Edmar Castañeda with special guest Andrea Tierra

Sat Feb 22 2025 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm UTC-08:00

Moss Theater at New Roads School part of The Herb Alpert Educational Village | Santa Monica

The Jazz Bakery Performance Space
Publisher/HostThe Jazz Bakery Performance Space
Edmar Casta\u00f1eda with special guest Andrea Tierra
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The Jazz Bakery welcomes the world's preeminent harpist for a solo concert at the Moss Theater with special guest voca Andrea Tierra!
About this Event

​In the same breath as the Yo-Yo Ma’s of the world, Edmar Castañeda fearlessly stuns audiences, musicians, and critics alike with his incredible talents as a player and composer. NPR’s “Fresh Air” touts, “...his technique is the real astonishment. Castañeda juggles lead, rhythm and bass lines, using a variety of hard and soft string attacks to keep those voices distinct — all without giving up the groove...His amazing technique...raises the bar for every harpist.” The New York Times notes, “...Castaneda... engage[s] modern jazz in ways that honor...cultural origins, and [he has] the capacity to astonish by virtue of [his] fingerstyle technique.” Moses Sumney highlights his “5 Favorite NPR “Tiny Desk Concerts” and says, “My brain cracked open when I first saw this. Some classical instruments are so ingrained in our heads for sounding one way; Edmar restructures what we know of harp, defiantly expanding the bounds of the instrument.”

Edmar Castañeda released his latest studio album, Viento Sur, featuring his World Ensemble on Friday, May 5, 2023. Castañeda follows up seven albums (Cuarto de Colores; Entre Cuerdas; Double Portion; Live at the Jazz Standard; Live In Montreal; Harp vs. Harp, Family) with his latest recording project, Viento Sur, with a nine-person ensemble of acclaimed global musicians from Switzerland, Brazil, Cuba, Israel, Chile, USA, Argentina, and Colombia. An array of compositions on Viento Sur are commissioned by American Chamber Music from the “New Jazz Works Grant.”

Castañeda’s renowned albums as a bandleader are interchanged with awe-inspiring symphonic works with the likes of the Orquestra Clássica de Espinho and the São Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra, and chamber pieces for the Israel Camerata Jerusalem and the Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia.


One show - No Intermission. Tickets can be reserved up to 2:00 p.m. on the day of the show (Remaining tickets available at door at show time.) FREE PARKING in the lot adjacent to the venue.

No Refunds.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Moss Theater at New Roads School part of The Herb Alpert Educational Village, 3131 Olympic Boulevard, Santa Monica, United States

Tickets

USD 44.52

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