CARTAGENA JAZZ FESTIVAL: Sebastián Mondéjar in concert.

Sebastián Mondéjar (Murcia, 1956) has combined his work as a musician since the mid-1970s, mainly in the fields of jazz and free improvisation, with a long career devoted to writing and poetry. He has published five collections of poetry and has received distinctions including the Antonio Oliver Belmás International Poetry Prize for *El jardín errante* and a runner-up prize in the Los Odres International Poetry Award for *La herencia invisible*.

As a musician, he has recorded and collaborated with ensembles such as Ragtime Concert Band, Quasar, Antonio Pomares Quinteto, Banda Inaudita and Miguel Ángel Monda Trío. He is currently a multi-instrumentalist with the Andrés Santos Station Band, a group specialising in live musical accompaniment for silent films, and percussionist with the Zielinski Trío.

Throughout his career, he has also worked as an opinion columnist and jazz critic for various newspapers and specialist publications.