Didier Laloy is considered one of the most active representatives of the diatonic accordion revival at the international level. Coming from the world of traditional music, he has decompartmentalized musical genres. Didier is a musical explorer in perpetual search of new challenges and new encounters.
Following his projects Belem (with cellist Kathy Adam) and the incredible Belem & The Mekanics (with contemporary Belgian composer Walter Hus and his large orchestra of mechanical instruments), he is now proposing a new original creation: the meeting of the diatonic accordion with a symphony orchestra.
The repertoire consists of Didier’s own compositions arranged for orchestra by Belgian composers Jean-Luc Fafchamps and Gwenael Grisi, as well as original pieces written by three of the most prominent representatives of the new generation of Cuban contemporary music, Pepe Gavilondo, Jorge Amado and René Baños.
Postponed due to Covid, the CD recordings, co-produced by Colibri and Zig Zag World labels, were made in Havana in March 2022 with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra under the direction of its conductor José Antonio Mendez Padron. The CD is scheduled for release in 2023.