Hugo Aran, with Benji Kaplan, May 19, 9 PM, Livestream/Live Audience

Join Hugo Aran, straight from Barcelona! Bossa, Jazz and originals with special guest Benji Kaplan on Thursday, May 19 at 9 PM, livestream/live audience, broadcast on YouTube from Green Kill.

Join Hugo Aran, straight from Barcelona! Bossa, with special guest Benji Kaplan on Thursday, May 19 at 9 PM, livestream/live audience, broadcast on YouTube from Green Kill. 5 dollars. Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hugo-aran-with-benji-kaplan-may-19-9-pm-livestreamlive-audience-tickets-334076641227

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Hugo Arán Bio

Hugo Arán (1980, Barcelona), a self-taught musician and lyricist, already in his first stage feels a@racted to the guitar and Brazilian music, which will be noDced later in many of his composiDons.
In 2004, he travels to Brazil where he knows and deepens with the rhythms and harmonies of the country. This period helps him to start wriDng and composing his first songs, covering and taking as a pa@ern great references such as Chico Buarque, Márcio Faraco or Antonio Carlos Jobim, among others.

In 2007 he moved to Granada and formed the duo Tato Azevedo with Pablo Acevedo. They parDcipated in various songwriter compeDDons and are awarded with a mulDtude of prizes that allow them to record their first album Sordo (2008).

- 1st Prize Andalusian SongwriDng Contest IAJ (Jaén 2008)
- 3rd Prize Abril para vivir (Granada 2008)
- 3rd Prize Certamen de Cantautores de CeuX (Murcia 2008) - 3rd Prize Certamen de Cantautores de Burgos (2008)
- Award for Best Music Elche (2008)
- First prize naDonal certamen of Elche (2010)

In 2011, Hugo Arán began his solo project pu[ng together a repertoire that mixes styles such as bossa nova, baiâo, zamba or jazz.

In 2014, he presents Anuario (Porcausadela), an album of original songs with the producDon of Aure Ortega and Carlos Narea and the collaboraDon of musicians from Brazil, ArgenDna and Italy.

In 2017 he returned to Barcelona, his hometown, and presented his second album Memoria Muscular (Porcausadela), the result of his creaDve acDvity in the city. An album that includes eleven songs of his authorship and that has the collaboraDon of El Kanka, Márcio Faraco and Ana Rossi along with a small tribute from one of his greatest references: Gilberto Gil.

In 2020 he begins the recording of Ex7nciones y sus causas a third self-edited work, in which his maturity as a composer, producer and arranger is evidenced. 15 songs of his authorship and a collaboraDon with his teacher Márcio Faraco, who put lyrics to “Um Jacaranda”.

Hugo Arán walks through genres such as swing with his "Canto Leggero" and the Sicilian singer Margherita Abita or the profound "Lunas de fogueo" with the voice of the Neapolitan singer Alessio Arena.

The author gives us a handhold so as not to get lost in his depths and recreates an atmosphere of listening, where both the visceral and the sophisDcated coexist perfectly.

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Benji Kaplan

"A true ambassador of Brazilian music in New York" - Marcelo Petti (Canal Musical)

"A tour de force of lights, vibrations and enchanting sounds...With Benji Kaplan, it's a bit like Erik Satie was landing in Rio carnival. At such a level of musical confrontation, it is clear that the latest album of this prodigy is worth listening to.  Born in Brooklyn from the works of a Cuban father of Russian Jewish descent and an Austrian Jewish mother, Benji Kaplan combines New York, Central European, Latino and Brazilian cultures, resulting in a rich blend of sounds and colors." 

- François Becquart (Music in Belgium)

"A guitar player with impeccable technique and fluency.  Meditacoes no Violao (guitar meditations) is a collection of poetic and refined compositions, played with a perfect balance of intellect and emotion."

- JazzTimes

"...the degree of intelligence sunk into the deepest corners of every beat and measure of this treasure tells us that no matter what his pursuit might otherwise have been, the result would’ve been simultaneously unearthly while uniquely terran." - Mark S. Tucker (Veritas Vampirus)

"This is the tonic Jaded ears have been waiting for...a new york kid with brazil in his blood and what appears to be a lightning mind..." - Chris Spector (Midwest Record)

"...a luxuriantly melodic collection of original songs that draw on the sonic wellsprings of samba, baião, pop music, bossa nova and the cool jazz that helped inspire the new sound introduced by João Gilberto some six decades ago." - Andrew Gilbert (The Mercury News)

The son of a native Cuban percussionist father and visual-artist mother, Benji Kaplan has followed his arts-filled upbringing with a particular focus upon the classical forms of Brazilian music. Fully informed not only in Brazilian and popular music, but also by Jazz, the emerging composer crafts his own mix of Brazilian music ingeniously spiced with the full gamut of his rich musical understanding. He beautifully expresses his unique vision with ensembles ranging from string quartets to wind ensembles of varying shapes and sizes. His penultimate album – Chorando Sete Chores – features 13 pieces for acoustic guitar and wind quintet. His previous album Uai Sô vividly demonstrates his enormous scope, combining strings, brass and woodwinds in various combinations ranging from seven to twelve instruments. Benji is currently releasing his 5th album entitled Benji & Rita, this time in duo partnership with his wife Rita Figueiredo. Together they explore the intimacy of Voice and guitar, blending intricate harmonies with stories of Rita's homeland, Brazil in all of it's beauty, complexity, simplicity and irony. www.benjikaplan.com

https://www.youtube.com/user/benjikaplan/featured

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