Tumbáo - Piano

Dedicated to Celia Cruz

"Like everything in life, we are all reinventing ourselves constantly. Cultures have emerged from the influences of people travelling around the planet. The same could be said for the evolution of music. In a hundred years from now, we might have a hybrid developed from the pollination that is going on in the world of music at this moment. I draw my inspiration from my ancestors and all of those I have been able to learn about or learn from in all walks of life. My early influences were Bach and Cervantes. The piano was the first instrument I touched as a baby – Grandma gave me a toy piano before I was one year old. I began my music studies, on the piano, at four. In Tumbáo, I enjoyed being able to release some of my most vital roots into my composing mix."


—Tania León