7-9 pm
$10
Aruan Ortiz piano
Xenia Rubinos voice
Brian Baker guitar
Rick DiMusio sax
Cuban pianist, violinst, and composer Aruan Ortiz studied viola at the Escuela Vocacional de Arte in Santiago de Cuba, and at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba.
He studied piano at the Esteban Salas Conservatory in Santiago de Cuba and completed his degree at the Professional Conservatory of Music in Vilaseca, Spain, graduating Cum Laude.
In January, 2002 Aruán moved to Boston where he enrolled at the Berklee College of Music and studied with Professors Danilo Pérez, Joanne Brackeen. More recently he has studied jazz piano with Charles Banacos.
Aruán Ortiz Trio, Vol.1 was recorded at WGBH Studio 1 in Boston in December 2003, and was released on the Spanish label, Ayva Música in February 2004, distributed by Fresh Sound Records. The album was released in North America with Pimienta/Universal Latino, and is available at Amazon.com.
Aruán recorded his first CD in 1996 for Universal Music on a project called The Island of Music, with both original and Cuban piano solo compositions.
He brings an intense musical career from Cuba, playing piano solo, and with musicians such as Tata Güines, Miguel "Angá" Díaz, Antoine Roney, Wallace Roney, Sarah Morrow, Ignacio Berroa, Stephon Harris, Mayte Martin, George Garzone, Sheila E., Horacio “El negro” Hernández, Giovanni Hidalgo, Lionel Lueke, Eric McPherson, Jane Bunnett, and John Lockwood among others.
He has played venues in Cuba, the United States, Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Jamaica, Malta and Morocco among others.