World Music Comes To West Ashley

The most recent installment of the local music series World Music Café was original scheduled for last Friday, Oct. 7. But thanks to Hurricane Matthew, the show has been rescheduled for Friday. Oct. 21 at Hungry Monk Music in West Ashley, located at 1948 Belgrade Ave.
This particular installment of World Music Cafe has a International flair with popular local Cuban Jazz drummer Gino Castillo, Brazilian guitarist Duda Lucena, and Israeli-born composer Ayala Asherov in addition to series organizer Peter Kfoury.
As a child, Duda Lucena spent nearly every afternoon in the back of the Santa Isabel Theatre (Recife, Brazil) listening to the Pernambuco Symphonic Orchestra. It was his father who first introduced him to music through guitar serenades in the evening hours with friends and family. These musical experiences helped to inspire Lucena, at the age of 12, to compose his first songs.
By 19 years old, Lucena was studying classical guitar and receiving musical training from the distinguished Music Conservatory of Pernambuco. At the same time, Lucena began working as a professional musician performing in the best theaters throughout his hometown Recife such a sthe Apolo Theatre, Teatro do Parque and Valdemar de Oliveira Theatre.
In 1987, Lucena moved to Rio de Janeiro, seeking more knowledge by studying harmony, arranging ,and composition at CIGAM, a music school based upon the Berklee College of Music.
On tour in Mexico, he fell in love with his wife who introduced him to her hometown Charleston. After several years living and playing in the South, Lucena is now recognized as a pivotal force of Brazilian music on the jazz scene. Throughout his life, Lucena has been influenced by and performed with musicians from the Americas and Europe playing with them throughout Brazil, Mexico and the United States.
Today, living in Charleston with his new family of musicians and fans, many ideas have matured and certain creative thoughts have changed with time, but his convictions remain the same. Lucena believes in traveling the world sharing good Brazilian music.
World Music Café has been rescheduled for Friday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. Admission is $12. Hungy Monk Music is located at 1948 Belgrade Ave. For more information, visit www.hungrymonkmusic.com.