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Pedro Menéndez |
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Composer and arranger, pianist, guitarrist and flutist, Pedro Menéndez is one of the Argentine's musicians, pioneer in latinamerican fusion, with an avant-garde musical languaje, that reflects the rich and complex cosmopolitan influences at Buenos Aires. Having an extense compositional and discographic work, (completely edited by Contemporaneo Art Music), great musicians took part of his recordings and performances, such as the uruguaian drummer Osvaldo Fattoruso, the bandoneonist Rodolfo Mederos, the vocalist and percussionist Rubén Rada, the saxophonist Bernardo Baraj , the guitarrist Agustín Pereyra Lucena and soloists of the Colón Theatre Orchestra, among others. He has composed music for theatre, television and films of Argentina and Germany. With his ensemble he performs all over his country, also making tours abroad ( Norway, Germany & France). Reviews: 'Wonderfully sensual evocations from South America. Pedro Menéndez is a multi-instrumentalist from Argentina who has a fresh ear for blending the sounds of different musics...' Todd Jenkins - www.AllAboutjazz.com "Authentic representant of the new fusion music, where author and performer posseses a wide range of information and an inquiet creative perspective.." Roque de Pedro - Clarín Journal "...the richness of his music allways with an evocative mood, never static..." Diego Fisherman - Página 12 Journal "Elements adding in an atractive whole, with refined aesthetic and popular feeling...." Contumancia Music Magazine "Fusion with a solid harmonic base, and deep rooted-ness of improviser has in Pedro Menéndez one of the most worthy exponents". Carlos Inzillo -La Maga Magazine
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