“Maridaje” is the new album that brings together musicians Augusto Báez on the piano and Germán López on the timple. We witness a novel dialogue between the two instruments through new compositions created expressly for this project that involve the search for a new register for the duo through melodies full of sensitivity and good taste that will surely captivate the audience. Timple and piano, hand in hand, will immerse the spectator in an intimate and surprising musical proposal.
Germán López. He is a timple virtuoso who began his artistic career at a very young age, being recognized in various talent competitions. In 2006 he released his first album, Timplissimo, produced by José Antonio Ramos, and since then he has developed a prolific career with concerts in the Canary Islands, the Peninsula and numerous countries around the world, including the United States, Canada, Germany, China and Senegal. He has released five solo albums (Timplissimo, Silencio Roto, De Raíz, Canela y Limón and Alma), as well as collaborations with artists such as Pancho Amat, Jorge Pardo and Lila Downs. His most recent album, Alma, produced by Gregg Field, brings together internationally renowned musicians and has been awarded "Best Root Music Album" at the 2023 Canarian Music Awards.
Among his awards, he stands out as "Roque Nublo al Folklore" (2017), "Espiga de Oro" (2023) and "Hijo Predilecto" of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2023). Currently, Germán López continues to promote Alma, consolidating himself as a key figure in Canarian and world music.
Augusto Báez, a Tenerife pianist who graduated from the M.I. Glinka State Conservatory in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), is a concert performer, concertmaster, chamber ensemble artist and teacher. Awarded the David Williams Jazz Prize, he combines his teaching activity with his work as a musician in various groups.
He has published three solo albums (Missing You, 2003; Piano Solo, 2007; and Piano Solo Vol. II, 2018) and has participated as a producer, arranger or pianist in albums by prominent artists such as Luis Morera, Mestisay, Los Sabandeños and Germán López. In addition, he has shared the stage with figures such as Pedro Guerra, Omara Portuondo and Olga Cerpa.
With influences ranging from classical music to jazz, pop, folk and Cuban rhythms, he has performed in the Canary Islands, Spain, Moscow, Cuba, Venezuela, Austria and the United States. He currently collaborates with the Municipal Symphony Band of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Luis Morera, Taburiente, Germán López and Son de la Tierra, as well as offering performances as a soloist and with his trio.
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