'Sembrando' 2021
Album debut of Leonardo Prieto

Fuensanta Méndez: Voice
Loek Van den Berg: Sax
Pablo Rodrígez: Violin
Johannes Fend: Double Bass
Daan Artes: Drums
Philip Kukulies: Percussion
Leonardo Prieto: Composition, Piano, Tres Cubano, Jarana, Requinto, Voice

Sembrando

Leonardo Prieto: piano 
Loek van den Berg: sax
Johannes Fend: double bass
Daan Arets: drums
Philip Kukulies: udu bata, conga, minor percussion

For less ‘pyramidal’ and more fair societies.
‘Everything for everyone.’

Painting: ‘Pura Vida’ aut. Alejandra Varela Perera

06 Pirámide En J

Leonardo Prieto: tres cubano
Johannes Fend: double bass
Pablo Rodríguez: violin

Meet, exchange, converse...
Talk, but above all: listen.

Painting: ‘Pláticas matutinas 2.0’ aut. Alejandra Varela Perera

05 Interludio

Leonardo Prieto: piano & tres  cubano
Loek van den Berg: tenor sax & alto sax
Johannes Fend: double bass
Daan Arets: drums
Philip Kukulies: conga

In the fandangos (parties in which  son jarocho and huasteco are played and danced) there are sones that only women dance. Those are called ‘sones de a montón’ [heap sones] In a heap because many women go up on the tarima [platform for tap dancing] at the same time to stamp their feet, piled up one after the other.
In this piece I ‘pile up’ the notes, I make clusters of notes that are fastened together, dancing with each other.

Painting: ‘Muxe’ aut. Alejandra Varela Perera

04 De A Montón

Leonardo Prieto: requinto
Fuensanta Méndez, voice
Pablo Rodríguez: violin
Loek van den Berg: sax
Johannes Fend: double bass
Daan Arets: drums & bata drums
Philip Kukulies: bata drums

Aguanieve is a traditional son jarocho from the south of Veracruz, Mexico. This music has opened many doors to me and it's one of the reasons because I’m a  musician. This music is beautiful, poetic, deep, powerful and speaks of yesterday, today and the future. About our dreams, of what we are and want to be and that is why it gives us identity.
In this version I include an introduction and a coda written by me with open parts for improvisation that my ensemble interpreted in a magical way.

Painting: ‘Aguanieve’ aut. Alejandra Varela Perera

03 Aguanieve

Leonardo Prieto: piano & jarana
Loek van den Berg: sax
Johannes Fend: double bass
Daan Arets: drums
Philip Kukulies: conga

In Latin America there is an important tradition of cowboy canticles. Songs inspired by the hollering of the foramen while herding cattle. Powerful calls that can travel in the open field and go far away.
This piece reflects my influences as a jaranero and sonero. Music influenced by these hollers and including a bit of jazz groove, joining two worlds.

Painting: ‘Pláticas matutinas’ aut. Alejandra Varela Perera

02 Fue Un Ñú

'Leonardo Prieto: piano
Fuensanta Méndez, voice
Loek van den Berg: sax
Johannes Fend: double bass
Daan Arets: drums

distance, calm, still…

[I would like to be in your arms, on your distant horizon,
where love is reinvented, after crossing the ocean
after crossing the ocean, sailing on a board
I would like to cut for you a flower that will regain your confidence.]

Painting: ‘Las Tres hermanas’ aut. Alejandra Varela Perera

01 Horizonte Lejano

Quatuor Diotima
Live recording: April 1st, 2022
Genève, Festival Archipel

Diaphane

Programa conducido por Laura Barrera con Thelma Dorantes como invitada. Transmitido el día 2 de agosto del 2015.

"El soundtrack de una vida" con Thelma Dorantes (2-08-15)

Mono Blanco - La Bamba

First album of Son de Aquí. Released in Mexico in 2004. 
In that album we got inspired by the beautiful  cuban music, specially by son and timba.

4. SIMONA EN EL MERCADO

3. TRAIGO SABOR

2. MEJOR SIN TI

Third movement of my piece "El pájaro que canta. Live version and premiere with ArtBreak. Rotterdam 2018

El Pájaro Que Canta III

"Mis Gaitas" is a piece I wrote inspired on the beautiful music from Colombia. More precisely the music from the Caribbean cost.
Colombian percussion: Ernesto Romero
Gaitas: Leonardo Prieto
Composition: Leonardo Prieto

Mis Gaitas

Composer/Performer/Teacher at Codarts. From Mexico in Rotterdam
Doble Master of Music Codarts: Piano & Composition (Codarts)
Bachelor degree: Composition (London Collage), Music Theory (London Collage), Sociology (UNAM)
VIII Grade piano Trinity Collage.
Classical music, traditional music, theater, electronics.
Projects: Leonardo Prieto, Son de Aquí, Tres Ríos,  & ArtBreak.

06 Pirámide En J

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