next 13 years including Caliente (1994), Romnticamente (1995) and the landmark album Raices (1997), establishing the band as one of the greatest merengue groups of its time. In 2006, Acosta left to form his own orchestra, releasing the predominately merengue album Sigo Siendo Yo, which spawned the Billboard Hot Latin hits Me Voy and Primavera Azul. 2008s Mitad/Mitad followed in the merengue style, went Gold, and featured the song Sin Perdn which became a number one hit on the Billboard Tropical Songs Chart. His next #1 hit Me Vi Llorar, a duet sung with Jorge Celedn, was included on his 2009 Gold-selling release Simplemente el Torito which wove bachata into the mix, and made the years Top Latin Albums list. In 2010, Acostas album Obligame, with its hit song Me Duele la Cabeza, also went Gold and earned a nomination for the Latin Grammy for Best Tropical Album. Despite a heavy touring schedule, his next release Con el Corazn Abierto (2012) reached #3 on the Tropical Albums chart, while its hit single Tu Veneno became Acostas third #1 on the Tropical Songs list. In 2015, Acosta was invited to the U.S. White House by President Barack Obama and was presented with an award for his lifetime achievement in music, as well as charitable efforts on behalf of the Dominican community. That same year, he also released the album Merenque y Sentimiento, which included the hits Amorcito Enfermito and O Te Vas Tu O Me Voy Yo. El Toritos most recent single Antes Del Lunes was released on Friday, January 25th, 2019.Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council. The 2018-2019 Season is also made possible through the sponsorships by Goya Foods, New York State Council on the Arts, Con Edison, the Hyde and Watson Foundation, Havana Caf, and the Friends of Lehman Center.