Božićni koncert “Ricardo Luque i prijatelji” u Buzetu|Christmas Concert „Ricardo Luque and Friends“ in Buzet|
Vrijeme: 17. prosinac 2009.
Mjesto: Velika dvorana Narodnog doma u Buzetu
Organizator: Pučko otvoreno učilište “Augustin Vivoda” Buzet
Time: the 17th of December, 2009
Place: Grand Hall of the Popular Home in Buzet
Organization: „Augustin Vivoda“ Open University in Buzet

Božićno-novogodišnji predblagdanski koncert „Ricardo Luque i prijatelji“ održat će se u četvrtak 17. prosinca s početkom u 19:00 sati u velikoj dvorani Narodnog doma u Buzetu. Uz Ricarda Luquea (vokal) nastupa i prateći sastav kojega čini ukupno 8 glazbenika: Darko Horvat (gitara i tres), Dani Bošnjak (flauta), Julius Njikoš (klavir), Jurica Štelma (kontrabas), Tomica Ruklić (truba), Saša Provlekanov (konge), Boris Popov (timbales). “Ricardo i prijatelji” izvode latino-američku tradicijsku glazbu, a s obzirom na predstojeće blagdane, na programu su i obrade poznatih i popularnih domaćih i stranih božićnih i novogodišnjih pjesama. Sve ide uživo – dva sata vrhunske glazbe.
The Christmas-New Year concert „Ricardo Luque and Friends“ will take place on the 17th of December, at 7 p.m., at the Grand Hall of the Popular Home in Buzet. On this occasion the audience will have the opportunity to hear Ricardo and his band: Darko Horvat (guitar, tres), Dani Bošnjak (flute), Julius Njikoš (piano), Jurica Štelma (contrabass), Tomica Ruklić (trumpet), Saša Provlekanov (congos) and Boris Popov (timbales). During the two-hour live show Ricardo and his friends will present the traditional Latin-American music, but also popular Croatian and foreign Christmas and New Year’s songs.
Ricardo Luque je rođen u Venezueli, a u Hrvatskoj živi i radi od 1990. Od svoje šeste godine pjevao je sa svojim ocem, kasnije i u različitim glazbenim skupinama, paralelno studirajući glazbu. Završetak konzervatorija omogućio mu je da svoj profesionalni život posveti kako klasičnoj, orkestralnoj, tako i komornoj glazbi (Ricardo je solist Zagrebačke filharmonije i član Zagrebačkog puhačkog ansambla), ne zaboravivši pritom izvornu glazbu svoje domovine.
Nakon nekoliko godina posvećenih afro-kubanskoj glazbi, šest albuma i brojnih diskografskih nagrada sa grupom Cubismo, Ricardo Luque se odlučio za vlastiti glazbeni projekt pa je tako snimio album ‘Plena confianza’ koji je izašao 2004. godine. Prošle je godine predstavio svoj drugi studijski uradak – ‘Emociòn’.
Ricardo Luque was born in Venezuela, but has lived and worked in Croatia since 1990. Ricardo started singing with his father when he was six. Later he joined several bands and studied music. He graduated from a music conservatory and got the opportunity to dedicate his professional career to classical, orchestral and chamber music (Ricardo is a soloist of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and the member of the of the Zagreb Wind Ensemble), but he never forgot the traditional music of his native country.
After he spent several years in his dedication to Afro-Cuban music, six albums and numerous awards he won with the band Cubismo, Luque decided to launch his own project and recorded the 2004 album „Plena confianza“. Last year he presented his second album „Emociòn“.





