Catrin Finch and Cimarrón 2020

 

Carlos Cuco Rojas 1954- 2020:

Statement from Theatr Mwldan 

 

 

A THEATR MWLDAN PRODUCTION

Back in 2007, Welsh harpist Catrin Finch met with Colombian joropo band Cimarrón and embarked on an exhilarating tour of Wales, a collaboration repeated in 2009 and 2010. Ten years later, Catrin and Cimarrón meet again to tour the UK.

Catrin Finch is a remarkable and fearless artist, one of the world’s leading harp players, whose career has featured both solo performances with the world’s top orchestras and, more recently, collaborations with leading world music artists, including Toumani Diabate and, most successfully, Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita, with whom she forms “one of the most popular world music acts of this decade” (Tim Cumming, Songlines).

The 6-piece Grammy-nominated Cimarrón perform joropo dance music from the cattle-rearing plains of the Orinoco, rooted in a deep tradition defined by the mestizo mixed heritage of African, Spanish and indigenous cultures, and led by harpist and composer Carlos Rojas. Cimarrón make wild, untamed music that preserves the spirit of freedom found in one of the world’s most untouched regions. Fast-paced and powerful, it’s music, with impetuous singing, amazing stomp dancing and fierce instrumental virtuosity of strings and percussion.

A rare chance to witness a thrilling global collaboration.

 

ON TOUR

 

JANUARY 2020

 

20         Theatr Mwldan, CARDIGAN / ABERTEIFI

22         Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room, LIVERPOOL

23         The Stoller Hall, MANCHESTER

24         Galeri, CAERNARFON

25         Bristol St Georges, BRISTOL

26         Celtic Connections, GLASGOW

28         Theatr Brycheiniog, BRECON

29         Canolfan Y Cefyddydau ABERYSTWYTH Arts Centre

30         Turner Sims, SOUTHAMPTON

31         Canolfan y Celfyddydau Taliesin Arts Centre SWANSEA

 

FEBRUARY 2020

 

1         Sage Gateshead, GATESHEAD

3         St David’s Hall, CARDIFF

4         The Apex, BURY ST EDMUNDS

5          Lakeside, NOTTINGHAM

6          Cecil Sharp House, LONDON

 

By far the most talked about/enjoyed WOMEX artists were definitely Cimarron, no contest
Ian Anderson, FROOTS Magazine

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