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Musician: Michel Cereso
Location: Ipswich
Instruments: Quena / charanga / sikus / percussion / voice
Music: Bolivian / Samba / Cumbia / Cuban / World fusion
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HOW I CAME TO THIS MUSIC听听听听听听听听听听WHERE I PLAY听听听听听听听听听听A FAVOURITE SONG |
  
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 听听Listen (1'09) to 'Kantus', performed on panpipes by Michel Cereso.
听听Listen (1'20) to Michel talk about his music.
"I think Salsa and Samba are replacing Brass Band music in England. Latin American music is so alive and inclusive - people identify with it."
How I came to this music
I come from the city of Sucre in Bolivia, South America. While I was growing up I started playing all the traditional Bolivian instruments - la quena - which is the flute, el sikus - the pan- pipes and el charango - which is the little guitar with ten strings made from the body of the Armadillo.
Then I started to travel - visiting and living in every country in Latin America. I learned to play other instruments and rhythms, such as Cumbia, which is the traditional music of Columbia and Samba, the Afro-Brazilian music. In the Caribbean I also learnt the Afro-Caribbean rhythms and percussion.
When I arrived in Cuba I felt I'd found the 'perfect fusion'. There were strong African influences together with those of European classical music. Then there was jazz and blues from America as well as the old South American tradition and rhythms. This fusion, I think, is the music of the future.
The music I play at the moment is a fusion of Salsa and Caribbean music. It's very different to the traditional rhythms of my home - Bolivian music is quite introvert and Caribbean music is much more extrovert. But deep inside I think it's the same message we want to express - a celebration of life and community.
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