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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
St James’s Piccadilly, The Sixteen and the Genesis Foundation have joined forces in a five-year partnership celebrating the power of music to inspire, connect and bring people together. Discover extraordinary performances, new music and opportunities for the next generation of musicians.
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Saturday 10 October 12.30pm
John and his Cuban musical heritage will take you in a wonderful journey. Come and listen to the Tres, the Cuban most traditional instrument of the nation!
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 12.30pm.
Support our Creative Programme
Whether £5 or any amount you’re able to give. Donations can be made in cash in the basket on your way out, or by tap donation at the machines at our exits. Your generosity helps support our cultural events and charitable services. Thank you.
Free admission | Donations welcome
Programme
Anonymous: Spanish Romance
Leo Brouwer (1939-): Un Día de Noviembre
Napoleon Coste (1805-1883): Estudio No.7
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Prelude No. 1 in E minor
Bart Howard (1915-2004): Fly Me to the Moon (arr. JCA)
Felix Jaehn (1994-); Ain’t Nobody (arr. JCA)
Moises Simons (1889-1945): El Manisero (arr. JCA)
Rafael Hernández Marín ((1892-1965): Capullito de Alelí (arr. JCA)
Joseito Fernández (1908-1979): La Guantanamera (arr. JCA)
Artist Bio
John Carlos Ayardé is a guitar, bass, tres and piano player with 16 years of experience as a musician. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in the speciality of guitar, awarded by the Guantanamo Conservatory, Guantanamo, Cuba. During his academic training, he worked with the prestigious guitarist and professor Joaquín Clerch. Also he played Tres and perform the traditional music (changüi) in several groups, including ‘’Ariel y su Mezklán’’, ‘’Quinteto la Luz’’ and ‘’Zona Franca’’. Collaborated with Zona Franca and Ariel y su Mezklán doing the production and the arrangements of the albums ‘’No Hay Tierra Como La Mía’’ and ‘’4 Cosas’’. Both albums were nominated to Cuba Disco Festival Award in 2013. He is in high demand as a musician in the UK with broad experience performing with live bands. He has collaborated on the composition, arrangement and production of several albums, and has performed in emblematic venues such as the Jazz Cafe, Ronnie Scott’s and St James’s Palace to mention some. He has also worked in theatre, playing the guitar and the Venezuelan cuatro in the musical The Playboy of the West Indies. He is also a keen teacher and works currently at Bilingual Beats.
