Orquesta Fantasia

ORQUESTA FANTASIA made its debut on January of 1978, at Toronto night club “COCONUT”.  Since then it has been participating in many of the big events in the Latin American community; amongst the highlights include alternating with Oscar D’Leon, Eddie Santiago, Sonora Matancera, Coco Band, Son De Azucar, Nelson Ned, Combo De Las Estrellas and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico just to name a few international acts.  But it was in 1989 when ORQUESTA FANTASIA crossed over to the Canadian market, making successful appearances at festivals and awards ceremonies such as The Du Maurier Jazz Festival in Toronto, The Montreal International Jazz Festival, The Beaches International Jazz Festival, The WOMAD Festival, The International Hispanic Fiesta, The Corso Italia Toronto Fiesta, The Toronto International Salsa Festival, The Tropicanada Festival, The Latin Fest at Ontario Place, The International Hispanic Fiesta at Harbourfront and Mel Lastman Square and The Genie Awards.  ORQUESTA FANTASIA has also been featured in movies such as “That Old Feeling” (1997 with Bette Midler, Paula Marshall, David Rasche and Dennis Farina) and “Woo” (1998 with Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Dave Chapelle, LL Cool J and Foxy Brown).  ORQUESTA FANTASIA has also been recorded in 5 major CD productions sold all over the continent that feature compilation tracks as well as original material.  Two of these CD’s were numbered to sell 80,000 to 100,000 copies each.  ORQUESTA FANTASIA also performs regularly at Clubs, Convention Centres and Banquet Halls all over the province of Ontario.

Considered one of the pioneer Latin bands, it has maintained a high level of excellence and a unique style, which has kept it in the public’s as well as the media’s eye for such a long time.

Founded by lead singer Victor Yanqui, the band performs a variety of latin styles including Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia and Bachata.  It is made up of 12 musicians, with the following instrumentation: bass, piano, guitars, four-piece percussion section (bongos/tambora, congas, timbales and hand percussion), five-piece brass section two trumpets, two saxes and one trombone, lead and back up singers.  ORQUESTA FANTASIA has encompassed many rooms and packed every dance floor for 30 years with its BIG rich sound that is equally pleasing to the listener and to the dancer!