Prisca and Marieva Dávila take their “One Piano, Two Sisters” project to Canada
February 3, 2019
The pianists and composers will give a concert together in the cities of Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto featuring selected compositions from their discography.
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The music of
outstanding Venezuelan pianist, singer-songwriter Prisca Dávila consolidates more and more within the fusion of jazz
and traditional Venezuelan music, turning it into one of the prominent cultural
patrimonies of the nation. Marieva,
her sister, hasn’t lagged. She has developed a style of her own as pianist and
composer as well but with a more cinematographic and descriptive tendency. Both
have merged their talents successfully. The result can be listened in their two
acclaimed albums Un Piano, dos hermanas (2014) and their latest outing Travesía-
Canciones Latinoamericana(2017).
Prisca and
Marieva now face a new challenge as cultural ambassadors by taking their music
project, One Piano, Two Sisters to
Canadian territory. Their concert will be on Friday, June 8th at
7:30 pm during the LulaWorld Festival
that takes place in the city of Toronto. Later on, they will be giving concert
on Sunday, June 17th 6:00 pm at Bocadillo
Bistro in the city of Montreal, and finally they will be giving concert on June
24th at 3:00 pm at the Ottawa
Pérez Hall, Room 121 in the city of Ottawa. They will join their singing,
piano playing and dancing talents to create a magical fusion of Venezuelan
music with Latin American, classical, jazz and flamenco sounds.
“Performing
this concert, Un piano, dos hermanas, in Canada is very important for us. In
fact, it is our first time in Ottawa, Montreal and the Toronto Lulaworld
Festival which means an excellent opportunity for promoting our music abroad”,
said Prisca Dávila.
The pianists will be performing
Venezuelan and Latin American music as well as their own compositions in
various formats: Solo piano, piano and vocals, and piano four hands with the
virtuosity and peculiar style that characterize each sister. In addition to
that, Marieva will exhibit her talent as “bailaora” in compositions that blend
Venezuelan rhythms and jazz with flamenco. The concerts
will feature their father, Eduardo
Dávila, as special guest on soprano saxophone and flute. Outstanding
Colombian percussionist Juan Carlos
Medrano will also join them at Toronto Lulaworld Festival.
The LulaWorld Festival (www.lulaworld.ca)
will take place between May 31st and June 10th in
Toronto. It presents the diversity and creativity of WorldMusic to the
Canadian audience. It features more than 80 musicians from Latin America, USA,
Puerto Rico, Israel, Canada and Uruguay along with concerts and dance
workshops.
For Prisca,
taking Venezuelan music to other territories “is important and also a challenge
because we want to reach as many concert goers as possible, and show them this
fusion that we make between Venezuelan and Latin American music with jazz,
classical music and flamenco. We want them to feel the have traveled with us
across to Venezuela and Latin America.”
The
public and the mass media have praised the recordings of these two relevant musicians
that reflect the musical language they have jointly created by combining their
arrangements, compositional nuances and dynamics of classical music,
traditional melodies and rhythms, and improvisations along with the contemporary
jazz harmonies. As solo artists, Marieva released “Piano de ida y vuelta”
in 2010 while Prisca has released five albums to date. These are ”Piano Jazz Venezolano II”
(2011), “Piano en canto venezolano II” (2009), “Piano En Canto Venezolano” (2007), “Estoy Aquí” (2005) y
“Piano jazz Venezolano” (2003).
It is worth
mentioning that “One Piano, Two Sisters” has been performed at various
venues in The United States, Venezuela, Mexico, Trinidad, Great Britain,
and Czech Republic bringing enthusiasm and joy to the public. Canadian
audiences will have the opportunity to know and enjoy the talents of this
master duet that will leave an indelible impression.
