When pianist-composer Hiromi?Uehara met Edmar Casta?eda at the?Montreal Jazz Festival last year,sri cerita lucah she?found him so amazing musically that?she knew at some point they should?collaborate together.
“The first time I heard Edmar, I?simply said ‘WOW!’ in awe of his?artistry,” Uehara commented. “And?when we started playing together, it?was magical and the chemistry was?amazing.”
Casta?eda added, “I think this is?just the beginning of a relationship?between harp and piano, Japan and?Colombia.”
Their debut performance in 2016?at The Blue Note in New York City?was unexpected and impulsive, a?truly exciting coupling. What they?created together musically was simply?mesmerizing, with the audience?spellbound.
Because of this connection musically,?these two talents decided?to join forces as a duet for a 2017?world tour and in September of this?year, they released the album “Live?in Montreal.”
Ever since the 2003 release of her?debut Telarc CD, “Another Mind,”?Hiromi has electrified audiences and?critics east and west, with a creative?energy that encompasses and eclipses?the boundaries of jazz, classical and?pop parameters, taking improvisation?and composition to new heights of?complexity and sophistication.
Since arriving in the United States?in 1994, Casta?eda has forged his?own distinctive path in music, bringing?not only an unfamiliar instrument?but a wholly original voice to jazz,?branching out into a world of different?styles and genres.
The Hiromi Duet featuring Edmar?Casta?eda will take The Broad Main?Stage at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13. The?venue is located at1310 11th St. in?Santa Monica. Tickets start at $105.?For more information, visit thebroadstage.org,