Video of Victor Prieto performing with Yo-Yo Ma and Cristina Pato on the Colbert Report Show. Victor Prieto shares:””The video was recorded in 2012 at Colbert Report Show presenting the Grammy Winning Album “Songs of Joy and Peace” Sony BMG.The song we play is a Galician folk piece from my home town in the North West of Spain. We are Celtic. Yo-Yo Ma, cello. Cristina Pato, gaita (Galician bagpipe). Victor Prieto, acc. Carlo De Rosa, bass. John Hadfield percussion. Shane Shanahan, percussion.They all are member of The Silk Road Ensemble. Last thing, in the Galicia Culture the most important instruments are the Gaita (Galician bagpipe) and the accordion.”
Accordionist Victor Prieto has recently released his new CD, “Three Voices” on cdbaby. From CD Baby website: “He has changed the way musicians and spectators view accordion by revolutionizing both technique and sound (Chord approach on both hands). His love for the traditional Galician music and classical education enriches his compositions with explosive rhythm.”
“The Three Voices” CD official release will be held at Symphony Space in New York City on June 21, 2016. This is Victor’s 5th CD as a leader. Musicians on the CD are:
Arturo O’Farrill, piano
John Ellis, sax
Cristina Pato, gaita
Meg Okura, violin
Jorge Roeder, bass
Eric Doob, drums
Victor Prieto, accordion, compositions and Multi Tonal voice
“Grammy Nominee Victor Prieto is hailed by The New York Times as “A fiendishly skilled accordionist and composer” and by The All About Jazz as “One of the best World music and Jazz accordionists now days”.
He has changed the way musicians and spectators view accordion by revolutionizing both technique and sound (Chord approach on both hands). His love for the traditional Galician music and classical education enriches his compositions with explosive rhythm and colors uniquely combining Galician Roots, Celtic, Brazilian, Jazz, Tango, and Classical music
Victor continues collaborating on world stages with Yo-Yo Ma (Songs of Joy and Peace, Sony BMG Masterworks. “2010 Grammy Winning Album”), Arturo O’Farrill Latin Jazz Orchestra, Cristina Pato, The Maria Schneider Orchestra, Emilio Solla (“Second Half” 2014 Grammy Nominated album) Paquito D’Rivera, Chris Cheek, Christian Howes Group.
He teaches Master Classes in US Berklee College of Music, “Playing outside the Box”, Spain, Italy, Portugal and has headed the jazz accordion studies at the Brooklyn Conservatory, New York.
Some of Victor’s awards and prizes are: The Creative Performer award from the Spanish Association of Artists and Performers, and the first prize CMZK’s Concourse of Composition.
Victor Prieto holds a Degree in Jazz accordion performance from Berklee College of Music, where he studied with a full scholarship and a Diploma in classical accordion from Ouresnse – Spain Conservatory. Victor created his own study program applying the expertise offered by educators at Berklee to the accordion.”
For more information, tour dates, press, videos, awards, classes email: masterclass@victorprieto.net
