Danilo Pérez introduces his latest record Panama 500 in this short video to herald the album's release in early-February. The album marks the passage of 500 years since the explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama, the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean. Pérez also looks ahead to the centenary of the opening of the Panama Canal in his new ‘Canal Suite’, a major feature of the album, the pianist's most expansive to date.