Details

Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
Camden
London
WC1R 4RL
England

Sunday 16th November 2025
6:30 PM

Programme

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-Gavilan – Cuarteto en Guaguancó
Leo Brouwer – Quintet for guitar and strings

Performers

Ahmed Dickinson – guitar

Kyan String Quartet

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Programme Note

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 Quintet for guitar and strings, showcasing all the early hallmarks of his unique style.

Organised in collaboration with the Iberian & Latin American Music Society and the Cervantes Institute as part of Echoes Festival 2025.