Zeferino Nandayapa
Illustration — Statue of Zeferino Nandayapa-Ralda. Zeferino Nandayapa (born 26 August 1931, Copainalá – died 28 December 2010, Tlalnepantla) was a Mexican folk and classical marimba player. In Mexico City, his classical music teachers were Blas Galindo, María García Genda, Carlos Chávez and Carlos Jiménez Mabarak.
Zeferino Nandayapa
Gabriel Gallegos · Courtesy of Parque de la Marimba. · Public domain
- Born
- 1931 · Copainalá Municipality.
- Died
- 2010 · Tlalnepantla de Baz Municipality.
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Occupation
- composer · percussionist
- Honours
- National Prize for Arts and Sciences
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Statue of Zeferino Nandayapa-Ralda. Zeferino Nandayapa (born 26 August 1931, Copainalá – died 28 December 2010, Tlalnepantla) was a Mexican folk and classical marimba player. In Mexico City, his classical music teachers were Blas Galindo, María García Genda, Carlos Chávez and Carlos Jiménez Mabarak.
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He formed the Marimba Nandayapa in 1956, a popular marimba band that has traveled to several countries performing Mexican and Latin-American folk music. A soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and the Community of Madrid Orchestra.
Nandayapa died on 28 December 2010 caused by a fatal slip, aged 79, in Tlalnepantla.
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2006
Zeferino Nandayapa Ralda digitised by Open Library.
2010
Zeferino Nandayapa died at Tlalnepantla de Baz Municipality.
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Copainalá Municipality.
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- 1.Falleció don Zeferino Nandayapa.
- 2.Javier Molina. Aprendan a leer música, aconseja don Zeferino a quienes se inician en ese arte.
- 3."Nuestra historia" en http://www.nandayapa.com/
- 4.El sonido de la marimba.
- 5.[http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/12/29/index.php?section=espectaculos&article=a07n1esp Nota de la Redacción "Zeferino Nandayapa, virtuoso de la marimba: Premio Nacional de las Artes 1996, fue pilar de una dinastía de músicos: Estudié la carrera de piano, pero como yo no tenía uno, preparaba mis lecciones en el instrumento que empecé a tocar a los tres años, comentó el chiapaneco a este diario en 2005", periódico La Jornada, miércoles 29 de diciembre de 2010, p. 7.]
- 6.La Jornada: Murió Zeferino Nandayapa, virtuoso de la marimba.
- 7."Fallece en Edomex el virtuoso de la marimba Zeferino Nandayapa, nota de Notimex publicada en La Jornada a las 19:50 h. del martes 28 de diciembre de 2010
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