ABOUT PEDRO MENENDEZ

This Argentine musician, composer and arranger, was born in Buenos Aires in 1957.

He plays flute, piano and guitar, in which he has been studying classical and jazz music since he was 6 years old, with professors as the worldwide known Oscar Aleman (jazz guitarist), Astor Piazzolla´s flutist, Arturo Schneider, and the contemporary classical guitarist Miguel Angel Girollet, among others, as well as having attended the composition career at the UCA (Universidad Católica Argentina).

He has developed his personal composition style, being mainly influenced by jazz, brazilian rythms, such as bossa nova or capoeira, contemporary classical expressions and the rythms of his country folk music: chacarera, zamba, guarania, carnavalitos, candombes (from negro and indian roots) and the ´tango´.

During the last years, he and his group have been performing in his country on radio, TV and live concerts, jazz festivals, universities and theatres. He tournee for 25 concerts in Norway and Germany and has also composed the music for three movies produced by the German TV in conjuction with the Munich Cinema School, as well as music for theatre and TV documentaries in his country.

PEDRO MENENDEZ’ DISCOGRAPHY:

1983: ‘Hora del Eclipse’ (‘Eclipse time’´)

1984: ‘Viaje por Latinoamérica’ (‘Voyage through Latin America’)

1984: ‘Capoeira’

1986: ‘Nuevos Caminos’ (‘New paths’)

1989: ‘Cantos Secretos’ (‘Secret chants’)

1992: ‘Profundidad’ (‘Deepness’)

1995: ‘Constantes’ (‘Constants’)

MUSIC FOR THE FOLLOWING FILMS:

§ ‘Cuarentena’ (‘Exil und Rückehr’) by Carlos Echeverría – Munich Cinema School

§ ‘Juan (como si nada hubiera sucedido’) by Carlos Echeverría – Munich Cinema School

§ ‘El salto’ (‘Deja vú’) by Dorothee Schön – Germany

§ ‘Los descampados’ by Matilde Michanie – Goethe Institut

§ Shortfilm about Eva Perón by Carlos Echeverría – German TV

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