© Conway Hall Sunday Concerts at Conway Hall: Kyan Quartet & Ahmed Dickinson
London, Conway Hall — Main Hall
About the Event
In a new Conway Hall collaboration with Echoes Festival’s African Diaspora series, acclaimed classical guitarist Ahmed Dickinson joins forces with the Kyan Quartet to explore vibrant Afro‐Cuban repertoire by Cuba’s most distinctive contemporary composers. Their programme brings some classical cool to the traditional string quartet format, with effervescent syncretisms of Afro, Cuban and European influences that explode the expressive possibilities of strings and guitar. A journey through irresistible rhythmic landscapes that will have you tapping your feet and swaying in your seat!
The programme features the world premiere of Eduardo Martín’s heartfelt Recordando a Piazzolla (Remembering Piazzolla), alongside several UK premieres: Moforibale a Oshosi by Walfrido Domínguez, a powerful homage to the Yoruba deity of the hunt, drawing on Afro‐Cuban ritual and chant traditions López‐Gavilán’s famous Cuarteto en guaguancó, a vibrant fusion of classical string‐quartet writing with Cuban rumba rhythms and Roberto Valera’s concise yet intense Cuarteto de cuerdas. Acrílicos, two compelling sound‐paintings also by Martín, blend Caribbean lyricism with striking modernity – a combination also employed in Leo Brouwer’s iconic Beatlerianas (1992), a bold and imaginative reimagining of Beatles melodies filtered through the 20th‐century techniques of composers such as Bartok and Stravinsky and the unique lens of this legendary Cuban composer.
Program
Walfrido Dominguez | Moforibale a Ochosi
Eduardo Martin | Acrilicos en el espacio
Eduardo Martin | Acrilicos en el destino
Eduardo Martin | Recordando a Piazzolla
Roberto Valera | Cuarteto de Cuerdas
Guido Lopez‐Gavilán | Cuarteto en Guaguancó
Leo Brouwer | Beatlerinas
Cast / Production
Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas • guitar
Naomi Warburton • violin
Sydney Mariano • violin
Wanshu Qiu • viola
Simon Guémy • cello
Address
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, United Kingdom — Google Maps
