This recital was first given here on Sunday 1 June to great acclaim.
It was so popular we were pleased to have been able to secure Ahmed and to hold the concert again.
Leo Brouwer – Paisaje Cubano con Campanas
Luis Manuel Molina – Oricalco
– Poema Idílico
Jose Antonio (Ñico) Rojas – Guajira con Filin
– Elías malogrado genio
– Liliam
– Lay y Egües
– Jairo y Juan
– Guajira a mi madre
Eduardo Martín – Canciones del Calendario
– Divertimentos Tropicales (selections)
Lauded for his technical brilliance and sweet tone of phrase in combining traditional classical music with the rhythmic sounds of jazz, Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas is redefining the landscape of classical music.
A performer of the Cuban Guitar School, the sophisticated virtuoso studied hard to gain one of the few places available at university to study music and received his big break into the industry upon his arrival in London in 2005.
Drawing inspiration and motivation from the world around him, Cárdenas says:
“Music is everywhere, sounds and noises and rhythms that float around are gathered by us humans and we give them the order we like. Music is what I am and do. I come from a society where sometimes you can decide quickly what you want to do in life. I reaffirm my existence every day by doing music.”