Kepa Junkera

Published by DEIA, Dec. 15, 2011

The flow of life fits the different events perfectly, like if it is a puzzle of million pieces in question. Thus, events that happen in our lives that at first we dislike and represent major disappointments, after some time, we see that it fits perfectly in our destiny, as if it wasn’t possible to live at that present moment.

In Germany I just found a curious case that has made me meditate about these thoughts I have come to. The Death Strip is the name of a large nature reserve that’s along the now defunct borders between the two Germanys, the East and West, is the example of this. Half a century ago Germany was divided into two and the 1,400-km. border that was build with barbed wire, mines, booby traps and plenty of soldiers that kept people from escaping the eastern to the western side. Well, in this oasis of peace where nobody wanted to step out because of the fear of reprisals, becomes to develop new ways of life and it’s amazing.
This green belt is now home to 600 endangered species becoming one of the most attractive places in Germany if we talk about enjoying nature.

Life always wins lost ground, abandoned illusions or even parts of the human soul that now lay sleeping. War, conflicts, hatred… are sometimes the most unexpected evolution engine, and in some cases, and only in some, are the beginning of a required destination that some times, like in this one amazes everyone.

Maybe one day, instead of speaking of a particular geographical location, we will end up describing the general state of the planet.  The question is if we will be in it or not.  I bet so, but that alone doesn’t mean much.  We have to be part of the change and not the guilty part.  Let’s go for it!

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Published by DEIA, Dec. 8, 2011

Sometimes the simplest is the most expensive and the projects that are simple on a technical level and of its necessary infrastructure become difficult to fulfill desires.

I’m not going to tell here all the “strange” coincidences that happened in order to work together Rolando Luna in Habana Sessions, but it is true that when one finishes a job and enjoys the result,  you can’t imagine of having finished it any other way. The young pianist, arranger and composer Rolando Luna is one of those extraordinary Cuban musicians with an incredible talent. Together we recorded our live performance of the themes in the CD HABANA SESSIONS.
It is very comforting to perform with a band behind you, with many musicians, where the music takes its maximum physical dimension. But I have also experienced times when playing with another wonderful musician where we could create and inspire each other’s talent. For years I have tried to get this strange connection to export and what I wanted to express, reflect and record in Habana Sessions. Next week I will fulfill the dream of bringing it all together in direct. Vienna on 12 and 13^th of December, the 14^th of Dec. in Bilbao and the 15^th of Dec. in Barcelona will be the places and dates of this special tour. A meeting between Rolando Luna and I, no frills, no tricks, in direct contact with the public, a few meters away, alone, with a piano and a triki, without shades of instruments, only with hands that nude rhythms and melodies,  natural, gather together the right ingredients to create a soft and delicate soufflé filled musical magic.

Habana Sessions is the result of an inner need to feel the closeness of the public to experience an intimate encounter free of the thousands of watts and visual effects. A return to the essence, the original of a meeting of two musicians who could well be in the hall of any of our homes. A cocktail of scents, emotions and feelings which the icing is put by all those who own the moment: the public.

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