THE BRIDGE, AHMED DICKINSON CÁRDENAS & EDUARDO MARTÍN

When Cuban guitarist Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas first heard the music of fellow countryman Eduardo Martín he felt euphoric. Martín’s style has an expansive sense of freedom that taps into pre Columbus traditions, jazz, flamenco, pop, Afro and traditional Cuban. The guitar is his favored instrument to mirror the melodic and rhythmic intricacies of the Americas’ cultural diversity.

Before moving to England, Dickinson Cárdenas took lessons with Eduardo and their friendship, idiosyncratic empathy and mutual respect has since transformed into a vehicle that connects, incorporates and juxtaposes their different generations, their musical ideas and ultimately the spiritual journey that drives this unique record.

The album is a compilation of some of Eduardo’s most alluring works for two guitars, where rock merges with son montunos; old Yoruba chants, feel-good rumbas, funk- boleros, new age tunes and cinematic pieces sit alongside Cuban tumbaos with slap bass.

 The Bridge is a wondrous display of fluidity, a continuous study of the Latin guitar, past and present. 

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SPANISH SONGS: LAURA MITCHELL, ERALIS FERNÁNDEZ & AHMED DICKINSON CÁRDENAS.

A wonderful opportunity to listen to Cuban, Spanish and South American songs for guitar, piano and voice by these three accomplished artists. Works by Lecuona, Rodrigo, Cordero among others. BOOK HERE

Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas at the Bloomsbury Threatre Studio

… is jazz considered classical music? where and when jazz meets classical…what are the best jazz versions of classical music and vice-versa… is possible to define a jazz-classical guitar? in order to experience the source of some of these questions a performance by Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas  will be presented as part of Jazz, the Angry Young Man & the Moving Image at the Bloosmbury Theatre. Some of the pieces that Dickinson Cárdenas usually performs have an expansive sense of freedom that taps into pre-Columbus traditions, flamenco, pop, Afro, traditional Cuban and jazz. It is a repertoire crosses the divide between genres, connecting-liberating musical styles, within the genuinely fruitful inter-zone between jazz and classical guitar. Another way to mirror the melodic and rhythmic intricacies of the transcultural condition of Art and the Americas’ cultural diversity.

Bloosmbury Theatre Studio - Saturday 28th May. 6.00pm - Free Admission

FIRE & PASSION: AHMED DICKINSON CÁRDENAS & DOCKLANDS SINFONIA

Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas joins Docklands Sinfonia for a performance of Rodrigo's stunning and much-loved guitar concerto 'Concierto de Aranjuez'. 

Venue: St Anne's, Limehouse, Three Colt Street, London E14 7HP
Tickets: £10 (Concessions) £12 (Advanced) £15 (On the door)

Conductor: Spencer Down
Soloists: Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas (Guitar)

• Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 - Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov
• Concierto de Aranjuez - Joaquín Rodrigo
• Symphony No.6 'Pathétique', op.74, B Minor - Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The concert will get off to an explosive start with Rimsky-Korsakov's fiery Capriccio Espagnol and will finish with Tchaikovsky's passionate final Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'.

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CLASSICAL AND CUBAN FAVORITES AT THE DYSART ARMS

Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas’ last performance at The Dysart was in June 2014, and was so popular they booked him to perform the same recital two weeks later. The forthcoming recital explores Ahmed’s beloved Cuban music alongside some classic repertoire for the guitar.

Sunday 7th February, 7:30pm

Tickets £15 including a glass of wine and a £1 donation to Missing People Charity Or £38.50 including a two course meal after the concert and a glass of wine and a £1 donation to Missing People Charity
Please get in touch with Manager, Barny Taylor by email to:
enquiries@thedysartpetersham.co.uk
or call 07967 481 625