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Inhabitable Imagination

By Adrián Moncada

Label: Inhabitable Imagination Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Bearable Heaviness of Being; Emerging Structure; Platforming; Shadow of Tomorrow; NGC 6357; Inhabitable Imagination; Stretch-Stretch yourself

Adrián Moncada: Inhabitable Imagination

by Hrayr Attarian
July 22, 2021

Madrid-born, Amsterdam-based pianist Adrián Moncada's thrilling Inhabitable Imagination is a tour-de-force of a debut. The music consists of seven Moncada originals which draw inspiration from architecture. Thus it is taut, angular and has a creative momentum which does not slack. Moncada leads a sextet of other expat musicians all of whom share his creative vision, making ...

Adrián Moncada

Born: October 8, 1994

Adrián Moncada is an Amsterdam based pianist and composer originally from Madrid, Spain. He started this studies in the Netherlands in 2014, and graduated Cum Laude from the jazz performance program at CvA in 2020.

During his time in NL he received lessons and masterclasses from musicians like Brad Mehldau, Gerald Clayton, Harmen Fraanje, Rob van Bavel, Karel Boehlee and Franz von Chossy.

He has participated in various prestigious competitions such as: Keep an Eye Competition, Dutch Jazz Competition, and Leiden Jazz Award; and played in some of the most important venues in Europe: Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Lantarenvenstern (Rotterdam), North Sea jazz (Rotterdam), Hot club Portugal (Portugal) and Jamboree Jazz (Spain).