The Bridge

About

Sunday 23 April 2023 
Venue: Peggy's Skylight 

Times: 

* Doors at 6pm
* Performance from 7pm
* Two sets of music with an interval, food purchased separately.
Tickets: £8-£15

The Bridge

Perfect sound bites exploring the many facets of the guitar tradition from across the Americas. By incorporating the influences of jazz, flamenco, pop, Afro, and traditional Cuban melodic and rhythmic intricacies. Grammy-nominated and multiple Lifetime Achievement Award winning.

"You are left with the sensation of being touched to the core by exquisitely played pieces" – Songlines

"Within my musical congregation I regard Eduardo as the Piazzolla of Cuban Guitar. Only individuals with an impressive level of sensibility can convey such degrees of happiness, pleasure and melancholic love to life and to a nation…I am happy to say that Eduardo only creates masterpieces" – Oscar Ghiglia

Eduardo Martin, the Grammy-nominated and multiple Lifetime Achievement Award winning Cuban guitarist and composer join forces with fellow award-winning, London-based Cuban musician, Ahmed Dickinson, a guitarist described as a 'true pioneer' by Classic FM – to present 'The Bridge'.

Launching an expansive tour of the UK and Ireland, Martin and Dickinson perform the music of their long-awaited album, 'The Bridge': a carefully curated compilation of Eduardo's most alluring works for two guitars, where rock merges with son montunos; old Yoruba chants, feel-good rumbas and funk- boleros, with cinematic pieces sitting alongside Cuban tumbaos with slap bass.

Perfect sound bites exploring the many facets of the guitar tradition from across the Americas. By incorporating the influences of jazz, flamenco, pop, Afro, and traditional Cuban melodic and rhythmic intricacies, the music bridges the gap between generations and continents, past and present, uniting teachers and students.

This is a rare opportunity to catch guitar master, Eduardo Martin, on these shores. The collaboration with Ahmed Dickinson shares their rich culture and heritage, through the duo's much-celebrated artistry.

"This will be the first time we have been able to travel together since the pandemic. Playing live again fills me with very great emotion. We have waited a long time and the feeling of anticipation and excitement to perform together again has only increased." – Eduardo Martin