Roberto Fonseca – piano, Javier Zalba – clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone, Joel Hierrezuelo – percussion, Ramsés Rodríguez – drums, Omar González – double bass After last year’s highly successful concert, the “young pianist of the old” Roberto Fonseca and his band will once again perform at the Palace of Arts, this time in the Béla Bártók National Concert Hall. Fonseca, born in Havana in 1975, was eight years old when he began playing the piano, 11 when he composed his first piece, and 15 wh...en his playing caused a sensation at the international Jazz Plaza Festival in Havana. His first record, En el Comienzo, was album of the year in Cuba in 1999, and within two years he followed it with three more, under the titles of Tiene Que Ver, No Limit and Elengo. At this stage one could have been forgiven for thinking that a young pianist, under the spell of Afro-Cuban jazz, could reach no greater heights. However, the best was yet to come. He was given the opportunity to take the place of Rubén González in the Buena Vista Social Club band, when he passed away in 2003. Since then not a single BVSC album has been recorded without him, and nor did he miss a tour until the re-launch of his solo career in 2007 with the CD entitled Zamazu. In his latest tour he is promoting his latest album, Akokan, which in the Yoruba language means heart…
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