Ricardo Curbelo

composer/harpist/singer

Ricardo García-Curbelo is an innovative, highly skilled Latin American harpist, resident in London, who has had, since a very young age, experience as a performer representing Latin American musical and poetry culture on a wide variety of stages: radio & TV, educational institutions, festivals, concerts and charity performances, to name but a few. The special talent that Ricardo showed early as an artist on stage to the maestro representatives of Llanero music (Joropo), led him to be the youngest dancer and composer/poet/performer to be awarded International first prizes on several occasions. He is a winner of six international competitions in his home land, three as poet/composer/performer and three as a dancer.

In the UK his performances have earned him many compliments. Time Out once said of him, "...he has got to be seen to be believed".  Indeed, Ricardo invariably has his audiences spellbound and offers most of us here in Europe a very different and much more rhythmic and exciting experience of harp music.  His concerts are a colourful musical journey through different Latin American countries. His poetical compositions such as The Homo sapiens Dream bring today’s Latin American music and poetry to a new dimension.  The Homo sapiens Dream is one of his more recent recorded compositions, this dramatic poetical progressive interpretation of human evolution, has been much acclaimed by audiences.  Variety will be provided by the skilful performance of  traditional Latin American pieces together with many of his own compositions.

The Latin American Professionals 

       The National History Museum. 20 June 2010

         PROGRAMME  will include pieces such as:

From Colombia and Venezuela                                    Componer           

The Homo sapiens Dream Poetic-Progressive         Ricardo G Curbelo

Concierto en la Llanura       Classical                       Juan V Torrealba              

La Bailarina                         Classical                       Ricardo Curbelo                      

Los Diamantes             Clasical/Trad                              A Figueredo                       

Desamor                                  World                      Ricardo Curbelo                      

Pasillaneando                 Vals Pasaje                          Jose E Rivera            

From Chile

La Araucana                           Cueca                       Ricardo Curbelo              

From Paraguay

El Pájaro Campana                  Polca                      F Pérez Cardoso                   

From México                                                     

Cielito Lindo                               Vals                            Q Mendoza            

From Venezuela and Colombia

Albor                          Pasaje Poético                  Ricardo G Curbelo

El Seis                          Joropo Recio                                      Trad

         Quirpa                           Joropo Recio                                      Trad

         Moliendo Café                       Popular                           Hugo Blanco 

         Arrangements for the Latin American Modelo Corvado harp by Ricardo G Curbelo