¿Estaré yo chapado a la antigua?

Después de un devenir de encuentros y desencuentros en los últimos años, confirmo que hay un sin número de seres humanos que visten la mentira del color mas azul posible, digo azul porque es el color del cielo, suena musical, o quizás existe en el paraíso.

Vivir en mundos donde la corrupción, la miseria, y la vida agitada, hace a muchos perder los valores más importantes de cualquier Homo sapiens. El respeto, la lealtad, el compromiso, y saber el significado de la palabra familia, son cualidades que deben ser enseñadas primero en casa, luego en la escuela y a posteriori, enriquecidos por la sociedad donde viven. 

Desafortunadamente, vivimos en tiempos convulsos, donde creer y confiar se hace cada vez mas difícil, o casi imposible. Ya no sabes quien te habla con el corazón, o quién te está manipulando para tratar de tomar ventaja en algo.

Tristeza me da de aquellos que hacen de su calendario un culto a la desidia, la falsedad y logran sobrevivir la caída continua al abismo espiritual. Ellos, nunca encontrarán la paz, su alma está pálida y enferma, no crecerán ya que no son capaces de amarse ni a si mismos.

Gracias Dios, entendí una vez más tu mensaje.

Pianist Dario Marin performed “Seducción” in Texas, United States.

Cuban pianist Dario Martín

Talented young pianist Dario Martín performed Yalil Guerra’s Latin Grammy winner composition “Seducción” at the concert “Latin American Music Recital”, at the Southern Methodist University Meadows School of Arts”,  May 7th, 2014 at 7:00 pm, O’Donnell Hall.

Rosa Matos will perform Guerra’s compositions at “Viajes a la Guitarra” music series.

Cuban Guitarist Rosa Matos

Cuban guitarist Rosa Matos will perform Yalil Guerra’s compositions: “Guitarra Latinoamericana” (Latinoamerican premiere), and  “Sofía” (Cuban premiere) at “Viajes a la Guitarra” concert series. 

The concert will take place at the Bertold Bretch Theatre, Havana, Cuba, June 12th, 2014 at 7:00 pm.

Pianist Dario Marin will perform “Seducción” in Havana, Cuba.

Cuban pianist Dario Marín

Cuban Pianist Dario Marin will perform Yalil Guerra’s Latin Grammy winner composition “Seducción”, at the concert “En Confluencia”, hosted by Eduardo Martin. 

The concert will take place at La Casa del Alba Cultural located at Calle Línea, esquina D, Vedado, Havana, Cuba, June 8th, 2014 at 5:00 pm.

Yalil Guerra estrena nuevo disco de música de cámara.

Portada del disco

Notas del Disco:

RYCY Productions se complace en presentar el nuevo disco del compositor Yalil Guerra, premio Grammy Latino 2012. Esta producción reúne algunos de los estrenos mundiales, continentales y parciales, de sus más recientes composiciones, interpretadas por agrupaciones y artistas de talla internacional, en presentaciones en directo por diferentes partes del mundo.

El álbum se inicia con el estreno mundial del Cuarteto de Cuerdas Nº. 2, dedicado e interpretado magistralmente por el Cuarteto de Cuerdas "La Catrina", quienes residen en Nuevo Mexico, U.S.A. El estreno tuvo lugar en la Shepherd University, Los Angeles,  California, durante el concierto: "Latin American Classical Music Concert", el día 20 de Abril del 2014. Grabado por Angelo Durán.

El pianista cubano residente en Italia, Marcos Madrigal, interpreta una muy sentida versión de la obra, “Seducción”, galardonada con el Premio Grammy Latino 2012, en la categoría de Mejor Obra Clásica Contemporánea (Live in LA-Elizabeth Rebozo). Esta grabación registra su estreno Europeo, en el marco del VII Festival Internacional de Piano de Trieste, Italia, el día 22 de Febrero del 2014. Grabado por Riccardo Dueerre, Multimedia Productions. 

“Ab Imo Pectore”, es el siguiente corte del disco, interpretado por el afamado grupo, B3: Brouwer Trío, en su estreno en el concierto “Serenates 2011”, en la ciudad de Valencia, España. Esta obra fue dedicada a la agrupación y grabada en el disco “The Beautiful Cuban Women”, publicado por RYCY Productions en el año 2011. El Brouwer Trío estrenaron mundialmente la pieza en el Festival de música contemporánea Nous Sons’10, en Barcelona y la han tocado por múltiples ciudades de España.

La composición, “Toccata” para piano, fue dedicada al pianista cubano residente en Costa Rica, Leonardo Gell, quién hace un derroche de virtuosismo y musicalidad en su estreno mundial en la sala Ignacio Cervantes, La Habana, Cuba, el día 9 de Febrero del 2014. 

Los ganadores del Premio Grammy Latino 2010, Cuarteto de Cuerdas de la Habana, presentan el estreno Continental del Cuarteto de Cuerdas Nº. 1, “A Mil Guerras Solo”, dedicado a esta agrupación. El concierto tuvo lugar en el Instituo Tenri de Nueva York, el día 2 de Octubre del 2011, durante su gira de conciertos por varias ciudades de los Estados Unidos.

