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Category: Artist Profiles

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Artist Profiles: Ignacio Nachito Herrera

Angel Romero February 12, 2017 No Comments CubacubanismoIgnacio Nachito HerreraLatin jazzpianowestern classical music

Recognized as a young genius, Ignacio “Nachito” Herrera stunned Cuban audiences at the age of 12, performing Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 with the Havana Symphony…

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Artist Profiles: Ian Hardie

Angel Romero February 11, 2017 No Comments fiddleIan HardieScotlandScottish music

Born in Edinburgh (Scotland), Ian Hardie lived in Nairn (northeast of Inverness). Ian Hardie earned a great reputation not only as an exceptional fiddle player…

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Artist Profiles: Husnu Senlendirici

Angel Romero February 11, 2017 No Comments clarinetHusnu SenlendiriciTurkeyTurkish music

As one of Turkey’s leading and versatile clarinetists, Husnu Şenlendirici has worked with major stars domestically and also internationally, taking the listener on a musical…

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Artist Profiles: Hossein Alizadeh

Angel Romero February 11, 2017 2 Comments Hossein AlizadehIranIranian musicPersian classical musicsetar

Hossein Alizadeh, born in Tehran (Iran) in 1951, studied with various masters of traditional Persian music including Ali Akbar Khan Shahnazi, Nur Ali Borumand, Abdollah…

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Artist Profiles: Henry Gray

Angel Romero February 11, 2017 No Comments bluesHenry Graypiano

Henry Gray was born on January 19, 1925, in Kenner, Louisiana. He created the outline for post World War II Chicago blues piano. Playing for…

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Artist Profiles: Hauk Buen

Angel Romero February 11, 2017 No Comments Hauk BuenNorwayNorwegian music

Hauk Buen (born 1933) came from Jondalen in Telemark (Norway). He belonged to a family of outstanding folk musicians, and was regarded as one of…

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Artist Profiles: Hallvard T. Bjørgum

Angel Romero February 10, 2017 No Comments fiddleHallvard T. BjørgumHardanger fiddleNorwayNorwegian music

Hallvard T. Bjørgum (born 1956) from Setesdal is a folk musician in the third generation of a well-known “folk music family”. He plays fiddle tunes…

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Artist Profiles: Håkon Høgemo

Angel Romero February 9, 2017 No Comments fiddleHåkon HøgemoHardanger fiddleNorwayNorwegian music

Håkon Høgemo (born 1965), from Øvre Årdal in Sogn, has been described by fiddler Knut Buen as “the Crown Prince of the Hardanger fiddle”. His…

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Artist Profiles: Haila Maria Mompie

Angel Romero February 9, 2017 No Comments CubaCuban musicHaila Maria Mompiesalsason cubanotimba

Born in January 28, 1974, in Las Tunas, eastern province of Cuba, daughter of a singer father and a stylist mother, Haila Maria Mompie Gonzalez…

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Artist Profiles: Gustavo Santaolalla

Angel Romero February 9, 2017 No Comments ArgentinaArgentine musicfusionGustavo Santaolallajazz-rockpopprogressive rockworld music

Gustavo Santaolalla has been a force in Latin American music since the 1960s. He is one of a small group of musicians who created the…

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