Chucho Valdes to Perform Piano Concert with Chinese Lang Lang

Havana.- Cuban famous pianoplayer Jesus "Chucho" Valdes announced and confirmed he will offer a concert together with his Chinese colleague Lang Lang, one of the world's most renowned classic piano performers right now. The concert will be Friday evening at the Havana Cathedral, for the 500 years of the creation of the Cuban capital.

Both musicians will perform pieces written by famous Cuban pianist and composer Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963).

"When Lang Lang and I met for the first time, we played together, and we found immediate connection. He is a complete artist, and a great human being," said Chucho Valdes to Cuban reporters.

Cuban music orchestra director Enrique Pérez Mesa, meanwhile, said this union will be the celebration of Cuban music Havana deserves and for the same "we have the best audio of Cuba, and integrate several generations because they will also join young piano students during the concert. "

Natacha Garcia Valdes, communications director of the Cuban Institute of Music, said Lang stressed the intention of sharing with the Cuban young piano players sound tests, despite his short stay on the island.

During the meeting with the press, Valdes also revealed that for the occasion has been imported into Cuba a special piano worth about $ 130,000.

It is confirmed that one of the greatest protagonists for one of the most anticipated concerts in recent months for lovers of classical music and the arrival of an international icon as Lang Lang to Cuban soil shows that music ha a healthy aspect in our country.

Source:PL