Francisco Zumaqué

Francisco Zumaqué (born July 18, 1945 in Cereté near Montería , Colombia ) is a Colombian musician. His father, Francisco Zumaqué Sr. was a musician and led a band. As a result, the young Francisco came into contact with music very early on.

After a very good university degree at the Universidad Nacional in Bogotá , he received a scholarship to study at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau , France as a postgraduate under Nadia Boulanger . Nadia Boulanger's guiding principle had already been successful with artists such as Astor Piazzolla : to acknowledge one's own musical tradition without neglecting the means of contemporary music. This also became Zumaqué's leitmotif, both in serious and popular music. Zumaqué also used this dual approach to test young, innovative elements and adapt them for serious works, as well as to create popular Latino music for the heart and mind.

His musical career includes highlights such as the world premiere of his Oratorio de la paz (Oratorio for Peace) in 1985 at the meeting of the Organization of American States in Cartagena , Colombia, his opera Simón , which premiered in 1983 , in honor of the liberator of the northern region of South America Simon Bolivar , or his setting of the film adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's novella " La mala hora ".

Zumaqué felt at home in various genres. In France from 1971 to 1977 he worked with Pierre Schaeffer and Guy Reibel in the field of electroacoustic music. From 1979 to 1981 he was the composer and arranger of the Fania All-Stars Orchestra in the United States. As eclectic as his work can appear, he has always strived to make the rich diversity of the Latin American musical tradition a piece of world culture.

From 1986 to 1990 Francisco Zumaqué worked as a cultural attaché for the Colombian embassy in the then federal capital of Bonn.

Discography

• 1974 El canto Libre , LP, Los Machucambos. Daro

• 1977 Misa Sacerdotalis , LP, Caja Vocacional

• 1978 Francisco Zumaqué , LP, Francisco Zumaqué. Daro

• 1981 El canto Libre , LP, Los Machucambos. Discomoda

• 1981 Páginas de mujer , Eddie Palmieri, CD, Música Latina Intl.

• 1982 La Búsqueda , Dir .: Francisco Zumaqué, RCA Records

• 1983 Homenaje a José Barros , LP, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá. Discos Orbe

• 1984 Mi canción de Juventud , Francisco Zumaqué, LP, Coldeportes

• 1984 Macumbia , LP, Grupo Macumbia, Dinr: Francisco Zumaqué. Fonosema Discos

• 1985 Colombia Caribe , LP, FESTIVAL MUSICA DEL CARIBE, Cartagena

• 1985 Homenaje a Lucho Bermúdez , LP, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá. Discos Orbe

• 1986 Zumaqué Caribe , LP, Francisco Zumaqué. Discos Fuentes

• 1989 Francisco Zumaqué , LP, Grupos de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá. Daro

• 1988 Dúo Contemporáneo de Holanda , LP, Henrry Bok y Ever Lemair, Fondo Cultural Cafetero

• 1989 Música de cámara para vientos y percusión , LP, Philips

• 1990 Dale Colombia Dale , LP, E. Zumaqué. FM discos

• 1991 Baila Caribe Baila , CD, Francisco Zumaqué. Tropical music

• 1991 Afromanía Caribe , CD

• 1992 Zumaqué Caribe , CD, Francisco Zumaqué. Discos Fuentes

• 1993 Génesis, Clásicos Colombianos S XX , vol. III, CD, Orquesta Sinfònica de Colombia, Colcultura

• 1993 Voces Caribes , CD, Francisco Zumaqué y Super Macumbia. Tropical music

• 1994 Rituales , CD, Francisco Zumaqué. Tropical music

• 1995 Son de mi Gente , CD, Francisco Zumaqué, Orquidea Records International

• 1996 Sinú, Duo contemporáneo de Holanda , vol. 2, CD, Convenio Andrés Bello

• 1997 "Cumbialma", CD, Francisco Zumaqué

• 1998 Onomá, Eleguá Conciertos Colombianos vol. 1, CD, Ministerio de Cultura

• 1998 Cumbialma , CD, Francisco Zumaqué. Solidarte

• 1998 Cumbialma , CD, Francisco Zumaqué. Tropical music

• 1998 Juana Inés, Coro Infantil y Juvenil de Colombia, CD Ministerio de Cultura

• 1998 Fantasía Caribe , CD, Francisco Zumaqué y la Banda Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia. Ministerio de Cultura

• 2000 Fascinación Caribe , CD, Orquesta Fascinación Caribe. Zumaqué Music

• 2001 Fascinación Caribe , CD, Orquesta Fascinación Caribe. Fonocaribe