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Biography Three
times GRAMMY Award Nominee, Tambuco
was
founded in 1993 by four distinguished percussionists. It is the
best-known percussion group in Mexico and is ranked among the finest
and most innovative in the world.
 These four
musicians refuse to be tied down
to one style, with a repertoire ranging from structuralist percussion
music to a wide range of ethnic drum music and avante garde sound
interpretation. The one constant is their desire for perfection and
unique, virtuoso performance. The musicians of "Tambuco" use all
conceivable and inconceivable means to realize their musical ideas.
Tambuco has been awarded with many distinctions and prizes from cultural organizations in Mexico and abroad. Tambuco has offered concerts in 3 continents. They have performed in the USA (Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center), Tokyo (Ino Hall), London (Barbican Centre), Paris and Montpellier (Festival de Radio France), Lisbon (Festival dos Cem Días and Expo '98), plus concerts in Spain, Germany, Italy, Cuba, Colombia, Brasil, Uruguay, Argentina and Canada, as well as practically all the concert halls of Mexico. In various performances, Tambuco has collaborated with world renown soloists and conductors, such as Keiko Abe, Glen Vélez, Michael Nyman, Stewart Copeland, Valerie Naranjo, Robert Van Sice, Enrique Diemecke, and Eduardo Mata, who recorded with Tambuco the percussion repertoire written by Carlos Chávez for the Dorian Recordings label. As solo ensemble, Tambuco has performed
and
recorded with ensembles and orchestras such as Orquesta
Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, Orquesta
Sinfónica de Guanajuato, Kronos Quartet, La Camerata, Orchestre
Philharmonique de Montpellier, The Michael Nyman Band, Orchestra
de Catania and Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, amongst
others. To date, Tambuco has
recorded 5 CDs
and is currently preparing a new one. It's CD "Rítmicas", was
selected by Audiophile Audition as one of the best CDs of the
year . Tambuco recorded recently with Kronos Quartet on their
Grammy nominated album “Nuevo”. Press comments "Highest artistic
quality, a great sense of aesthetic sense and technical virtuosity
beyond any doubt" "The quality of their performances is a testimonial on their behalf as contenders for a niche alongside the premiere percussion ensembles in the world" Percussive Notes "Great repertoire,
performances of a very high level, amazing technique, and a great sense
of communication with their audiences " Diario Reforma “Program chosen with
great intelligence, united to their extreme dextrerity, quality of
interpretations and overwhelming passion. Psyché (Argentina)
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