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Lopez, Ramon

Lopez, Ramon, drums, tabla, percussions; b. Alicante, Spain, 6 August 1961.

Self-taught on drums from about age 15. Tabla, disciple de Krishna Govinda K.C. (Lucknow  Gharana, Inde) 1985-1996. Disciple de Subhankar Banerjee (Farukhabad Gharana, Inde) from 1997. He left Espagne in 1985 and moved to Paris (France) in January 1985. Since his arrival in France he has played with Achiary (F), Majid Bekkas (MAR), Anthony Coleman (USA), Denis Colin (F), Cotinaud (F), Laurent Dehors (F), Sophia Domancich (F), Chano Dominguez (E), Agusti Fernandez (E), Glenn Ferris (USA), Paolo Fresu (I), Charles Gayle (USA), Howard Johnson (USA), Hans Koch (CH), Daunik Lazro (F), Orchestre National De Jazz De Didier Levallet (ONJ 1997-2000), Jeanne Lee (USA), Carmen Linares (E), Thierry Madiot (F), Roscoe Mitchell (USAa), Jean-Marc Padovani (F), Ivo Perelman (BRA), Enrico Rava (I), Ernst Reijseger (H), Paul Rogers (GB), John Surman (GB), Lousadzak De Claude Tchatmichian (F), Mal Waldron (USA), Christine Wodrascka (F), etc.

He's played all around with his projects as a leader or free lance jazz-drummer. He's played festivals in Almeria (Espagne), Amiens, Baden (Suisse), Banlieues Bleues, Bath (Angleterre), Berlin (Allemagne), Birstonas (Lithuanie), Bogota (Colombie), Buenos Aires (Argentine), Calgary (Canada), Casablanca (Maroc), Cluny, Coutances, Cully (Suisse), Djakarta (Indon), Espoo (Finlande), Gaume (Belgique), Getxo (Espagne), Grenoble, Istanbul (Turquie), Karmiel (Israel), Kaunas (Lithuanie), Kiev (Ukraine), La Havane (Cuba), Le Mans, Leverkusen (Allemagne), Lubjliana (Slovenie), Madrid (Espagne), Montreal (Canada), Mulhouse, Nevers, Perpignan, Quebec (Canada), Rabat (Maroc), Radio-France, Riga (Lettonie), Thessalonique (Greece), Saskatoon (Canada), Sermac (Martinique), Sevilla (Espagne), Split (Croatie), Toronto (Canada), Vancouver (Canada), Varna (Bulgarie), Vienne, Vienne (Autriche), Vilshofen (Allemagne), Zagreb (Croatie), Zaragoza (Espagne), etc.

He teaches Indian Music/Modale Improvisation at Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) with Patrick MOUTAL in jazz department.

Recordings:
Opera (1993); Eleven Drums Songs (1998); Songs Of The Spanish Civil War (2000); Aux Portes De Matin (with Christine Wodrascka, 2001); Duets 2 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (2002)
As sideperson:
Francois Cotinaud Quartet: Pyramides (1992); Claude Tcamitchian Septet: Lousadzak (1994); Jean-Marie Machado: Chants De La Memoire (1997); Denis Colin Trio: Fluide (1998); Jean-Marc Padovani: Jazz Angkor (1998); O.N.J. Dir. Didier Levallet: ONJ Express (1998), Sequences (1999), Deep Feelings (2000)

Contact information:
website: www.ramonlopez.net
e-mail: ramon@ramonlopez.net
phone: 00 33 603 054 278

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