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Praised for his
“dazzling technique
and rhythmic
fire” in the Seattle
Times and dubbed
a “formidable
virtuoso” by The
Times of London,
Cuban pianist and
composer Aldo
López-Gavilán excels
in both the classical
and jazz worlds
as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber-music
collaborator, film composer, recording artist, and
performer of his own electrifying jazz compositions.
He has appeared in such prestigious venues as
the Amadeo Roldán, Teatro del Museo de Bellas
Artes, Teresa Careño, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center,
Jordan Hall, and Royal Festival Hall. A milestone
in López-Gavilán’s professional and personal life
came in early 2015, when he joined New York-based
Harlem Quartet—co-founded by his brother Ilmar,
the quartet’s first violinist—for concerts in Calgary,
Seattle, and Phoenix. His partnership with Harlem
Quartet continued in 2016 with a United States tour
that included concerts and residency activities.
In July 2017 he performed with violinist Joshua Bell
and the Havana Chamber Orchestra, led by his wife
Daiana Garcia, in a “Seasons of Cuba” concert at
California’s Festival Napa Valley, and he returned
to Chautauqua, where he performed his own
music with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
under Garcia. Later that month he debuted with
Nevada’s Classical Tahoe Orchestra as soloist in
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and in the premiere of
his new piano concerto Emporium.
Highlights of López-Gavilán’s 2017/18 season
include concerto debuts with the Florida Orchestra,
South Florida Symphony Orchestra, and the
Muskegon-based West Michigan Symphony; an
appearance with violinist Ilmar Gavilán at The
Block in Muskegon; and a third United States tour
with Harlem Quartet.
ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN
Piano
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