Tupac Mantilla

Who is Tupac Mantilla?

Tupac Mantilla is a Grammy-nominated percussionist from Bogotá, Colombia. He is the founder and director of the Global Percussion Network PERCUACTION and the director of the percussion group Tekeyé. His eclectic work as a percussionist ranges from his Solo Percussion Project to collaborations with artists such as Julian Lage, Danilo Perez, Bob Moses, Medeski, Martin and Wood and Zakir Hussain. As a scholar, he is associated with institutions such as Berklee College of Music through the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Harvard University and Stanford University through the Stanford Jazz Workshop.