Carlos Sarduy

Cuban jazz trumpet player and composer, born in 1985 in Havana, Cuba. He plays the trumpet since the age of 3. He started playing with many bands of Afro-Cuban music when he was just a child. When he was 10 years old, he entered the Paulita Concepción Conservatory. After the fifth year of his music degree, he continued his studies in the prestigious music school "Amadeo Roldan". He won his first award in the jazz competition "Jojazz" at the age of 16. During this period in Cuba, he recorded and shared the stage with Chucho Valdés, Interactivo, Afro-Cuban All Stars, David Murray, Changuito, Lenine, Los Van Van and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De Cuba. At the age of 19, he released his solo album "Charly En La Habana", in which he collaborated with Chucho Valdés, Germán Velazco, Amadito Valdés, Teresa García Caturla and Roberto Carcasses, among others famous musicians. This album was nominated to the Cubadisco awards in the jazz category. When Sarduy was 20 years old, he came to Europe and became part of the world music jazz scene playing with Ojos de Brujo, Nitin Sawhney, Esperanza Spalding, Bebo Valdés, Yasmin Levy, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Julio Barreto, Duquende, Mariza, Rosario Flores, Ainoa Arteta, Orishas. Becoming a regular collaborator of the musical producer Javier Limón. He won a Latin Grammy in 2008 with the band Ojos de Brujo, and he had a nomination in 2011. In 2010 he participated in Chucho Valdes & Concha Buika's album "El Último Trago", which also won a Latin Grammy award. Carlos Sarduy has played on some of the most important stages and festivals of Europe, Asia and America, such as the London Jazz Festival, Barbican Centre of London, North See Jazz Festival, Puri Jazz Festival, Roskilde Festival, Madrid Jazz Festival, Barcelona Jazz Festival, Anciénne Belgique in Brussels, Womadelaide, Pirineos Sur, Roun House, Midem, Opera House of Sidney, Montreux Jazz Festival, Oslo World Music Festival, Bérgamo Jazz Festival, Sunfest, etc. In 2013, Sarduy combined the work on his tours and recordings with the production of Marinah's album "El Baile De Las Horas". Carlos Sarduy's latest solo album, "Luz", is a work of world jazz in the broader sense of the genre, with an excellent sensibility and musicality. As usual, he is surrounded by great musicians: Aruán Ortiz, Lukmil Pérez Herrera, Reinier Elizarde "El Negrón", Regis Molina and Marinah, leader of Ojos de Brujo.