HYBRID/C

Composer, pianist and a leader of the young generation of Latin Jazz musicians, Carlos Cippelletti’s work celebrates the cultural and historical ties between Ibero-America and North America.

He is a two-time winner of the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation Scholarship, and four-time winner of the AIE Scholarship (artists and interpreters Association of Spain). He was awarded first prize in both the Malaga International Jazz Festival Competition, Portón del Jazz and the international 7 Virtual Jazz Club competition and was awarded for his outstanding academic achievements at the Alfonso X el Sabio University.

As Carlos pursue his third master’s degree in Public and Cultural Diplomacy for the International Relations at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, his role in cultural diplomacy focuses on fostering cross-cultural understanding and collaboration through the strategic use of art, music, and heritage to bridge international relations.In 2021 he graduated with a Master’s degree in Latin Jazz from Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam and was recently awarded a coveted Fulbright Scholarship to do his second Master Degree “Performer-Composer” at The New School, New York.

In 2018 Carlos toured Europe with the JM Jazz World Orchestra — the world’s premiere youth jazz orchestra led by renowned trombonist Luis Bonilla.  Already a fixture on the New York Latin Jazz scene and performing with Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. Carlos is also the Music Director, Composer, Conductor and Pianist of Diary Of A Tap Dancer, a musical by Ayodele Casel produced by Harvard University & American Repertory Theater. 

His most recent project and first album entitled HYBRID/C, is a musical and cultural fusion project with a common point that is Afro-Cuban music and jazz. Jazz serves as a vehicle on this journey to the roots of Cuban music and Afro-Cuban culture from a modern musical perspective. Born in Spain to a Cuban father and French mother, Carlos Cippelletti”s compositions reflect his various identities. Afro-Cuban music tradition, Jazz, Neo-Soul and classical music combine to create a sound all its own. HYBRID/C is a fusion project that demonstrates how, regardless of our roots, there is always something powerful that connects us and brings us together through the most universal language we know – music.