Ana Carla Maza

Born in Cuba when Wim Wenders was recording Buena Vista Social Club, the cellist and singer virtuoso Ana Carla Maza made her debut on stage at the age of ten and never stoped evolving internationally from then on.

Cuban composer, cellist and singer, Ana Carla Maza prepares the next chapter in her musical reconnection to her Habanero and Latin American roots with the release of A Tomar Cafe, a throwback to the descarga jams of the 1950s, and the first example of what we can expect to hear on her new album Caribe, set for release on 13th October.
 
Now reconfigured from a classical leaning formation into a fiery Latin-jazz quintet, Ana Carla Maza’s debut single is a Cuban rooted, Latin refresh of a track that she originally penned and brought to life as part of her 2022 album Bahia.The piano drives the groove, with congos, Ana’s subtle cello strokes, and the effervescent and repetitive vocal refrain of, ‘A Tomar Cafe’ (to drink coffee).
 
 "A gorgeous multilingual voyage through Cuban, Brazilian, Argentine and Peruvian songcraft.” Guardian
 “She combines Latin dance rhythms with the elfin spirit of Parisian chanson and a nod in the direction of Astor Piazzolla” Times
 
Ana Carla began her musical life at just 5 years old, introduced to piano by the late Miriam Valdés, sister of the living legend Chucho Valdés. She was first introduced to the cello, the instrument that would shape her, at 8 years old and appeared on stage for the first time in Havana when she was barely 10. Fast-forward from her musical upbringing in Havana to 2012, when she moved to Paris to study at the Conservatoire, a decisive move as it was the beginning of her solo career and Paris would become the base for her live show, from where she began spreading her sound throughout Europe (in 2022 she performed over 150 concerts).

Touring bands:

solo
trio / quartet / quintet