Awards & Winners

Hilario Durán

Date of Birth 1953
Place of Birth Havana
(Cuba, Cuba Island)
Nationality Cuba
Also know as Hilario Duran and his Latin Jazz Big Band, Hilario Duran
Profession Jazz Pianist, Composer, Music Arranger, Educator, Singer, Music Director
Hilario Durán is a Cuban jazz pianist. Durán studied at the Arnadeo Roldan Music Institute in Havana, studying tumbao with Evaristo Aparicio, composition and conducting from German Pifferrer, and orchestration from Guillermo Barreto. He formed a group in the 1970s called Los D'Siempre, which melded traditional Cuban elements with those of modern jazz. He joined Arturo Sandoval's band from 1981 to 1990. He also worked with Dizzy Gillespie's United Nation Orchestra and Michel Legrand. He formed a new group, Perspectiva, in 1990, and toured Central America and Europe. From 1995 he worked as a solo artist in Toronto, Canada, and has collaborated over the course of his career with Tata Güines, Changuito, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Jorge Reyes, Roberto Occhipinti, Larry Cramer, John Patitucci, Michael Brecker, Regina Carter, Dave Valentin, Juan Pablo Torres, John Benitez, Dafnis Prieto, Hugh Marsh, Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Lenny Andrade, Quartetto Gelato and the Gryphon Trio. Duran was nominated for Juno Awards in 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2007, winning in 2005 for New Danzon.

Awards by Hilario Durán

Check all the awards nominated and won by Hilario Durán.

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year Cuban Rhapsody

2007


Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
Honored for : From the Heart

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year From the Heart

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year Encuentro En La Habana

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year Havana Remembered