Classic Meets Cuba

Nach über 250.000 verkauften Alben kehren die Klazzbrothers & Cuba Percussion zurück zum Beginn ihrer Erfolgsgeschichte mit Classic Meets Cuba II: bekannte und beliebten Klassik-Hits im unverwechselbaren "Meets-Cuba-Style". Vor elf Jahren ließen die Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion mit ihrem ersten Album Classic Meets Cuba aufhorchen. Nach Ausflügen in die Welt der Oper oder des Jazz und nach sieben weiteren Alben mit namhaften Gästen und Themen wie Mozart Meets Cuba kehren sie jetzt zurück zu den Ursprüngen..

Since their establishment in the year 1999, the Klazzbrothers have been exploring the borders between classic and jazz, linking tradition and the desire for novelty, as well as the correspondence of music of different cultures. The success of the Klazzbrothers with audiences and critics is undisputed, eliciting "… initial amazement followed by tumultuous applause." (translated from the Rheingau Echo).

After the worldwide success of their album "Mozart meets Cuba", which was one of the best-selling albums for Mozart's 250th birthday, Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion dedicate their twelfth album to Ludwig van Beethoven, whose 250th birthday celebrates the Klassikwelt 2020. Beethoven's work seems so compact and coherent that the impression is created that nothing more can be added. But already on his first album, "Classic meets Cuba", the quintet has shown through a set of the "Pathétique" sonata that it is possible to skilfully blend Beethoven's music with Cuban rhythms, and over the years, they have created more for their successful albums edits.

Since 1999, three "Klazz Brothers" Kilian Forster (bass), Bruno Böhmer Camacho (piano) and Tim Hahn (drums) have stood for a refreshing and innovative fusion of classical music with jazz and world music. For their albums "Classic meets Cuba" and "Mozart meets Cuba", which were recorded with the Duo Cuba Percussion, the Klazz Brothers from Dresden received the ECHO Prize in the category "Klassik ohne Grenzen" several times. With their new CD "Christmas meets Cuba 2", the five musicians are following up on the success album "Christmas meets Cuba", released in 2010, which brought international and German Christmas carols to new musical life. With a mixture of jazz swing and Latin feeling, spirited zest for life, Cuban serenity and moody melancholy, the Klazz Brothers and Cuba Percussion have recorded such classics as "White Christmas", "Silent Night" and George Michaels "Last Christmas". And here and there, prominent guest singers such as Olvido Ruiz and Tom Gaebel give the songs another special flair.

Few musical marriages can seem more oddly matched than a German classical/chamber trio with an Afro-Cuban percussion ensemble. Yet Mozart Meets Cuba presents astonishing work: Latin explorations of Mozart's timeless melodies that are true to the fire and passion, and to the almost mathematic precision, of Afro-Cuban and classical perspectives. Mozart's compositions remain refined and austerely beautiful (such as his Clarinet Concerto, for example, here presented as "Poema Con Cohiba ), but they rhythmically move forward with a smile and bounce.

Seit 1999 beweisen die Klazz Brothers, wie gut sich Klassik, Jazz und kubanische Musik miteinander verstehen. Für die acht Alben, die seit 2002 bei Sony Music erschienen sind, wurde das Trio u.a. zweimal mit dem ECHO-Preis in der Sparte „Klassik ohne Grenzen“ sowie mit einer Grammy-Nominierung ausgezeichnet. Nach „Classic Meets Cuba“ und „Mozart Meets Cuba“ gratulieren David Gazarov (Klavier), Kilian Forster (Bass) und Tim Hahn (Schlagzeug) nun auf ihrer neuen CD „Chopin Lounge“ dem polnischen Klaviergenie Frédéric Chopin zum 200. Geburtstag.

Your attention is invited to a collection of albums of the now legendary Putumayo World Music label.
Each album is supplied with a colorful booklet containing a lot of interesting information about the music styles within the chosen themes for an album (the names of the albums are always bright - they speak for themselves), and also about the musicians-performers.

Alexey León is a Cuban-Russian saxophonist, flutist and composer. He was born in Manzanillo, Cuba and raised in Moscow, Russia. León won the prestigious Cuban Award “JoJazz 1st Prize” in 2017 and has three outstanding solo releases behind him: Cuba meets Russia (2015), Cuban Connection (2018) and Okudzhava For My Mother (2020). Influenciado is Alexey León’s fourth album…