Introducing
Tigramuna

Award-winning Latin American group Tigramuna, performs original music by Chilean composer/ musician Carlos Villanueva.

Co-founded in 1993 by Carlos and percussionist Wendy Upjohn, Tigramuna performs extensively in concerts, festivals, recordings, TV and radio broadcasts throughout Australia.

Their main credits are: ARIA award nomination (1998), headline act Sydney Festival at Darling Harbour (1998), featured artist SBS documentary "VIVA" (2004).

In Quechua (pronounced "keh-choo-a"; an indigenous South American language), Tigramuna means 'to return', in this case a return to the roots of Latin American music as a source of inspiration for the group's original compositions.

For Musica Viva In Schools, the group performs as a quintet introducing school audiences to the art of music making through the ancient musical traditions of the Bolivian Andes, Chilean urban and Southern folklore, Uruguayan African chants and Afro Cuban/ European dance styles such as the cha-cha-cha.

Carlos has been a composer/ performer of Latin American music for over 20 years. He is currently undertaking a full time Bachelor of Music degree majoring in Composition and Orchestration.

Visit Tigramuna's website at www.tigramuna.com.au

For more information on this group, its instruments as well as additional activities, visit The Viva Zone, the Musica Viva In Schools website for middle years students at www.musicavivainschools.com.au

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