Dual lauD – JAVIER OTERO & ABE RÁBADE
Javier Otero is one of the best pianists I know. I admire his wide spectrum of precise movements to achieve the desired sounds on the instrument. We have played duets for several years, and it is always a deep inspiration for me (usually associated with a...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Retrato em branco e preto by Tom Jobim & Chico Buarque
In 1965, the brilliant Jobim composed an instrumental piece called “Zíngaro” to which Chico Buarque decided to put lyrics. The poem masterfully captured the essence of a sinuous intervallic framework that already conveyed dusty roads, nomadic...
Concert and master class of Abe Rábade Trio in Bangladesh
Last March, Abe Rábade trio was in Dhaka (Bangladesh), invited by the Inditex Chair of Spanish Language and Culture at the University of Dhaka. He offered a master class in the Music Department of the University of Dhaka on March 10 and a concert in the...
Óscar Martínez presents the documentary “The pianist who fell in love with a tree”
Óscar Martínez “Oxama” is a Mexican cultural producer, musician, blogger, reporter, and broadcaster who has a career of more than two decades dedicated to jazz, a style he “hooked” on as a child, in the eighties, through the broadcasts...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Alfonsina y el Mar written by Ariel Ramírez & Félix Luna
The original version was recorded by Mercedes Sosa in 1969 for the album “Mujeres Argentinas”. This piece is the masterful transformation in poetry and music of the impact that the story of the suicide of the Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni had on...
DuaL lauD – ENRIQUE OLIVER & ABE RÁBADE
Love Me or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn) Enrique Oliver is a titan of the tenor saxophone originally from Malaga. After this experience, I can only wish to do a gig with him as soon as possible. His sound is deep and noble. This edition of Dual...
Dual lauD – RALE MICIC & ABE RÁBADE – Jano
With the ‘Dual lauD’ series I want to celebrate the friendship and the talent of musicians I deeply admire. It will be always in a duet format: essential and sincere, the closest one to a dialogue. Rale Micic, of Serbian origin, has lived in...
What is Abe Rábade reading these weeks?
Book Day 2020: This is the list of books Abe Rábade is currently reading: 1. Akal Dictionary of Aesthetics (Étienne Souriau) A compendium of about 1,800 entries- which, in the perspective of a multidisciplinary work, confer form and value to the field of...
Exhibition “Galicia, un relato no mundo”
The museum of the Cidade da Cultura hosts since November 15 the exhibition Galicia, un relato no mundo (Galicia, a story in the world), a tour of Galiza’s interaction with the rest of the world, from prehistory to the present day. The more than 300...
CoVerse in the Mirror – Dos Gardenias written by Isolina Carrillo
This famous bolero written in 1945 was dedicated by the Cuban pianist and composer Isolina Carrillo to her husband, the baritone Guillermo Arronte. In the author’s words: “Dos Gardenias rests on a subjugating melody full of grace and...