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Alex Wilson Latin Music Artist
Omar Puente & Alex Wilson Quartet
Mar 6, 2024
6:30 PM GMT
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Award winning artists Alex Wilson (piano) and Omar Puente (violin) join forces for a special collaboration, combining their intense musical energies with the help of bass virtuoso Dimitris Christopoulos and Venezuelan percussion powerhouse Edwin Sanz. Throughout their careers the pair have collectively performed with the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Courtney Pine and Tito Puente, having also appeared together on a joint billing at Glastonbury in 2022. This show provides a unique opportunity to experience repertoire from Alex and Omar's own albums brought to life together for the first time, and promises to take the audience on a joyful, whirlwind journey of musical exuberance.
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Alex Wilson Latin Music Artist Biography
Alex Wilson Biography
Alex Wilson Biography
Alex was born in 1971 in the town of Belper in Derbyshire, UK, however he spent the first year of his life living in Freetown, Sierra Leone where his grandfather, Barthes Wilson, was Minister of Education. Following his grandfather’s death, Alex’s family returned to the UK for 9 years, followed by 6 years in Vienna. Alex then finished his high school education at the International School of Geneva, by which time he had discovered his passion for jazz and the piano. He went on to study Electronic Engineering at the Universities of York (UK) and Santa Barbara (USA), while maintaining a parallel career as a student musician. Following graduation, Alex moved to London and became professional, quickly working his way up from smaller concerts to playing international concert venues and festivals. In 2001, Alex went on to win the BBC Rising Jazz Star award and in 2019, Alex won the LUKAS Award for Jazz in Europe.
Now based in Switzerland, he has performed in over 60 countries with numerous renown artists and continues to grow and develop as a musician, composer and arranger.
He has nine albums under his own name, including the Mali Latino collaboration with Malian griot, Madou Sidiki Diabaté, which won a “Top of the World” accolade from Songlines Magazine.
With a prolific career in writing for screen, Alex has clocked up over 25 production music albums, with compositions placed on television worldwide through EMI and Warner.
Performance Experience
Wynton Marsalis (guest appearance with the Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra at London Barbican Concert Halls 2010 & 2012), Rodrigo y Gabriela (piano/arranger/MD for world tour), Ernest Ranglin (including farewell worldwide tour 2016), Hugh Masakela, Courtney Pine, Malia, Mike Lindup (Steinway Two Piano Festival), Jason Rebello (Steinway Two Piano Festival), Jazz Jamaica, Snowboy & The Latin Section, Ira Coleman, Bobby Watson, Cheo Feliciano, Adalberto Santiago, Tito Allen, Tito Gomez, Maelo Rivera, Cano Estremera, Camilo Azuquitar, Sandra Cross, Terell Stafford, Juliet Roberts, Kandia Kouyate, Ahmed Fofana, Madou Sidiki Diabaté, Antonio Forcione, Shuba Mugdal, Unnati Dasgupta, Pandit Dinesh, Kuljit Bhamra, Xuacu Amieva
Read MoreAlex Wilson Biography
Alex was born in 1971 in the town of Belper in Derbyshire, UK, however he spent the first year of his life living in Freetown, Sierra Leone where his grandfather, Barthes Wilson, was Minister of Education. Following his grandfather’s death, Alex’s family returned to the UK for 9 years, followed by 6 years in Vienna. Alex then finished his high school education at the International School of Geneva, by which time he had discovered his passion for jazz and the piano. He went on to study Electronic Engineering at the Universities of York (UK) and Santa Barbara (USA), while maintaining a parallel career as a student musician. Following graduation, Alex moved to London and became professional, quickly working his way up from smaller concerts to playing international concert venues and festivals. In 2001, Alex went on to win the BBC Rising Jazz Star award and in 2019, Alex won the LUKAS Award for Jazz in Europe.
Now based in Switzerland, he has performed in over 60 countries with numerous renown artists and continues to grow and develop as a musician, composer and arranger.
He has nine albums under his own name, including the Mali Latino collaboration with Malian griot, Madou Sidiki Diabaté, which won a “Top of the World” accolade from Songlines Magazine.
With a prolific career in writing for screen, Alex has clocked up over 25 production music albums, with compositions placed on television worldwide through EMI and Warner.
Performance Experience
Wynton Marsalis (guest appearance with the Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra at London Barbican Concert Halls 2010 & 2012), Rodrigo y Gabriela (piano/arranger/MD for world tour), Ernest Ranglin (including farewell worldwide tour 2016), Hugh Masakela, Courtney Pine, Malia, Mike Lindup (Steinway Two Piano Festival), Jason Rebello (Steinway Two Piano Festival), Jazz Jamaica, Snowboy & The Latin Section, Ira Coleman, Bobby Watson, Cheo Feliciano, Adalberto Santiago, Tito Allen, Tito Gomez, Maelo Rivera, Cano Estremera, Camilo Azuquitar, Sandra Cross, Terell Stafford, Juliet Roberts, Kandia Kouyate, Ahmed Fofana, Madou Sidiki Diabaté, Antonio Forcione, Shuba Mugdal, Unnati Dasgupta, Pandit Dinesh, Kuljit Bhamra, Xuacu Amieva
Reggae
Jazz
Latin
World Music
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