Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Chano Domínguez Dúo

Two great jazz pianists, Cuban Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Spanish Chano Domínguez, have come together to form a spectacular duo. The fusion of these two famous artists brings together two pioneering musical languages ​​that we can hear at the 15th edition of the Jazz Voyeur Festival.

Rubalcaba's Cuban roots intermingle with Domínguez's deep-rooted flamenco and jazz roots creating a unique show for jazz lovers.

The music of composer and pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba (Havana, 1963) is a powerful fusion of Cuban and American jazz. His sounds, both melodic and rhythmic, are full of exciting influences. In 1978 he founded his first group, Proyecto, in which he performed as drummer, pianist, composer and arranger.

In 1986, at the Jazz Plaza festival, he surprised the great American trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recording the LP Gillespie en vivo con Gonzalo Rubalcaba, one of his greatest works. Throughout his career he has won four Grammy Awards, two of them Latin, and has received 17 nominations.

For his part, Chano Domínguez (Cádiz, 1960) began in music at the end of the 70s with the Andalusian rock group Cai. Later he became part of the Hixcadix band and later, alone, he dedicated himself to exploring all the ramifications of contemporary jazz.

Today he is one of the most famous flamenco jazz musicians, a genre, the latter, that he cultivated thanks to the great love of his father. Chano Domínguez, National Prize for Current Music 2020, has achieved an unusual integration between the rhythms and languages ​​of jazz and flamenco. He plays tangos, tanguillos, bulerías or fandangos on the piano respecting the traditional structure of jazz.

The Balearic artist invited to this third concert of the Jazz Voyeur Festival is Antón Cortés Trío, who presents the show Soniquete. This is the staging of works by Paco de Lucía, Sabicas or Maraíto adapted to the piano by Antón Cortés, who also performs some of his own compositions. The trio is made up of Antón Cortés (piano), Toni Cuenca (bass) and Benji Habichuela (percussion).

The 15th Jazz Voyeur Festival is held from November 4 to December 7, 2022 in Palma and schedules four concerts with leading figures in jazz and jazz fusion, a cycle of music and cinema and three free masterclasses given by the main artists that make up the festival. program in this edition.