Héctor Lepe Quartet

Héctor Lepe is a Mexican jazz guitarist based in Helsinki. His first release, Pedro’s Dream, is his debut as a band leader and a composer. Most of the album´s compositions are inspired by Mexican folklore and literature, and the album submerges the listener in a deep journey within Mexican mystic tales and landscapes.

Héctor Lepe Quartet manages to subtly blend in Latin-American musical elements and modern jazz compositions. The result being fresh new music in which the band members own musical identity comes forward bringing the music to a new level.

The title track Pedro’s Dream is inspired by the book Pedro Páramo by a Mexican writer Juan Rulfo. The main character, Pedro, travels through south of Mexico in search for his father, and finds himself in a literal ghost town. The characters that he runs into change constantly, making it difficult to tell reality from the afterlife.

Héctor Lepe | guitar
Rafa Postel | trumpet
Juuso Rinta | double bass 
Teemu Mustonen | drums 

Duration approx. 2 h (incl. intermission)

TICKETS
Ticket prices: 20 € normal / 11 € pensioner / 8 € students, unemployed, children (ages 3-17)

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A series ticket is available for the Autumn 2023 OMJ Jazz & Etno series. The series ticket is on sale until September 20, 2023. Limited amount. The series ticket includes all 12 autumn season 2023 OMJ Jazz & Etno concert series’ concerts.