Harold López-Nussa Torres is a jazz pianist

Jazz piano

Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic and harmonic capabilities...

 who plays Cuban music

Music of Cuba

The Caribbean island of Cuba has developed a wide range of creolized musical styles, based on its cultural origins in Europe and Africa. Since the 19th century its music has been hugely popular and influential throughout the world...

 and lives in a little apartment in Havana

Havana

Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...

's Vedado neighbourhood in Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

. The 26-year-old pianist is Cuban, and French through his grandmother.

López-Nussa gave a concert in the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival

Montreux Jazz Festival

The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva...

 and recorded with Claude Nobs

Claude Nobs

Claude Nobs is the founder and general manager of the famous Montreux Jazz Festival.-Biography:...

 support, "Sobre el Atelier" in a Swiss studio. "I'm composing, arranging, rehearsing and my main objective is to make my record." The CD piano solo was released on 25 October on Harmonia Mundi

Harmonia Mundi

Harmonia Mundi is an independent music record label founded in 1958 by Bernard Coutaz in Arles . The Latin phrase means "world harmony"....

. López-Nussa is finishing his musical studies at the Instituto Superior de Arte

Instituto Superior de Arte

The University of Arts of Cuba - , Instituto Superior de Arte was established on September 1, 1976 by the Cuban government as a school for the arts. Its original structure had three schools: Music, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts....

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Discography

• 2007: "Canciones" (Producciones Colibrí. Debut album recorded in Cuba. Awarded Best New Artist at Cubadisco 2008)
• 2007: "Sobre el Atelier" (Harmonia Mundi)
• 2009: "Herencia" (Harold López-Nussa Trio, with Felipe Cabrera and Ruy Adrián López-Nussa) (World Village)

External links

• http://www.havana-cultura.com/en/cuban-music/harold-lopez-nussa/cuban-jazz.html
• http://www.planete-aurora.com
• http://myspace.com/haroldlopeznussa