Tune Up - Music Touring Across Scotland

Tours: Omar Sosa-Dhafer Youssef Trio

Omar Sosa

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Omar Sosa is a world music phenomenon, a piano sorcerer of breathtaking skill, dynamism and imagination.

Originally a percussionist, he attended Cuba's prestigious Escuela Nacional
de Musica where he discovered his aptitude for piano and immersed himself in European classical studies as well as Afro-Cuban musical history. In 1995 he moved to San Francisco, where he launched his recording career, releasing a series of albums encompassing jazz ballads, rap, funk and African folklore, and received a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to Latin American music from the Smithsonian Institution.

Dhafer Youssef

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Tunisian Dhafer Youssef trained in Sufi singing in the traditional Koran school as a youngster and risked the wrath of family and friends when he fell in love with the oud, the Arabian lute. Revered for his achingly beautiful voice and masterful playing, he has worked with trumpeters Markus Stockhausen and Paolo Fresu, Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset and French double bass virtuoso Renaud Garcia-Fons and made a stunning contribution to Sosa's brilliant Mulatos album.

Marque Gilmore

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Percussion alchemist Marque Gilmore, who has played with everyone from A Guy Called Gerald to Joe Zawinul, will be joining Omar Sosa and Dhafer Youssef in what is certain to be one of the musical events of 2006.

Date	Artist(s)	Venue	Tickets
Tue 17th Oct 2006	Omar Sosa Dhafer Youssef Marque Gilmore	Lemon Tree, Aberdeen	The Lemon Tree - 01224 642230
Wed 18th Oct 2006	Omar Sosa Dhafer Youssef Marque Gilmore	Queens Hall, Edinburgh	Queen's Hall - 0131 668 2019
Thu 19th Oct 2006	Omar Sosa Dhafer Youssef Marque Gilmore	Town Hall, Lerwick	Shetland Arts Trust - 01595 694001 http://www.thebooth.co.uk/
Fri 20th Oct 2006	Omar Sosa Dhafer Youssef Marque Gilmore	The Space, Dundee	Dundee City Box Office - 01382 434940
Sat 21st Oct 2006 8pm	Omar Sosa Dhafer Youssef Marque Gilmore	Tolbooth, Stirling	The Tolbooth - 01786 274000
Sun 22nd Oct 2006	Omar Sosa Dhafer Youssef Marque Gilmore	Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall	The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 0141 353 8000 (Box Office)