Born in Venezuela, I'm living in Italy.
Three years passed in Ecuador together with Shuar, Amazonian aboriginal people. I published "Anent y Shuar, el canto sagrado en la historia de un pueblo"
http://www.ifeanet.org/biblioteca/fiche.php?codigo=HUM000111
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When I came back to Italy I started a collaboration with the Italian songwriter MIMMO DE TULLIO, and the Chilean singer Cecilia Squicciarini, culminating in the project of "ENTRE AGUAS" trio.
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In 2003 I recorded the song “BALLARE†with the ska group "Le Tremende". It has been chosen as the soundtrack of a social campaign about assisted fertilization italian law. The videoclip "BALLARE" participated to the "TEK FESTIVAL" of independent productions (Rome) in 2004. Pecos and Rude dj made remix of "BALLARE".
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In 2004 with the trio ENTRE AGUAS we recordered the first cd "CAMINANDO AL SUR". On December 2004 I performed many concerts in Northern Italy with FAUSTO MESOLELLA, MICHELE ASCOLESE and MIMMO DE TULLIO.
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In 2005 I founded the electronic music female trio, TARTA SELVA NEGRA, for which I composed and performed many songs.
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Since 2005 I am collaborating with the singer and vocalist BARBARA
VALENTINO and we performed together the show "Balkan voices" (Voci dei Balcani)
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In the same year the trio "ENTRE AGUAS" participated to the celebration of Labour Day on May 1st in PIAZZA MAGGIORE, Bologna.
In summer 2005 I participated at the FESTIVAL OF RAVELLO with MIMMO DE TULLIO, MICHELE ASCOLESE.
With the same musicians in 2006 I participated at the "LOCUS FESTIVAL" in Locorotondo.
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On August 2006 I performed at ELECTRO WOMAN FESTIVAL, (where MEG also participated), with the TARTA SELVA NEGRA PROJECT in Piraino (Sicily).
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I collaborate also with the vocal group CALICANTE, performing my
compositions, for example in occasion of the arrival of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo in Bologna in 2006. With Calicante I sang and played in Barcelona, Spain, in 2007.
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In February 2007 I performed the "BUONA NOVELLA" of the Italian songwriter Fabrizio de Andre' together with MIMMO DE TULLIO, LUCIO BOIARDI SERRI, at the PALATENDA OF BUSSOLENGO (Verona).
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I'm playing world songs in duo with BARBARA VALENTINO, an ethnomusicological work about world popular roots, especial care about italian songs. At the beginning of 2008 Manu and Barbara performed in tour on Northern Italy.
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On 2008 launch the multimedial show "CAntaminaçao" with my songs. Music, words and pictures!
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