Las “Tres Piezas Cubanas”, es un tríptico dedicado a la talentosa pianista cubana Elizabeth Rebozo, residente en Burbank, California, quién ha estrenado buena parte el repertorio para piano del compositor. De está obra, incluímos la pieza que da inicio a la misma, “Echale Salsita”, en su estreno mundial en el concierto: "30th Career Anniversary Concert”, en la ciudad de Glendale, California el día 27 de Abril del 2013.

La soprano Amanda Squitieri, bien conocida en el mundo de la Opera (estrenó Il Postino de Daniel Catán 2010), nos presenta la primera canción de música seria, titulada: “Amor”, acompañada por el talentoso concertista de música clásica, contemporánea y jazz, Bryan Pezzone, quien a su vez ha grabado otras obras del compositor en producciones anteriores. Este es el estreno mundial realizado en el concierto: "30th Career Anniversary Concert”, en la ciudad de Glendale, California el día 27 de Abril del 2013.

Ensamble Solistas de la Habana, fundada por su director, el maestro Iván Valiente, es una de las orquestas de cámara más importantes, no solo de Cuba, sino del continente. La agrupación ha demostrado una altísima calidad interpretativa, profesionalismo y dedicación a la música de seria y de arte. Del compositor han estrenado mundialmente: “Old Havana” y “Terra Ignota”, ambas obras dedicada a la agrupación. Esta grabación recoge el estreno de "Terra Ignota", realizado en el marco del XXVI Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea de la Habana, Cuba el día 28 de Noviembre del 2013.

El objetivo principal de este álbum es compartir algunos de los momentos mágicos e históricos, en donde la música del maestro Guerra ha vibrado en las salas de concierto, con sus notas, acordes, contrapuntos y peculiar manera de expresar su arte de la composición. Se puede percibir la emoción y pasión expresada por cada uno de los interpretes en cada uno de estos estrenos. Cabe destacar, que la acústica y grabaciones son muy diferentes, por lo que el sonido “en directo” se puede apreciar en todo momento, capturando todos los matices y emociones.

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Yalil Guerra releases a new Chamber Music album.

Album cover

Burbank, CA. May 9th, 2014.

RYCY Productions presents the newest chamber music album by Latin Grammy winning composer Yalil Guerra, entitled “Estrenos en Concierto” (“Premieres in Concert”). This collection features the world and regional premieres of his most recent compositions, recorded live in concert by internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles.

The album opens with the world premiere of Guerra’s String Quartet No.2, dedicated to and masterfully performed by “La Catrina” String Quartet, in residence at the State University of New Mexico, USA. The premiere took place at Shepherd University, Los Angeles, California, during the “Latin American Classical Music Concert” on.

Cuban pianist and Italian resident, Marcos Madrigal, plays a heartfelt version of “Seducción” (Latin Grammy winner in the Best Classical Contemporary Composition. Elizabeth Rebozo—Live in LA). The European premiere was given at the VII International Festival in Trieste, Italy, on February 22nd, 2014. It was recorded by Riccardo Radivo DueErre, Multimedia Productions.

"Ab Imo Pectore" (Latin for “From the Bottom of My Heart”) is the next cut on the album, performed by the famous group B3:Brouwer Trio, at its premiere at the concert "Serenates 2011," in the city of Valencia, Spain. This work was dedicated to the trio and recorded on the album "The Beautiful Cuban Women," released by RYCY Productions in 2011. The Brouwer Trio gave the world premiere of the piece at the Festival of Contemporary Music Nous Sons 10 in Barcelona, and performed it in various cities in Spain.

"Toccata" for piano was dedicated to the Cuban pianist living in Costa Rica, Leonardo Gell, who gave its world premiere with an outpouring of virtuosity and musicality at in Ignacio Cervantes concert hall in Havana, Cuba, on February 9th, 2014.

The Havana String Quartet, 2010 Latin Grammy Award winners, gave the North American premiere of Guerra’s String Quartet No.1, "A Mil Guerras Solo," dedicated to this group. The concert took place at the Tenri Institute, New York, on October 2nd, 2011, during their concert tour of the United States.

"Echale Salsita" is the opening movement of Tres Piezas Cubanas, a triptych dedicated to the talented Cuban pianist and Burbank, California resident Elizabeth Rebozo, who has recorded many of Guerra's compositions for piano.  The world premiere of "Echale Salsita" (featured on this recording) took place as part of Guerra's "30th Anniversary Career Concert" on April 27th, 2013 in Glendale, California.

Estrenos en Concierto captures the world premiere of "Amor", another composition featured on Guerra's "30th Anniversary Career Concert" on April 27th, 2013.  This charming song, set to the composer's own text, is sung by soprano Amanda Squitieri, who created the starring role of Beatrice in the opera Il Postino by composer Daniel Catán (1949-2011).  Ms. Squitieri is joined by the talented classical and jazz pianist Bryan Pezzone for this performance; these two talented artists have collaborated with the composer on several previous albums.

