calixto

Calixto Oviedo Mulens Biography:Calixto oviedo born in Havana-Cuba on october the 14-1955. He tooks in his hand the drumsticks at the age of 2 years old and with four years he started to played at Parisien cabaret orchestra in the national hotel in havana and with the Cuban Radio&TV orchestraAt the age of eight years old started in the music conservatory school Alejandro Garcia Caturla and then goes to the National High School of Arts Calixto used to play with important cubans orchestras and bands : Pacho Alonso orchestra,Adalberto y su Son,Arturo Sandoval band (short period),Pachito Alonso orchestra,Isaac Delgado,Ng La banda. He used to play also with many well known international musicians such as: Danilo Perez,David Sanchez,Luis Conte,Giovanni Hidalgo,Ray Barreto,Tata Guines, Miguel "Anga"Diaz,Dave Valentin,Chico Freeman,Horacio"El negro"Hernandez,Omar Sosa,Alfredo Rodriguez,Eddy Palmieri,Chucho Valdes,Gonzalo Rubalcaba,Emiliano Salvador,Ralph Irizarri,Jose Luis Quintana"shanguito",Juan Pablo Torres,La luz orchestra,Celia Cruz,Oscar d Leon,Winton Marsalis,Roy Hargrove,Sting,Lucciano Pavarotti,James Brown,Manu Divango,Manhattan Transfer quartet and Akira Jimbo. Also to working with two great musicians from the Spanish jazz . with Javier Colina and Perico Sambeat. Jazz festivals:I played in festivals in Europe :Montreaux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz, nice jazz festival, Domodossola jazz festival (italy) Pavone Jazz Festival(ivrea italy) Settimo vittone (italy) , Locarno jazz (suiza), Euro jazz (italy) Paleo rock festival, Roskilde festival in Copenhagen, riga ritmis festival, jazz festival tanger (marruecos), Eilat jazz festival (israel), Iberojazz coruña 2008, Imaxinasons vigo jazz festival junio 2008, cagliari jazz festival nov 2007. Clinics: Tokio university. Berklee college february 15 2006 Helsinky school music. Stockholms Music hoskolan Copenhagen rhytmit conservatory. La nau clinic with Omar hakin- barcelona nov 2007Instrucction video.1997. Attos corporection & yamaha drums Rhytmics from cuba special guest Akira jimbo.I play several projects: Calixto oviedo trio. Santana band experience (sweden pop band) Javier colina project Gingembre band (jazz quintet italy)CALIXTO OVIEDO IS ENDORSER : PEARL DRUMS. PEARL PERCUSION. CYMBALS SABIAN "EVOLUTION MODEL DAVE WECKEL" DRUMSSTICIKS VIC FIRTH MODEL 5a. DRUMSHEADS AQUARIAN.SNARE DRUMS "PHIDRUMS" (Made in Italy)