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MaÃte Hontelé started playing trumpet at the age of nine.
After a few years of playing with the local brass-band she decided to make a change.
Due to her enormous passion for latin music she started playing in a salsa-band.
Since then the youngster is seen a lot in the Dutch salsa-world.
She studied jazz and latin music at the Rotterdam Conservatory and graduated successfully in 2004.
Since then Maite is working full-time as a performing and recording artist in different music scenes. She can be heard playing jazz, salsa or pop music as well during solo performances in the famous Amsterdam SUPPERclub. She is one of the most asked for latin trumpeters in Holland.Maite has toured a lot of countries, amongst others Oman, Kazachstan, Colombia, Spain, Austria and Germany.
Last year she toured Holland and recorded a DVD with ‘Musica Cubana’ (Buena Vista Social Club), played at the famous North Sea Jazz Festival and was invited to be one of SUPPERclubs performers.Maite plays/has been playing with the following artists:
Musica Cubana, Tasha’s World (R&B), Mala Vita (pop/patchanka), Rumbatá Big Band (Colombian music), Cubop City Big Band (salsa) Amigos (son), DJ Tiësto, DJ Babis Cloud (Latin-house), Mylou Frencken (comedian), Bongomatik and many others.