Ensemble Solistas de la Havana, one of the leading chamber orchestras not only of Cuba, but of North America, was founded by its principal conductor and bassist, Maestro Ivan Valiente. The group has demonstrated a very high level of performance, professionalism and dedication to serious art music. They gave the world premieres of Guerra’s "Old Havana" and "Terra Ignota," both dedicated to the group. This recording includes the world premiere of the latter work from the XXVI International Festival of Contemporary Music in Havana, Cuba on November 28th, 2013.

The primary goal of “Estrenos en Conciertos” is to share some of the magical and historically significant recordings of Yalil Guerra’s  most recent compositions, as captured in real time by a variety of talented musicians. Listeners can feel the emotion and passion expressed by the players in each of this live  releases; the performances reflects the different acoustical properties and recording circumstances   of the various concert venues, and the recording accurately capture the musical nuances chosen to by highlighted  by individual groups and soloist. 

Carefully selecting melodies and pungent chords that evoke the atmosphere of his native Cuba, this young composer weaves these elements together to form complex contrapuntal sounds that vibrate with exciting musical colors through the concert hall. Brought to life through the talents of his highly skilled performers, Yalil Guerra's many compositions illustrate a variety of elements that, taken together, all contribute to his [a] unique compositional voice. 

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Guerra’s composition “Sofía” selected as obligatory piece for the VIII Festival y Concurso de Guitarra, Cochabamba 2014.

Proudly announcing the selection of Guerra’s composition “Sofía” for guitar as one of the obligatory pieces to be perform in the first round of the “VIII Festival y Concurso Internacional de Guitarra” Cochabamba, Bolivia from September 16 to 19, 2014.

The work was first recorded by Guerra in the album “Old Havana. Chamber Music Vol. 2. In 2012 was recorded by Gabriel Estarellas in the album “Guitarra Latinoamericana”. The music published by RYCY Productions Inc. is available in iTunes, Amazon and CDBaby.

The concert web site, press here.

World Premiere of the video “Homenaje a Aurelio de la Vega” performed by the pianist Elizabeth Rebozo.

Proudly announcing the world premiere of Yalil Guerra’s new music video: “Homenaje a Aurelio de la Vega”, performed by Elizabeth Rebozo.

The video was produced and directed by Yalil Guerra at RYCY Productions Inc.

All the music is included in the album: Elizabeth Rebozo, “Rosa Frívola”, published by RYCY Productions Inc. available in iTunes, Amazon and CDBaby.

Watch the music video:

"Homenaje a Aurelio de la Vega"

Yalil Guerra nos habla de su disco "Old Havana". Chamber music vol. I, nominado al Grammy Latino en la categoría de mejor disco de música clásica, 2010.

Para ver el vídeo, puse aquí: 

Yalil Guerra "Old Havana" Interview (English subtitles)

Music available at: http://cdbaby.com/yalilguerra
Yalil Guerra talks about his new album Old Havana. © Copyright protected RYCY Productions Inc.

TIN-VA project

Press Release.
Burbank, CA. USA.

Composer and Producer Yalil Guerra is now producing and arranging two songs for the upcoming workout DVD/CD called ‘Tinva”. This great project incorporates a DVD and a CD with all the music.

About Tin-va:

La Tin-va is a new expression of Latin rhythm and dance!  Johnny V., a professional dancer and fitness instructor, has developed a revolutionary style of enjoying up-beat, energetic and inspirational Latin music with a fun, exciting and freestyle cardio dance workout.  The worldwide release of his first instructional DVD will be coming in Winter 2007.   Have fun, feel great, lose weight and dance the stress away!
Executive Producer is Ann Alliegro, enthusiastic and entrepreneur business woman and president of Tin-va LLC.

Juliana Muñoz composed a few songs and shares the creation of two titles with Yalil Guerra. The song styles are Cha cha cha, the arrangements are mixed with pop, aggressive percussion and a refreshing brass section arrangements. One song is in English, performed by Juliana itself, while the other tune is performed by Juan Pablo Castillo, a young singer with a lot of talent, and voice too, son of Ileana Rodriguez (LA based Costa Rican singer).

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MARY ESCAMILLA project

Press Release.
Burbank, CA. USA.

Mexican born composer and business woman Mari Escamilla, ordered the production of the song “Tú me enseñastes” to the producer and composer Yalil Guerra. 

“Tú me enseñastes” is a romantic song that have been arranged to an old fashion Son Montuno style. The instrumentation is Cuban Tres, two Acoustic Guitars, Electric Bass, Choirs and Lead vocal (performed by Yalil Guerra) and Congas, Timbales, Bongó, Güiro, Maracas, performed by Joey de León Jr.

“Mari is a great composer with a big heart and artistic sensitibility; working with her is a great experience”, quoted Yalil Guerra, CEO of RYCY Productions, Inc.. 

Mari have written more than 3000 songs and her catalog is growing. Known artist from the Latin community sing her songs. “Tú me enseñaste will be available for download in iTunes very soon.

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