Jazz Season in Pau: Roberto Fonseca & Vincent Segal — A Parisian Night in Havana

Complexe Culturel du Foirail, Place du Foirail

Two great musicians and virtuosos, Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca and travelling cellist Vincent Segal, join their worlds in a dialogue of rare finesse, where silence is as much a part of the music as every note. A former member of the Buena Vista Social Club, Fonseca has collaborated with Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo. Segal has played with Bumcello, Sting and Cesária Évora. Their meeting weaves a bridge between Havana and Paris, blending popular and scholarly musics in a contemporary homage to the danzón. Afro-Cuban rhythms, French songs and classical influences intertwine…