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Omar Tamez

He studied music with master in composition.

He studied with the composer and teacher Nicandro Tamez.

Skillful courses of composition and/or conferences with André Richard, Daniel Catán, Mario Lavista, Manuel de El�-as, Helmut Lachmann, Pierre Boulez and Karl - Heinz Stockhausen.

It attended the NIMES and Résonances in the IRCAM in Paris France.

For more than fiftheen years it has been leading the group Non �" Jazz.

It has made concerts in Mexico, United States, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Turkey, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Japan among many other countries all over the world.

Founder, producer and artistic director of the “International Musicians Meeting” and prepares for the year 2011 the ninth edition.

Recently it made the production and edition of a compact disc dedicated to the classical Mexican music in the “University of Buffalo” in the state of New York; publish by Albany Records and it�'s call "Voces Internas".

He plays and / or recording with musicians like Ramón López, Gebhard Ullmann, Reggie Workman, Rashied Al�-, Sonny Fortune, Andrew Cyrille, André Jaume, Bruce Arnold, Tom Hamilton, Harri Sjöstrom, Kalle Kalima, Jonathan Golove, Lisa Sokolov, Felix Petry, Gabriele Hasler, Beñat Achiary, Agust�- Fernández, Michael Vlatkovich, Marcos Miranda, Nico Morelli, Hernán R�-os, Mikko-Ville Luolajan-Mikkola, John Bacon, Greg Piontek, Ratzo B. Harris, Steve Baczkowski, Neil Swainson, Ronnie Burrage, André Minvielle, Ursel Schlicht, Emilio Tamez, Jorge “Luri” Molina, Gustavo Lorenzatti, Anibal Maidana, Facundo Guevara, Marco Colonna, Bruno Angelini, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Gerald Cleaver, Alex Coke, George Schuller, Steve Swell, Joe Fonda, Michael Jeffry Stevens, Almut Kuhene, Arjen Görter, Tina Marsh, Masumi Jones, Tatsuya Nakatani, and Rémi Charmasson among many many others.

In theater he work with the German company “Theater Des Lachens” directed by Astrid Griesbach he composed the music for “Maria Stuart” by Friedrich Schïller.

With the mexican actor, director and writer David Hevia he compose the music for “Por el Gusto de Morir” with poems by Malcolm Lowry.

With the theater company “Sombrero Azúl”, compose music for “En la meta” with text by Thomas Bernhard and now music for the classic “Medea”.

He works with poets and performers like the Mexican Teresita Soto and Mr. Indran Amirthanagayam from US.

He worked with the Serbian photographer Dejan Patic among many others.

In dance with the Mexican dancer, corporal theater, performer and choreographer Shanti Oyarzabal.

www.nonjazz.com

www.myspace.com/nonjazz

www.reverbnation.com/nonjazz

Gear

Gibson SG 62 Model Gretsch Anniversary ´59 Gretsch Nashville Chet Atkins ´62 Ibanez Art Star 80


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The Angelica Sanchez Nonet: Nighttime Creatures

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Pubblicato dalla Pyroclastic Records, Nighttime Creatures è il magistrale debutto del nonet della pianista Angelica Sanchez, organico che riunisce alcuni protagonisti della scene musicali di New York, Los Angeles e San Francisco: i sassofonisti Chris Speed e Michael Attias, il clarinettista Ben Goldberg, il cornettista Kenny Warren, il trombettista Thomas Heberer, il chitarrista Omar Tamez, il contrabbassista John Hébert e il batterista Sam Ospovat. Trasferitasi nel 1994 a New York da Phoenix (Arizona), Angelica è parte dell'Exploding ...

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Meet Omar Tamez:He studied music with master in composition. He studied with the composer and teacher Nicandro Tamez. Skillful courses of composition and/or conferences with André Richard, Daniel Catán, Mario Lavista, Manuel de Elí¬as, Helmut Lachmann, Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Has made concerts in Mexico, United States, Italy, Instrument(s):Guitars, flutes, kora, kalimbas, and many other small ethnic instruments.Teachers and/or influences? Nicandro Tamez André Richard Daniel Catán, Mario Lavista, Manuel de Elí¬as, ...

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Nighttime Creatures

Pyroclastic Records
2023

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Non - Jazz Records
2005

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