Carlos is a versatile and expressive musician whose vast experience and artistic talents have made him a sought after live and studio artiste.
Carlos is a natural talent who was born into a family of musicians and so from a very early age was exposed to music. As a child he showed so much interest in music that his family felt obliged to send him for formal music studies. He studied the violin with Bogotá’s most famous violinist Rodolfo Briseño and so began playing in classical orchestra’s from the tender age of eleven years old.
At the age of fifteen the life of Carlos changed radically .He met and started to study with the Cuban virtuoso percussionist Frank Calzadilla. This led him to several years of in depth music study with a scholarship in ‘Universidad Pedagógica Nacional of Colombia.In his professional career Carlos has performed for more than twelve years with several prestigious bands in South American , performing festivals in and around Colombia including four consecutive appearances at the renowned festival ‘Rock Al Parque’ and U Jazz Festival playing with the likes of Victor Taboada and Dionisio Taboada.
His extensive musical background has distinguishes Carlos as one of the sought after musicians in Colombia.Carlos currently lives in Koh Samui Thailand where he works as a resident drummer with a Latin Jazz band G.C.A Project. He continues extensive studies into different genres of world music including Latin, African, Brazilian and current dance music. Carlos’s talents also reach into music production, he is currently involved in numerous music collaborations such as recycled percussion trio Groove Reactive and syncussion and percussion duo Kaos2Order.
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