See his website for a long and very interesting Bio!
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The Colombian artist with syrian/lebanese roots was born into a society with strongs social and cultural changes. At the beginning, traditional latinoamerican folk inspire him. Later he went to Barcelona – a point of cultural development and musicians, painters, poets and artists of all kinds – as a part of this bohemian atmosphere.
One of the things that he discovered there was the “art of playing at the streets” and is something that he always was proud to defend.
After many years without returning to Colombia he decided to go back, bringing with him a lot of accumulated knowledge of his experiences outside of his country, having the opportunity of mixing all this new musical ideas he brought from europe with traditional caribbean folklore.
Back in europe, he joined with several projects until he became part of OCHO PUNTO G. Many tours around Morroco put him in contact with native morrocans and african musician. during these trips he matured as a profesional musician.
In summer 2013 he toured with Zagreb Philharmonic Orquestra, Ricardo Luque and the cuban singer Olvido Castellano around many croatian cities like Brijuni island, Zadar, Sibenik and Zagreb.
He was involve in different musical projects over the last years such as EKUAJÈ, EL TUMBAO DE JUANA, LOS CHUPITOS DEL CHINO, OCHO PUNTO G, ZAGREB PHILHARMONIC ORQUESTRA, EL SON DE LEYLA, EDU ZUMARAN Y SU ORQUESTA, AWALO, CHE KANDELA, CELITRIP, CAFE MEZCLADO, DIRTY SANCHEZ, THE IMPROVERS, DINA I MEL, RICARDO LUQUE Y LA SONORA TROPICAL, CAIMAN VERDE, KUBAN SERVICE, LOS FILHOS DE SOFIA, MEL I JAY, PANONIA LATINA, BRAZILUKA, HABIBI JAZZ HOP SESSIONS, GLOBAL DISCO, SUPER SPANISH COMBO, CALLE SOL, MADE IN BARCELONA, JHANMARCO ALEGRIA Y LA MAYOR and many others.
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Photo: March 2025 by Phantanoise© Artist