Túpac Mantilla Email & Phone Number

Internationally acclaimed Grammy® Nominee Percussionist/Drummer Tupac Mantilla is regarded as one of today’s most versatile/creative artists of his generation.His work as a Performer, Educator, Producer and Clinician has been highly recognized worldwide and includes appearances in major Festivals, Institutions and Venues such as 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 conferences for prestigious multi-national companies around the world.An accomplished percussionist with a Master of Music Honors Degree from the New England Conservatory (Boston, USA) and the 1st. Prize recipient of the 2002 Bogota's Philarmonic Orchestra's Classical Soloist Competition, Mr. Mantilla has collaborated and performed with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Danilo Perez, Bill Cosby, Kenny Werner, John Patitucci, Reinhard Flatiscler, Savion Glover, 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, Sofia Rei, Tia Fuller, Julian Lage and the Bogota's Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others.Mr. Mantilla is the founder, CEO and Artistic Director of the Global Percussion Network PERCUACTION through which he runs successful programs that benefit thousands of people worldwide every year. He is the founding director of the Children's Program for the Panama Jazz Festival, and the Artistic Director of Colombia's top experimental Percussion Group TEKEYÉ®.

Listed skills include Music Education, Classical, Music, Musical Theatre, and 20 others.