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RBA: Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita featuring Gustavo Ovalles “SUBA”: Cuban/African Connections

Thursday, March 31, 20228:00 pm
  • Proof of vaccination will be required to attend this performance.
  • This performance will be in person only and will NOT be live streamed.
  • Please support Roulette this season. Donate.

Cuban piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora (21-string harp lute) master Seckou Keita, whose collaborations brilliantly embrace jazz, Latin and African influences, celebrate the release of their second album, SUBA. Written and recorded in 2020 during the global lockdown, SUBA is a hymn to hope, to a new dawn of compassion and change in a post-pandemic world, and a visceral reiteration of humanity’s prayer for peace and unity. The program weaves together themes of friendship and spiritual connection, travel and loss, hope and optimism, dancing and the sea, and, of course, a new sunrise (“Suba” means “sunrise” in Mandinka). The seven-time Grammy-nominated Sosa has explored African musical cultures and their connections with his Afro-Cuban roots throughout his long career; Keita has become one of the most influential and inspiring kora players of his generation. They are joined by the inimitable Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles, who encompasses the polyrhythmic sound of the African diaspora. 

“extraordinary” – All About Jazz

“exquisite” – London Evening Standard

Please note: this performance will be in person only and will not be live streamed.


This performance is a co-production between Robert Browning Associates and Roulette.

Photo: Andrés Pino

Omar Sosa at Roulette 2022 (audio)

RBA: Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita featuring Gustavo Ovalles “SUBA”: Cuban/African Connections

Thursday, March 31, 20228:00 pm
  • Proof of vaccination will be required to attend this performance.
  • This performance will be in person only and will NOT be live streamed.
  • Please support Roulette this season. Donate.

Cuban piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora (21-string harp lute) master Seckou Keita, whose collaborations brilliantly embrace jazz, Latin and African influences, celebrate the release of their second album, SUBA. Written and recorded in 2020 during the global lockdown, SUBA is a hymn to hope, to a new dawn of compassion and change in a post-pandemic world, and a visceral reiteration of humanity’s prayer for peace and unity. The program weaves together themes of friendship and spiritual connection, travel and loss, hope and optimism, dancing and the sea, and, of course, a new sunrise (“Suba” means “sunrise” in Mandinka). The seven-time Grammy-nominated Sosa has explored African musical cultures and their connections with his Afro-Cuban roots throughout his long career; Keita has become one of the most influential and inspiring kora players of his generation. They are joined by the inimitable Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles, who encompasses the polyrhythmic sound of the African diaspora. 

“extraordinary” – All About Jazz

“exquisite” – London Evening Standard

Please note: this performance will be in person only and will not be live streamed.


This performance is a co-production between Robert Browning Associates and Roulette.

Photo: Andrés Pino

Omar Sosa at Roulette 2022 (audio)