Accomplished guitarist and composer Omar Ríos Meléndez has been dazzling London audiences since his arrival in UK four years ago. Born in Nicaragua and living and performing in many parts of the world, Omar’s compostions draw influences from flamenco, rock, jazz, Latin American music and more from his travels to Colombia and the Caribbean, to Russia, Europe and the US. With a first solo instrumental album, Free Soul, under his belt, he recorded an EP, Aurora, earlier this year – to be released soon. He has performed at the Union Chapel, the Jazz Cafe and many more highly regarded venues and has collaborated with such musicians as Mayito Rivera (Los Van Van), Jorgito Kamankola (Cuba), Emilio Oviedo (Spain), David Pabon (Puerto Rico), The Flight Behaviour (USA) and with pianist Alex Wilson (UK/Switzerland). He studied Music Education at Upoli, Nicaragua.
Omar will be performing in a trio in November; he will be joined by Artur King (Poland) on bass and Ayoze de Alejandro (Canaries, Spain) on percussion for a special evening of traditional Nicaraguan folk music intertwined with flamenco, Arabian and Celtic music, Latin Jazz and classical music. Listen here and here for a flavour of Omar’s style.
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‘Listen to the World’ is a place of live music where the traditions and talents of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers find a home among local artists. Come and join us, as either a listener or performer, everyone is welcome.
A playlist of shorts and other recordings from the Listen to the World programme can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@StEthelburgasLondon. A showreel of previous events in 2021 is here: Listen to the World Open Mic – Showreel 2021 – YouTube
Co-ordinator: For all questions about Listen to the World or to be added to the mailing list, please contact Jo Winsloe Slater at jo.winsloe@stethelburgas.org.