The Latin Recording Academy To Hold Ceremony Honoring Recipients Of The 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award And Trustees Award

LAS VEGAS, NV (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) The list of attending guests include 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award honorees Oscar D'León, Juan Formell, Roberto Menescal, Totó La Momposina, Palito Ortega, Eddie Palmieri, and Miguel Ríos, as well as Trustees Award recipients Mario Kreutzberger aka "Don Francisco" and Pedro Ramírez Velázquez. The ceremony will be hosted by 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, the multi-talented Daniela Romo. President/CEO of The Latin Recording Academy Gabriel Abaroa and President/CEO of The Recording Academy Neil Portnow will also be in attendance.

Ceremony to include the presentation of the 2013 Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, which is determined by a vote of The Latin Recording Academy's Trustees to performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording. The Latin Recording Academy's Trustees Award is presented by vote to individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording.

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013
8:45 a.m. - Media Check-in
9:15 - 10 a.m. - Interviews with Honorees
10 a.m. - Noon - Awards Presentation

Four Seasons Hotel - Ballroom
3960 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89119

The Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards honors a diverse group of inspired and magnificent creators who have contributed some of the most distinctive and seminal recordings in Spanish, English and Portuguese of the past century. The ceremony will precede the 14th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®, which will be held at Mandalay Bay Events Center on Thursday, Nov. 21, and will be broadcast live on the Univision Network from 8-11 p.m. ET/PT.