Santa Cruz Mountains House Concert | Fri Aug 8th

You're invited! Join Kenny Hill and friends in the Santa Cruz Mountains for LIVE music featuring world-class artists in concert at a private residence. This is a rare opportunity to indulge the senses in an intimate setting while Arthur Dente, French guitarist and composer, performs with renowned percussionist, Steve Robertson. Kenny Hill will open the evening with a short guitar program of original compositions. Spend a summer evening immersed in contemporary music that combines soulful rhythms with world and classical influences, be delighted and surprised by these passionate musicians and their joyful artistry.

About the artists:

ARTHUR DENTE is a Franco-Portuguese guitarist who has both studied music through institutions (conservatory of music and university), as well as through long stays in Spain over many years (frequenting the flamenco music scene in Sevilla, Cadiz, Córdoba and Jerez de la Frontera). In addition, his interest in contemporary music has led him to enter several composition competitions presenting the fruits of his research into musical language. Dente is artistic director in France of ENSEMBLE MAGELLAN, an orchestral, choreographic and choral ensemble that enables him to write and organize major composition projects each year, thus broadening the musical universe of the classical guitar. While he works regularly with percussionist Steve Robertson during his stays in California, activities in France are divided between recitals, duets, groups, and the organization of projects based on his compositions for orchestra, choir and guitar.

STEVE ROBERTSON actively performs, records, produces and teaches in the Bay Area for more than 25 years. A graduate of San Jose State University with a BA in Music Performance and Education, he has performed and recorded in a variety of musical styles with artists including Bobby Hutcherson, Airto and Flora Purim, Laurindo Almeida, Claudia Villela, Othello Molineaux, Giovanni Hidalgo, Omar Sosa, John Calloway, Arthur Dente and many others. His musical focus is primarily in Jazz and World Music styles including Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and North Indian Classical music (on tabla). He studied orchestral percussion with Anthony Cirone at SJSU and is a tabla student of Ustad Zakir Hussain. He has also performed on percussion with the Monterey and Santa Cruz County Symphonies.

KENNY HILL is best recognized as a renowned guitar luthier with a career spanning five decades. From meticulous, innovative, and elegant creations to unique custom instruments, his guitars and designs are known worldwide and have shaped classical guitar-making in modern times. Hill now makes way for more passions dedicating time to composition and performance. Be part of the esteemed luthier's journey toward artistic showcase—witness the synergy between craftsmanship and musical prowess.