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London Sketch Club
7 Dilke Street
Chelsea
London
SW3 4JE
England
Programme
Ernesto Lecuona – I. La Comparsa; II. Danza; III. Lucumi A la Antigua
Nico Rojas – Guajira a mi Madre
Eduardo Martin – I. Son del Barrio; II. Mirandote
Leo Brouwer – Rito de los Orishas: Exordium - Conjuro
Leo Brouwer – Rito de los Orishas: Danza de las Diosas Negras
~ Interval ~
Manuel Saumell – Recuerdos Tristes
Ignacio Cervantes – I. Los Tres Golpes; II. Adios a Cuba
Eduardo Martin – Rincones Habaneros: I. Motivos; II. Razones
Aldo Rodriguez – Cancion y Danza
Leo Brouwer – Toccata Cubana
Performers
Nikos Baroutsakis – acoustic guitar
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Programme Note
The London Sketch Club’s concerts aim to give promising musicians the opportunity to perform pieces of their choice in an informal setting while the audience spends an enjoyable afternoon. The concert is relaxed, so music lovers of all ages are welcome. There will be music, tea, coffee and biscuits.
Born in Athens, Greece, in 1989, Nikos Baroutsakis is a classically trained guitarist with a wide range of interests in different kinds of music. His love for the Buena Vista Social Club, combined with his discovery of the Cuban repertoire for the guitar, led to the release of his debut album, A la Cubana, in late 2024 by Pixaudio. The album is a tribute to Cuban music and was recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. It contains two new commissions dedicated to him by two world-renowned composers for the guitar: Leo Brouwer’s Toccata Cubana and Eduardo Martin’s Rincones Habaneros.
Nikos has performed in prestigious venues and organizations such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Bridewell Theatre, the Philippos Nakas Conservatory, Sofar Sounds, Debut Opera, the Volterra Project, and the Marchland Festival, where he had the opportunity to collaborate with folk singer Savina Yannatou and jazz guitarist Alex Roth.
Beyond his performing and recording career, Nikos is a dedicated tutor based in London, United Kingdom and is currently the guitar teacher at Brighton College Prep Kensington, Riddlesdown Collegiate and Young Music Makers. Besides his work in schools, he also runs his own private teaching studio.
Nikos began his formal studies on the guitar as a teenager with Dimitris Pappas, with whom he obtained his Soloist Diploma. He then moved on to study at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in the class of Antigoni Goni, where he graduated with both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Music. The final chapter of his studies took place in London at the Royal College of Music as an RCM Award Holder, supported by a Soirée d’Or Award, where he earned an Artist Diploma in Performance under professors Gary Ryan and Charles Ramirez.
Nikos has participated in masterclasses with some of the world’s greatest guitarists, including Sergio Assad, Dušan Bogdanović, Zoran Dukić, Eliot Fisk, René Izquierdo, Timo Korhonen, Pablo Márquez, Elena Papandreou, Konrad Ragossnig, Raphaëlla Smits, and Gohar Vardanyan.
Nikos plays on a guitar made especially for him by José Marín Plazuelo in Granada, Spain.
