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QUINTET - voice, guitar, clarinet, bass, drums, and small percussion
TRIO - voice, guitar, bass, and small percussion
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Lucia Pulido: Biography
Biography
LUCIA PULIDO is a Colombian singer with one of the richest voices on the international Latin American musical scene today. She has mined the musical traditions of her native Colombia and other Latin American countries in an ongoing search for a distinct, experimental style, and has participated in various projects, ranging from traditional Colombian music to jazz and "Nueva Canción" (New Song). Traditional genres such as cumbia and bullerengue from the Atlantic Coast, currulaos from the Pacific Coast as well as joropos from the Colombian Eastern Plains are the point of departure for her musical creativity. Lucía's vocal sophistication is enhanced in genres such as herding songs (cantos de vaquería), funeral laments (alabaos) and harvest chants (cantos de zafra), which give the singer the liberty to explore her voice fully.
She is currently working on several projects with musicians in New York City and in different countries in Latin America. Some of these include her New York based LUCIA PULIDO ENSEMBLE (QUINTET and TRIO), performing experimental arrangements of Colombian traditional music as well as newly composed songs written for her; the classic repertoire of Latin American songs of broken love ("despecho") performed with musicians based in New York; an experimental project based on Latin American traditional songs with Argentinean guitarist Fernando Tarrés; a project called "América Contemporánea - um Outro Centro" with Brazilian pianist Benjamim Taubkin and several musicians from different countries in Latin America; and New York cellist Erik Friedlander's "Colombiana" project. Her active career includes performances in Europe, Canada, United States, and Latin America.
In New York she has been invited to sing and record with different jazz musicians such as Ed Simon, Dave Binney, and Erik Friedlander, and in Vienna, Austria, with experimental and electronic musicians such as Christian Fennesz, Burkhard Stangl, and Martin Siewert. In the United States, Lucia has promoted her music in private theaters, universities, and in well known venues of the New York City area (Joe's Pub, Lincoln Center Out Doors, Queens Theatre in the Park, the Stone, Knitting Factory, Roulette) and has been part of the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood concert series organized in the city. In 2000 she received a grant for New York City resident artists from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Foundation LMCC, and in the summers of 2007 and 2008 she was an Artist in Residence in Krems, Austria.
Bio
Lucía Pulido is een Colombiaanse zangeres die in de internationale Latijns-Amerikaanse muziekwereld bekend staat als zangeres met een opvallend ‘rijke’ stem. Ze baseert zich op zowel Colombiaanse als andere Latijns-Amerikaanse muziektradities. Hierdoor is een constant onderscheidende experimentele stijl haar handelsmerk geworden.
Lucía Pulido was bij talrijke projecten betrokken, variërend van traditionele Colombiaanse muziek tot jazz en Nueva Canción (Spaans voor ‘nieuw lied’). Haar muzikale creativiteit is geïnspireerd op traditionele genres als Cumbia en Bullerengue (Atlantische kust), Currulaos (Pacifische kust) en Joropos (afkomstig van de Colombiaanse Oosterse vlakten). Lucía’s verfijnde repertoire is uitgebreid met Cantos de vaquería (herdersliedjes), begrafenisliederen (Alabaos) en oogstliederen. Door het beoefenen van een breed genre heeft zij de vrijheid gekregen haar stem volledig te onderzoeken en ontwikkelen.
Momenteel werkt Lucía aan verschillende muzikale projecten in zowel New York City als diverse andere Latijns-Amerikaanse landen. Zo brengt zij in New York met ‘Lucía Pulido Ensemble’ (Quitet en Trio) experimentele traditionele Colombiaanse muziek en speciaal voor haar gecomponeerd nieuw materiaal. Ook het klassieke repertoire van Latijns-Amerikaanse Despecho (muziek over verloren liefdes) wordt in samenwerking met in New York gevestigde muzikanten op het podium gebracht. Met de Argentijnse gitarist Fernando Tarrés introduceert Lucía experimenteel werk gebaseerd op traditionele Latijns-Amerikaanse muziek en met de Braziliaanse pianist Benjamin Taubkin en andere Latijns-Amerikaanse musici werkte ze aan het muziekproject ‘América Contemporánea - um Outro Centro’. Lucía werkte ook samen met de New Yorkse cellist Erik Friedlander aan het ‘Colombiana-project’. Haar muziek brengt haar tot over de grenzen: ze is wereldwijd te zien bij optredens in Europa, Canada, de VS en Latijns-Amerika.
In New York wordt Lucía door diverse jazzmuzikanten zoals Ed Simon, Dave Binney en Erik Friedlander regelmatig gevraagd om op te treden of studio-opnames te verrijken met haar stem. Ook in Wenen, Oostenrijk is zij een graag geziene zangeres bij experimentele muzikanten zoals Christian Fennesz, Burkhard Stangl en Martin Siewert. In de VS trad Lucia op in privétheaters, universiteiten en bekende plaatsen in New York City (o.a. Joe’s Pub, Lincoln Center Out Doors, Queens Theatre in the Park, The Stone, Knitting Factory, Roulette). Ze bracht tevens haar muziek ten gehore tijdens de reeks concerten van Carnegie Hall Neighborhood (New York). In 2000 ontving Lucía als erkende ‘Artist in residence’ in New York City een schenking van de Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Foundation (LMCC). In de zomer van 2007 en 2008 was ze ‘Artist in residence’ in Krems, Oostenrijk.
Lucia Pulido: Discography
Lucia Pulido'Songbook III' - Lucía Pulido, Fernando Tarrés y La Raza
Publisher
Year
BAU Argentina (To be released)
2009
Lucia Pulido'Waning Moon - Luna Menguante' - Lucía Pulido
Publisher
Year
Adventure Music - USA
2008
Lucia Pulido'América Contemporánea - Um Outro Centro' - An encounter between 10 musicians from 7 South American countries
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Year
Núcleo Contemporáneo - Brazil / Adventure Music - USA
2006
Lucia Pulido'Songbook II - Prayer' - Lucía Pulido, Fernando Tarrés y La Raza
Publisher
Year
BAU Argentina
2006
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Time
Detail
00:25
MP3
01:08
MP3
00:53
MP3
01:05
MP3
Lucia Pulido'Dolor de Ausencia' - Lucía Pulido
Publisher
Year
FM Discos - Colombia
2005
Lucia PulidoSongbook I - Beliefs' - Lucía Pulido, Fernando Tarrés y La Raza
Publisher
Year
BAU Argentina
2005
Lucia Pulido'Lucía Pulido' (Religious and Pagan Songs from Colombia)
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Year
Intuition Records - Germany
2000
Track
Time
Detail
01:04
MP3
Lucia Pulido'La Pluma' - Lucía Pulido with Fiesta de Tambores
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Year
Independent release - USA
1998
Lucia Pulido'Lucía' - Lucía Pulido
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Year
Sonolux - Colombia / Sony Discos - USA
1996
Lucia Pulido'Arcanos' - Iván y Lucía
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Year
Colombia
1991
Lucia Pulido'Entre el Sueño y la Realidad' - Iván y Lucía