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Tambuco was founded in 1993 by four distinguished Mexican musicians and 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 y 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. |