Tupac Mantilla
Túpac Mantilla | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Túpac Mantilla Gómez |
| Born | October 21, 1978 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Percussionist. |
| Instrument(s) | Drums & Percussion, Classical Percussion, World Percussion, Body Percussion. |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Percuaction Records. |
| Website | tupacmantilla |
Tupac Mantilla is a Grammy-nominated Percussionist from Bogotá, Colombia (born October 21, 1978 - Age 36). He is the founder and director of the Global Percussion Network PERCUACTION and the director of the percussion group Tekeyé. His eclectic work as a percussionist ranges from his Solo Percussion Project to collaborations with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Danilo Perez, Julian Lage, Bill Cosby, Bob Moses, Medeski, Martin and Wood and Zakir Hussain (musician).
As a scholar, Mantilla is associated with institutions such as Stanford University through the Stanford Jazz Workshop, Berklee College of Music through the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) and Harvard University, and continuously gives workshops and lectures and runs rhythm/percussion oriented programs worldwide, through PERCUACTION's Global Rhythm Institute (GRI).
Artistic Bio
Mantilla has worked as a performer, educator, record producer and clinician and appeared at a number of festivals, institutions and venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Harvard University, Stanford University, The New England Conservatory, Kennedy Center, Berklee College of Music, London's Barbican, Tanglewood, The Montreal, North Sea, Perugia, Montreux, Gent, Nice, Newport.[citation needed]
An accomplished percussionist with a Master of Music Honors Degree from the New England Conservatory (Boston, USA)[citation needed] and the first prize recipient of the 2002 Bogotá's Philharmonic Orchestra's Classical Soloist Competition,[citation needed] Mantilla has collaborated and performed with artists including Bobby McFerrin, Bill Cosby, Zakir Hussain, Savion Glover, Danilo Perez, Reinhard Flatischler, Kenny Werner, John Patitucci, Tisziji Muñoz, Bob Moses, Steve Smith, John Medeski, Michael Cain, Cecil McBee, Jamey Haddad, Anders Koppel, Deepak Ram, Medeski Martin & Wood, Lisa Fischer, Selene Muñoz, Ulita Knaus, Opus 4, Sofia Rei, Edmar Castañeda, Juanito Pascual, Tia Fuller, Julian Lage and the Bogotá's Philharmonic Orchestra's.[citation needed]
Mantilla is the founder, CEO and artistic director of the Global Percussion Network PERCUACTION, with which he leads several educational and social projects and initiatives worldwide.[citation needed] He is the artistic director of Colombia's experimental Percussion Group TEKEYÉ and devotes much of his time to work on his solo percussion project.[citation needed]
References
- "Tupac Mantilla". All About Jazz. October 19, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- "Jazz Listings". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. March 26, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- "Jazz Listings". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. October 15, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- Pareles, Jon; Ratliff, Ben; Chinen, Nate (May 2, 2011). "Critics' Choice: New CDs - The Droll, Buzzing Grandpas of Rap". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- "Jazz Listings for Nov. 5-11". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. November 4, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- "Jazz: Julian Lage Group". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
- "Carnegie Hall Annual Report 2008-2009" (PDF). Carnegie Hall. 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
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