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How a mariachi family is conquering NYC and beyond
Mariachi Real de México led the first all-mariachi concert at Carnegie Hall to celebrate Mexican culture and raise scholarships for mariachi students, organizers said.
- On Oct. 14, 2025, Mariachi Real de México led Carnegie Hall's inaugural all‑mariachi evening, the Mariachi Spectacular, marking the venue's first night devoted solely to mariachi music.
- Ramón Ponce Jr. had organized the show for over a year to fulfill the family's long-held ambition and dedicated the night to Ramón Ponce Sr., involving youth ensembles from Mariachi Academy.
- Opening with a blast of trumpets and violins, members of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, Mariachi Sol de México, and Aída Cuevas performed during the last song, while students from Mariachi Academy and another mariachi school marched down the aisles to join in the first song.
- The evening produced personal moments and visible emotion, highlighting intergenerational talent among students and alumni of the Mariachi Academy while Gabriel Fonseca Flores proposed to the engaged couple to cheers, which Nayeli Chavez‑Geller called a dignified, historic moment.
- Amid a fraught political climate for Latinos, audience members including Yolanda Maya and Lorena Sanchez celebrated Mexican culture as Carnegie Hall's usual decorum relaxed with dancing, flag waving, and chanting.
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How a mariachi family is conquering NYC and beyond
By Alesandra Tejeda | Edited by Rodrigo CervantesThough Ramon Ponce can’t pinpoint when he started singing, his talent for it won him first place in a contest when he was five years old. This was decades ago in the capital city of Puebla, Mexico, where he was born into a family of musicians on both sides. They lived close to Plaza Santa Inés, where mariachi musicians like his father, Ramon Sr., would spend the day playing for prospective clients…
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