Join us for an evening of ALBA Musik with singer Bárbara Martínez and guitarist Albert Alabedra, with invited guest artists Lindsey Bourassa (flamenco dance) and Behzad Habibzai (cajón).
This event is co-presented by FLOR and Mayo Street Arts.
In combination with this performance, Bárbara and Albert will teach a flamenco signing workshop on Sunday Dec 8th from 2-4 pm at Mayo Street Arts.
About alba:
ALBA Musik, based in New York City, is the creation of singer Bárbara Martínez and guitarist Albert Alabedra. Together they are composing music in the vein of Flamenco/Latin Fusion and their extended band/family of musicians and dancers make their shows an experience to remember!
ALBA means “dawn” in Spanish and it is the name of their first album, which was a First Round U.S. GRAMMY nominee for Latin Pop.
ALBA songs are uplifting and vibrant. Some describe them as healing. It’s Flamenco infused with Latin rhythms and more. It makes you want to listen all day and clap and move and shout OLE!
alba Artist Bios
A native of Barcelona, Spain, Albert Alabedra has self-taught guitar since the age of 14. Albert was exposed to flamenco at an early age, with a mother from Córdoba and grandparents from Sevilla, the southern Spanish province of Andalucía where flamenco originated. In addition to the traditional flamenco, popular throughout Spain, Albert grew up with the global influences characteristic of cosmopolitan Barcelona, especially the rumba Catalana.
Later formally trained in classical and electric guitar and then in jazz and flamenco, Albert has used his versatile repertoire to create his own unique “fusion” style. His musical career consists of performances with various pop, rock, jazz, funk, acoustic, and flamenco bands throughout Spain and New York.
Bárbara Martínez grew up performing in New York City. Originally from Venezuela, she is the grand-niece of famed Argentine tango singer Libertad Lamarque. For more than 20 years she has worked as a dancer and singer with numerous flamenco dance companies and world music ensembles, and danced with the Metropolitan Opera, where she also sang as a child. In 2010, Bárbara performed at Carnegie Hall/Weill in a solo concert to a sold out house.
She appears in the documentary “Sobre Las Olas – A Story of Flamenco in the U.S.” by Carolina Loyola-Garcia and the photography exhibit entitled “100 Years of Flamenco in New York” at the NY Performing Arts Library. She is a Brown graduate and is currently pursuing a Masters at Berklee College of Music. Bárbara teaches music at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.
Learn More: ALBA Musik
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