I enjoy helping people to experience a deeper sense of life through one of the core laws in the universe: RHYTHM!
Whether it is by guiding participants to discover the fascinating world of Drums and Percussion, or by inviting them to come back to their bodies, through my Body Percussion holistic methodology, my courses allow participants to enter states of Flow while learning in fun and exciting ways and being part of an incredible community of soulful people.
I look forward to welcoming and getting to know you, to guide you into deep rhythmic journeys! :)
For more information about myself or my courses you can visit:
https://www.tupacmantilla.com/drumit
https://www.tupacmantilla.com/ritmo
https://www.tupacmantilla.com/tupacmantilla
About Túpac
TÚPAC MANTILLA GÓMEZ
Performer / Educator / Rhythm Coach / Speaker
Founder of R.I.T.M.O. & CEO of PERCUACTION
Túpac Mantilla holds degrees in classical, world and Indian percussion studies from Javeriana University (Bogotá, Colombia), the New England Conservatory (Boston, U.S.A.) and Harvard University (Cambridge, U.S.A.). His performance activity includes regular appearances at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center, as well as festivals such as Montreux, Newport and North Sea Jazz, and collaborations with artists like Bobby McFerrin, Esperanza Spalding, Zakir Hussain, and Julian Lage, with whom he was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for best contemporary Jazz Album.
He regularly teaches and gives lectures and residencies at educational institutions such as Stanford University, New York University, Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory. In 2012 he founded PERCUACTION (www.percuaction.com), an organization that develops and runs rhythm oriented artistic and social programs around the world, through an innovative rhythm curriculum, which in 2020 surpassed a teaching coverage in Colombia of 200.000 children. He is the founder of the Youth Education Program at the Panama Jazz Festival and the director of the World Rhythm Program at the Stanford Jazz Workshop since 2016. In 2020 he joined the Faculty at the Summer Educators Program at Carnegie Hall in New York City, recognition that goes along with nominations as a 'Rising Percussion Star' by Downbeat Magazine in recent years.
In 2023, Túpac had the honor to be invited by the legendary Tabla Master Ustad Zakir Hussain to join his world-renowned Masters of Percussion project, wich toured extensively in Canada and the United States.
