Birth name Tupac Mantilla Gomez Name Tupac Mantilla Website tupacmantilla.com | Labels Percuaction Records. Years active 1997–present Role Musical Artist | |
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Born October 21, 1978 (age 45) Bogota, Colombia ( 1978-10-21 ) Occupation(s) Musician, percussionist. Instruments Drums and percussion, classical percussion, world percussion, body percussion. People also search for Panagiotis Andreou, Aboud Agha Associated acts Julian Lage, Juanito Pascual, Ulita Knaus | ||
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Tupac Mantilla is a Grammy-nominated Percussionist from Bogotá, Colombia (born October 21, 1978 – Age 38). 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, Esperanza Spalding, Zakir Hussain, Bill Cosby, Danilo Perez, Julian Lage, Medeski, Martin and Wood and Bob Moses.
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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).
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Artistic Bio
Colombian percussionist Tupac Mantilla has been regarded as one of the most versatile and creative upcoming artists of his generation. His work as a performer, educator, producer and clinician and has been highly recognized worldwide and includes appearances in major 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 Jazz Festivals among many others; as well as several percussion-oriented workshops and lectures for prestigious multi-national companies and organizations around the world.
An accomplished percussionist with a Master of Music Honors Degree from the New England Conservatory (Boston, USA) and the first prize recipient of the 2002 Bogotá's Philharmonic Orchestra's Classical Soloist Competition, 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.
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. 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.
