Colombian guitarist · Nova Flamenco

KIKE

I don't play her — I listen to her speak. Flamenco, jazz and the Caribbean in a single guitar.

Scroll

01 — Story

Born between
breeze and rhythm

I was born in Cartagena de Indias, where the sea and the music live side by side. The guitar reached my hands when I was barely a child, and it has been how I understand the world ever since.

In time I found in flamenco a language that felt like my own, though I was born far from Andalusia. I fused it with my Caribbean roots and found something new: Nova Flamenco. I travelled, and played on streets, in restaurants and on intimate stages. Every place, a story.

I am not trying to be a virtuoso. I want someone to close their eyes as they listen, and feel alive.

0+

Years playing

0

Records

0

Continents

Kike Vivaldy playing in the Four Seasons lobby — Four Seasons — lobby set

Kike Vivaldy playing at the Gypsy Jazz Festival — Gypsy Jazz Festival

02 — The sound

01
Flamenco
The root. Compas, palmas and the Andalusian duende I adopted as a language of my own.
02
Smooth Jazz
The freedom. Open harmonies, improvisation and room to breathe.
03
Electro Fusion
The present. Electronic textures beneath nylon strings.

03 — Discography