Latin Music Sensation Pepe Aguilar to Make Segerstrom Center Debut This Summer

With a celebrated career that spans three decades, has produced 26 albums and sold more than 13 million copies, multi-platinum singer, songwriter and producer Pepe Aguilar performs his unique brand of Mexican music at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in two concerts taking place in Segerstrom Hall on Saturday and Sunday, July 9-10 at 7:30 p.m. Acclaimed for his fusion of Mariachi and Pop music, Aguilar has forged an innovative and unique Latin sound all his own that has garnered nine Grammy Awards, 15 #1 hits on Billboard's chart and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Tickets start at $69 and go on sale Sunday, May 8 at 10 a.m. PST and will be available online at SCFTA.org, by calling (714) 556-2787 and at the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa.

For Pepe Aguilar to find a place in the world was not difficult: he is the son of two Mexican icons: Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre. "Being born during a tour, having studied my craft on the road has given a very particular philosophy to my career," says Aguilar with the same feeling of elegance and honesty that characterize his songs.

"My father and I share respect for tradition, not just music," he emphasizes. "Family traditions, history, certain forms and ways of being that we find essential. My father's career was a great inspiration to me. Antonio Aguilar risked everything to dignify Mexican music in countries that were not his."

It is not coincidental that Pepe Aguilar speaks this way. The singer changed the course of his career with a new style that unites - in many ways - the past, present and future of Mexican music.

Aguilar's career progressed parallel to the absolute transformation of the music industry over the past 25 years. When he took his first steps in the music business, he did so recording albums for a company that worked within the traditional model. Even then, Aguilar began to mark a 'before and after' for regional Mexican music. The arrival of the new millennium was accompanied by an unparalleled cultural explosion. The digital revolution, social media and the collapse of the old business models hinted an unmistakable truth: To become an independent artist was not an option, but rather the only way to survive. To paraphrase the legendary Rubén Fuentes - "Pepe Aguilar is a before and after in Mexican music."

Segerstrom Center for the Arts applauds Kia, Official Automotive Partner of the Center, and United Airlines, Official Airline of the Center.

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