ABOUT DUDU TUCCI
Dudu
Tucci was born in Sao Paulo in 1955. He was born into a musical family
and started drumming as a young boy in the Umbanda ceremonies. After leaving
school he studied percussion, flute and musicology. From 1976 he travelled
extensively throughout Latin America where he discovered diverse ethnic
music traditions with a profound spirituality that has influenced him
ever since.
Celebrated
as an outstanding percussionist, in recent years he has performed at a
variety of international festivals, including the 1993 Korean EXPO in
Taejon with the Korean Percussion group Samul Nori, in 1994 in Taiwan
and at the "Perc Pan" percussion festival in Salvador de Bahia where he
performed alongside musicians such as Nana Vasconcelos, Terry Bozio, Glen
Velez and Los Papines an in 2000 at the Hannover EXPO.
As
a much sought after percussion teacher he continues to inspire the many
thousands of students who take part in his courses such as Conga Total,
Samba Fever, and the professional training project "Roots of Brazil".
In Germany alone there are over 130 samba groups, most of which have been
substantially influenced by Dudu Tucci´s samba workshops . On the bases
of his success as a teacher and his intensive method of working he has
also been invited to many international workshops such as the "Mozarteum"
symposium in Salzburg. The Orff Institute of Taiwan, The University of
Memphis U.S.A. and the Saint Patricks Day celebrations in Ireland. Since
1996 he has worked in Great Britain and Ireland on the "Roots of Brazil"
percussion project run by One Voice Music.
Together
with Tiago de Oliveira Dudu Tucci has written "Samba and Sambistas in
Brazil", a theoretical study of Samba. He has contributed to various recordings
by other artists such as Reinhard Flatischler´s "Megadrums" and has so
far released 5 solo CD´s: Odudua, Obatimalé, Orixas, Native Dreamer and
Tribal World.
His sixth album, to be released shortly, presents Dudu Tucci
live with his new band, some of whom he has worked with for many years
and who have collaborated with him on earlier studio albums. The first
Inaê concert took place at the closing celebrations for the EXPO 2000
in Hannover with great success. Dudu Tucci enthralled the audience with
his charismatic presence.
For further information please check also Dudu Tucci's Percussion
Art Center.
Email: info@dudu-tucci.de |