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Gonzalo
Rubalcaba Saturday, June 27, 8 pm THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT but a limited number of tickets may be released at the door night of show. Tickets on sale now! Listen: "Peace" Listen: "Infantil" Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba’s playing combines advanced musical concepts and formidable technique with emotional immediacy and hypnotizing grooves. Born in Havana, Rubalcaba grew up surrounded by Cuban musical heritage; his father was a pianist whose home was a gathering place for prominent Cuban musicians. Rigorous classical study and a passion for American jazz further shaped his artistic growth, and he was performing extensively in Cuba and at festivals around the world by 1986, when a chance meeting in Havana with bassist Charlie Haden opened the door for him to reach audiences in the United States. Blown away by Rubalcaba’s playing, Haden helped him secure a contract with Blue Note Records. Rubalcaba’s recordings have earned multiple Grammy awards, and as a performer he is in constant demand, leading his own groups and collaborating on a dazzling variety of projects with artists like Haden, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland and Chucho Valdez. Rubalcaba’s exciting new program of solo piano music is a new step on his artistic mission to express the beauty and vitality of Cuban musical culture in a contemporary international context. “His music runs from introspective ballads and boleros to outrageously technical forays of hyperlicks played over smokin’ güaracha, rumba and son montuño grooves that will make your head spin.” –Houston Press Supported in part by an anonymous donor. Inside Jazz: |