Ana Carla Maza

Origin: Cuba

A cello, a voice: breathtaking and seductive !

Line-up

Ana Carla Maza - vocal, cello (Cuba), Irving Acao - saxophone (Cuba), Luis A Guerra - percussions (Cuba), Marc Ayza - drums (Spain), Norman Peplow - keyboards (Germany)

News

new album "Caribe" 2023 October 13th

new project "Caribe" from May 2023

Awards

Ana Carla Maza

About us

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

 

External links:

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Press

press

A gorgeous multilingual voyage through Cuban, Brazilian, Argentine and Peruvian songcraft.”

press

“She combines Latin dance rhythms with the elfin spirit of Parisian chanson and a nod in the direction of Astor Piazzolla”

Concerts

Ana Carla Maza
Date Concert Place
28 Sep Ana Carla Maza / L'agglo au rythme du jazz {21:30-00:00} Nîmes cedex 9 (30) L'agglo au rythme du jazz
29 Sep Ana Carla Maza / Jazzebre - Association Strass Perpignan (66) Jazzebre - Association Strass
10 Oct Ana Carla Maza / Association culturelle Tourquennoise - Tourcoing Jazz Club {21:00-22:30} TOURCOING CEDEX (59) Association culturelle Tourquennoise - Tourcoing Jazz Club
17 Oct Ana Carla Maza / Concertburo Uli Fild MUNICH
18 Oct Ana Carla Maza / Concertburo Uli Fild Innsbruck
23 Oct Ana Carla Maza / Concertburo Uli Fild Autriche
24 Oct Ana Carla Maza / Concertburo Uli Fild Autriche
25 Oct Ana Carla Maza / Concertburo Uli Fild Autriche
28 Oct Ana Carla Maza / /
01 Nov Ana Carla Maza / World music festival Porta null / World music festival Porta
03 Nov Ana Carla Maza / World music festival Porta null / World music festival Porta
04 Nov Ana Carla Maza / World music festival Porta null / World music festival Porta
05 Nov Ana Carla Maza / World music festival Porta null / World music festival Porta
09 Nov Ana Carla Maza / La Lanterne Rambouillet / La Lanterne
10 Nov Ana Carla Maza / Théâtre du Parc {20:00-00:00} Andrézieux-Bouthéon (42) Théâtre du Parc
11 Nov Ana Carla Maza / Atmac / Centre Culturel Paul Baillart Massy (91) Atmac / Centre Culturel Paul Baillart
17 Nov Ana Carla Maza / Service culturel Belbeuf Belbeuf / Service culturel Belbeuf
18 Nov Ana Carla Maza / D'Jazz - Rencontres internationales de jazz de Nevers {22:15-23:30} Nevers (58) D'Jazz - Rencontres internationales de jazz de Nevers
21 Nov Ana Carla Maza / Jazz à Vienne - E.P.I.C. Vienne (38) Jazz à Vienne - E.P.I.C.
21 Nov Ana Carla Maza / Jazz à Vienne - E.P.I.C. Jazz à Vienne
23 Nov Ana Carla Maza / Jazz à Fareins {22:15-23:30} Fareins (01) Jazz à Fareins
24 Nov Ana Carla Maza / Marseille jazz Marseille (13) Marseille jazz