Eliane Correa

Eliane Correa is a young multi-heritage Latina pianist, MD and composer based between London and Havana since 2009. Trained classically, she first became known for her work as a bandleader, composer and pianist in her Latin fusion project, Wara, which went on to tour both in the UK and internationally, release several records and win three LUKAS Awards. In 2012 she started two other projects: La Evolución, a contemporary Cuban orchestra, and Afro-Cuban jazz/soul ensemble En El Aire Project.

 

Her current work includes, among others, touring internationally as a soloist with The World of Hans Zimmer, curating the London Latin Jazz Festival every year, working as a musical supervisor for West African-inspired musical “DJEMBE! The Show”, and production and composing for musical theatre, film and TV.

 

 

La Evolución Orchestra

 

La Evolución is the only UK-based Cuban orchestra which is both female-led and female-fronted, and since its beginnings in 2017 it has sold out the legendary Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and Pizza Express Jazz Club, and headlined the Latin Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2019. With precise, powerful arrangements and an all-star line-up, the orchestra delivers a high-energy modern Timba (“Cuban salsa”) sound that is both authentic and unique. Their debut album, Signo de Fuego, was released in 2020.

​

Cuban Jazz Sextet

 

​Inspired by the modern-day large timba orchestras of Havana, Eliane Correa’s Cuban Sextet brings a high-octane mix of Cuban classics, contemporary Cuban repertoire and some small-format adaptations of Eliane’s original pieces for her supergroup La Evolución. Cuban music goes so much further than the sound of Buena Vista Social Club: prepare to be transported by the modern, grooving, passionate and unapologetically complex sound of the younger generations of the Cuban diaspora.​