Omar Acosta Quartet

IMPRONTA New Album

Omar's quartet comprises exceptionally talented musicians:

Miguel Siso on the Venezuelan cuatro, winner of the Latin Grammy in 2018; Jhonny Kotock on piano and synthesizers; and Manuel A. Sánchez on double bass.

"IMPRONTA" features collaborations with internationally renowned artists such as Jorge Pardo on saxophone, Pedro Eustache on flute, Alexis Cárdenas on violin, and Manuel Machado on trumpet, as well as special guest appearances by Enrique Bermúdez on flamenco guitar and Rafa Pino on maracas.

This project is produced by Miguel Siso, and is supported by the French production company Nesso Music.

Omar Acosta, the renowned Venezuelan flutist and composer based in Madrid since 1998, who was nominated for the Latin Grammys in 2021, announces the release of his eighth album, "IMPRONTA".

Throughout his career, he has successfully brought the flute and his music to over 30 countries.

He has released 7 of his own CDs, with the most recent ones being "Latitud" (Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards 2017) and "Entretiempo y tiempo", nominated for Best Instrumental Album at the Latin Grammys (2021).

"IMPRONTA" presents nine original compositions by Acosta that blend elements from various musical genres, ranging from Venezuelan merengue to flamenco, passing through Cuban son, joropo tuyero, classical music, and jazz.

Omar Acosta: Flute and compositions

Miguel Siso: Venezuelan Cuatro

Manuel A. Sánchez: Double bass

Jhonny Kotock: Piano & Synth

Venezuelan-Spanish flautist and composer, based in Madrid since 1998, nominated for Best Instrumental Album at the Latin Grammy Awards (2021).

With an eclectic artistic career, Acosta has been a solo flautist with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra. In 1998, he moved to Madrid and delved into the world of flamenco, performing in tablaos and with major companies, such as “Pura Pasión” by Cristóbal Reyes and Joaquín Cortés; with Los Hermanos Vivancos, and with the National Ballet of Spain (2012 to 2016), in the latter as a flautist and musical director.

He was awarded the Amadeus 2008 prize for choral composition for his work "Sibarita".

He has written numerous works for flute, choir, chamber music, and symphony orchestra, including the adaptation for symphony orchestra and flamenco group of the work “Suite Sevilla” by Rafael Riqueni (commissioned by the National Ballet of Spain), and the Concerto for Flamenco Cajón and Orchestra (the first in the world), premiered by the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.

Currently, he maintains an active concert schedule with his music and his groups in various formats

Omar is a Yamaha artist.

Omar Acosta

-"Omar is an accomplished artist, with wide perspective and extraordinary vision...

Pedro Eustache. Hans Zimmer's multi-instrumentalist wind player

- "With whom I would have taken my hat off if I had worn it, it would have been with the group of Omar Acosta, a Venezuelan who was the superlative of this XXI Sabandeño Festival."

Evaristo Fuentes. Tenerife Norte Journal

"It is such an imaginative and beautiful music."

Maestro William Bennett. Royal Academy of Music (Londres)

- "(...) The Venezuelan and Spanish musician, who is not afraid of any challenge, does not shy away from approaching music from other latitudes (Africa, Asia, ...) or immersing himself in jazz or flamenco. We are, without doubt, before a musician as brave as universal, as simple as warm and as bold as sure."

José-Miguel Villa. Diario Crítico (Spain)

-"The classical authors left the performers to create their own "cadenzas" in the concerts so that they could show their technique and virtuosity. This was what recalled the flutist Omar Acosta, who developed marvelously high quality variations and virtuosity based on harmony and the difficult compass of the siguiriyas, and only accompanied by the percussion."

Ramón Rodó Selles. La Vanguardia Journal (Spain). Barcelona International Jazz Festival