Luis Nubiola

Luis Nubiola

Background information
Born	(1974-05-28) May 28, 1974 Cuba
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Saxophonist, composer, teacher
Instruments	Saxophone

Luis Nubiola (born May 28, 1974) is a Cuban-born jazz saxophonist, composer and teacher.

Early life in Cuba

Luis is graduated as an instrumentalist saxophone teacher from the National Conservatory of Music in Havana Amadeo Roldan. He studied under the class of Carlos Averhoff.

He joined the Cuban music group PG, under the direction of conductor and flutist José Luis Cortes (El Tosco), founder of the group NG La Banda.

Career goes on

In 2001, Luis Nubiola moved to Costa Rica. In December 2005 he recorded his first CD, a musical production under the name of “Nubiola”. In December 2008, Luis Nubiola produced “Live at Jazz Café” the first Jazz DVD ever recorded in Costa Rica together with Dart. This DVD is a live version of “Nubiola” CD which within the same year, made him the winner of the ACAM^[1] award as “Composer of the Year in Jazz Genre”. In his new material “914”, also with Dart and awarded as Best Album of the Year 2009, was a double DVD/CD.

Since 2009, Luis Nubiola lives in Europe. His latest project is the "Luis Nubiola Trio” and his new release: "Memories from the Baltic", he is promoting his work and recording new material with musicians from Poland. With these artists, Luis Nubiola fuses aspects of his Cuban culture and the recognized tradition of Polish jazz, whilst incorporating aspects of the traditional folk music of both cultures.

Discography

Nubiola (2005)
Live at Jazz Café (2007)
914 (2008)
Memories from the Baltic (2012)

Awards

First place in the National musical contest Amadeo Roldan, 1990.
ACAM 2007 (Association of Composers and Musical Authors of Costa Rica) for best Jazz album of the year for the work contained in the CD "Nubiola"^[2]
DVD/CD "914" double album, also named best jazz album: 2009^[3]

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