Career
His eclectic work as a percussionist ranges from his Solo Percussion Project to collaborations with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Danilo Perez, Julian Lage, Bill Cosby, Bob Moses, Medeski, Martin and Wood and Zakir Hussain. As a scholar, Mantilla is associated with institutions such as Stanford University through the Stanford Jazz Workshop, Berklee College of Music through the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) and Harvard University, and continuously gives workshops and lectures and runs rhythm/percussion oriented programs worldwide, through PERCUACTION"s Global Rhythm Institute (Global Reporting Initiative). Colombian percussionist Tupac Mantilla has been regarded as one of the most versatile and creative upcoming artists of his generation.
His work as a performer, educator, producer and clinician and has been highly recognized worldwide and includes appearances in major festivals, institutions and venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Harvard University, Stanford University, The New England Conservatory, Kennedy Center, Berklee College of Music, London"s Barbican, Tanglewood, The Montreal, North Sea, Perugia, Montreux, Gent, Nice, Newport Jazz Festivals among many others
As well as several percussion-oriented workshops and lectures for prestigious multi-national companies and organizations around the world. He is the artistic director of Colombia"s experimental Percussion Group TEKEYÉ and devotes much of his time to work on his solo percussion project
