From the Canary Islands

MAMBISA

Roots, strength and connection

Three generations of artists bring together Canarian folk traditions, Afro-Cuban percussion and flamenco in a show full of energy and sensitivity.

The full Mambisa ensemble in concert, with vocals, percussion and dance.
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Mambisa is a tribute and a celebration. Voices, drums and dance connect cultures and bring memory into conversation with the present.

Three generations. Many roots. One shared pulse.

Mambisa brings together artists from different generations, most of them women. Their music grows out of encounters: between experiences, between cultures and between ways of understanding and passing on tradition.

Canarian folk music is at the heart of the project. From these roots, Mambisa opens a dialogue with Afro-Cuban music and flamenco, through a shared process of research, exchange and creation.

Drums from La Gomera and El Hierro, batá, tumbadoras, chácaras, guataca, cajón and heelwork come together with voices and movement. The result is a show that weaves together memory and the future, strength and sensitivity.

Mambisa members with drums in a Canary Islands landscape.
MAMBISA · From the Canary Islands

The people behind Mambisa

Sissi del CastilloDirection & percussion

A percussionist with more than twenty years of experience. Her training and career span Canarian, Cuban, Brazilian, flamenco and African music, with traditional folk music as her starting point.

Luisa MachadoVocals

A singer and songwriter involved in music since childhood. She was a member of Taburiente for fourteen years and has built an extensive recording career alongside Alberto Méndez.

Yuliet AbreuVocals & percussion

A Cuban singer and percussionist from the musical family Los Papines. A Título de Oro graduate of Cuba’s Instituto Superior de Arte, she combines an international career with teaching and recording.

Alberto Méndez «Naranja»Bass & sound

A musician, composer, producer and sound engineer. His career encompasses numerous Canarian music projects and recordings, with a distinctive voice in both bass playing and sound production.

Tairé MonzónPercussion

She grew up in a family of percussionists connected to the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival. Her beginnings with Los Rumberos led to collaborations with orchestras and Latin music groups.

Bea BarrosoDrums

She began playing drums in children’s carnival groups at the age of nine and studied viola for six years. Her musical path brings together percussion, classical training and Canarian folk music.

Yanira HernándezPercussion

She trained in La Orotava and at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife. She has performed with various ensembles on the island and combines her classical music background with traditional percussion from different cultures.

Marisela AcostaPercussion

She began her training in piano and guitar before specialising in percussion. Her experience spans Canarian, Afro-Cuban, flamenco and Latin traditions, as well as body percussion.

Rubi AlemánPercussion & vocals

Her career brings together roots music, vocals and percussion. She has been part of projects including Saltapayá, Tráfico and Improvisão, and has explored Canarian traditions in depth with Percuteros and Taller Canario de Canción.

Estela del MoralFlamenco dance

She trained in Spanish dance and choreography in Valladolid and Madrid. Her stage career includes the Hermanas Bernal ballet and the Ópera del Rin.

Irene FariñaPiano

She trained in piano, French horn and composition. She completed her higher studies in Composition in the Canary Islands and a master’s degree in Composition with New Technologies at the Universidad de La Rioja.

Teresa PadillaSilbo whistled language

Originally from Agulo, La Gomera, she began learning the whistled language at the age of six with master Lino Rodríguez. She brings her island’s distinctive sound tradition to the stage.

Mambisa percussionists singing and playing drums.

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Listen to Mambisa

Our album brings together the voices, rhythms and roots that give life to the project.

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