¡Viva el Arte!: Perla Batalla

The Marjorie Luke Theatre and UCSB Arts & Lectures present this FREE family performance as part of this season’s ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! series. Perla Batalla is a world class vocalist and Grammy nominee, bringing Mestiza, Mexican, and Latin American songs to The Luke stage. She earns critical acclaim for her distinctive voice, emotional honesty & culture-merging compositions. After singing with and recording with numerous groups, including Leonard Cohen, Perla launched her solo career with Cohen’s encouragement. Since then she has recorded 7 albums, been featured in film and TV, staged 2 one-woman shows and performed in some of the most prestigious venues around the world.

Batalla’s mission of exposing youth to the beauty of music & Spanish language is ongoing in her outreach throughout some of the poorest communities in the U.S. She has been honored with two U.N. awards: the Earth Charter Award for extraordinary devotion to social and economic justice and The Environmental Peacebuilding Award, advancing social justice through music. Perla is also the recipient of New Mexico’s Premio Fronterizo Award for healing work in the world.