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Release Date: 2021-01-22Label: Naxos World
The Cuban classical pianist Yamilé Cruz Montero and the Greek jazz drummer Christos Asonitis are a couple in life and also in music.Although they come from two different musical worlds, they have found a common language as it appears on their first album “Rapsodia Cubana” released by Naxos World Music. It combines multiple references that draw associations between past and present, tradition and contemporaneity, classical universes and the worlds of popular music, all of which define the artistic vision that Yamilé Cruz Montero and Christos Asonitis created.
“Rapsodia Cubana” features pieces of composers such as José María Vitier (1954), Ernán López-Nussa (1958), Andrés Alén (1950) and Aldo López-Gavilán (1979).
All represent the broad spectrum of contemporary Cuban piano, and showcase the technical expertise of classical pianism, integrated with popular Cuban, Latin and North American genres.
The Cuban classical piano skills of Yamilé are masterfully juxtaposed with the drum set, conga, cajón, pandeiro and other hand percussion instruments of Christos.
Together they create an innovative and captivating result!