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VOICE ONE:
Arturo Sandoval performs the national anthem before the Orange Bowl college football game in Miami, Florida, on January 1, 2009
Arturo Sandoval is a Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and pianist. He is also being honored at this year's awards ceremony. His mix of jazz, classical, rock and traditional Cuban music has been praised around the world.
The Cuban-born musician received political asylum in the United States in nineteen ninety. He became an American citizen in nineteen ninety nine.
He will receive an award for his work with music education programs. Here, Arturo Sandoval plays the title song from his Grammy Award-winning album "Rumba Palace."
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VOICE ONE:
Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer of "In the Heights," was excited to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in 2008
The third person who will be honored by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute is Lin-Manuel Miranda. He is an award-winning actor, playwright and composer who comes from a Puerto Rican family. Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth in the Caribbean.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is best known for writing the Broadway musical "In the Heights." The play tells the story of the Latino community where he grew up in the Washington Heights area of New York City.
The show won four Tony Awards during its first year on Broadway in two thousand eight. And it was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in two thousand nine.
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