Music, Sound, and Audio Technology

News: Composer Fabian Almazan selected for the prestigious 2011 Sundance Composers Lab. Debut CD, "Personalities," to be released in October 2011 during a week-long run of performances at the Village Vanguard in NYC.

Fabian was born in Havana, Cuba in 1984 and fled with his parents as a political exile in 1993. He studied piano with Conchita Betancourt and went on to join the exclusive Grammy Band High School Combo. He studied in New York with Kenny Barron and began composing chamber and orchestral pieces. His compositions have won him numerous prizes, including ASCAP and Cintas Foundation awards. He was one of five composers selected for the ASCAP/Columbia University Film Scoring Workshop. For the last four years he has been pianist for Terence Blanchard’s quintet and recorded and toured extensively throughout North and South America, Asia and Europe. He recorded his first CD as leader, Personalities, which is schedule to debut in October 2011 during a week-long run of performances at the Village Vanguard in NYC.

Photo: Fabian Almazan at the Toronto Film Festival. www.fabianalmazan.com

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http://www.fabianalmazan.com