In “Comillas, Chucho Valdés, uno de los mejores pianistas del mundo, miércoles 10 de agosto,” Cantabria Directa introduced that Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdés might be performing on the 19th version of the Caprichos Musicales de Comillas pageant (at Palacio de Sobrellano in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain) on August 10, 2022.
The Cuban pianist, composer and arranger has left his mark in every group with which he has chosen to specific himself and in every musical model into which he has ventured. Chucho has returned to the quartet format a number of instances by means of his profession as a result of, for him, “it’s like a laboratory.” Via his in depth profession, he has been the pianist of enormous orchestras and founder and director of Irakere, the ‘small massive band,’ reaching the fusion of Afro-Cuban ritual music with parts of Afro-Cuban common music and classical music, jazz, and rock—a transcendental innovation in Latin jazz.
Chucho Valdés is taken into account top-of-the-line pianists on this planet. He’s the winner of seven Grammys and 4 Latin Grammys, along with the Award for Musical Excellence from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. His identify is within the Latin Songwriters Corridor of Fame.
This live performance, throughout the programming of the Caprichos Musicales de Comillasfestival, might be held on the Palacio de Sobrellano (Barrio Sobrellano s/n), at 10:00 p.m., and tickets could be bought by means of the web site: https://aramalikian.com/concierto/comillas-es-chucho-valdes-caprichos-musicales/ and on the Palace field workplace, an hour earlier than the start of the efficiency.
He might be accompanied on stage by Pedro Pablo Rodríguez (percussion), Reinier Elizarde Ruano (double bass), and Lukmil Pérez Herrera (drums). “The quartet fascinates me, it opens my creativeness,” affirms Chucho. “The quartet forces you to alter conceptually, it makes you assume otherwise. It’s a coaching that provides me all of the melodic and harmonic potentialities, nevertheless it additionally provides me the chance to delve into Cuban polyrhythms and African polyrhythms.” In his quartets, made up of a bass, drums, and percussion, “generally the piano varieties a part of the percussion base.”
Dionisio Jesús ‘Chucho’ Valdés Rodríguez was born right into a household of musicians in Quivicán, within the province of Havana (Cuba), on October 9, 1941. His first trainer, and his best affect, was his father, pianist, composer, and orchestra director Ramón ‘Bebo’ Valdés.
Valdés has accompanied singers, performed in trios and written works for orchestras and enormous teams. The newest, ‘La Creación’ [Creation], is a set of three actions, for small ensemble, vocals, and massive band, which tells the story of creation in line with the Rule of Ocha, the Afro-Cuban faith, often known as Santeria. ‘La Creación’ premiered in November 2021, to have a good time his eightieth birthday.
Unquestionably, musically and personally, for Chucho Valdés, one of the crucial vital occasions of 2022 has been the musical reunion along with his outdated buddy and companion in musical adventures, the clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer Paquito D`Rivera. Over the previous 42 years, their paths have hardly ever crossed, however they’ve performed collectively once more, recorded a brand new album, Yo también te extrañé [I Missed You Too], and launched into a world tour to have a good time their reunion.
Translated by Ivette Romero. For the unique, and extra info, see https://www.cantabriadirecta.es/77741-2-noticias-cantabria-santander-comillas-chucho-valdes/ and https://www.comillas.es/caprichos-musicales/