Ernesto Lecuona
Born: 6th August 1895, Guanabacoa, Havana, Cuba
Died: 29th November 1963, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Nationality: Cuban
Ernesto Lecuona y Casado was a Cuban composer and pianist, many of whose works have become standards of the Latin, jazz and classical repertoires. His over 600 compositions include songs and zarzuelas as well as pieces for piano and symphonic orchestra.
In the 1930s, he helped establish a popular band, the Lecuona Cuban Boys, which showcased some of his most successful pieces and was later taken over by Armando Oréfiche. In the 1950s, Lecuona recorded several LPs, including solo piano albums for RCA Victor. He moved to the United States after the 1959 Cuban Revolution, and died in Spain in 1963.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Lecuona
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Daniil Trifonov's Historia Americana - Sur
2nd Oct 2026
The completion of a brilliant, inventive diptych begun in 2024 - Trifonov takes us on a whistle-stop tour of South America in a programme blending jazz and Afro-Caribbean influences with styles rooted in Western Europe.
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