FACTS

* 4 album releases in Romania (De corazon - 2003, Soarele meu My Sun" - 2005, Gozalo! - 2006, Donde - 2008)

* WINNER of Best Live Award at Romanian Music Awards 2009

* The only latino band based in Romania with success national and internationally

* Creators of the unique sound of BALKAN SALSA making them very original and one of a kind.

* MANDINGA is the only Latino based band that performs in 3 different languages- English, Spanish and Romanian.

"LA ORQUESTRA DE SALSA"

* The band consists of 6 Romanian and 4 Cuban artists.

* The composure of the band Mandinga is made up of 8 musicians and 2 lead vocalists.

Elena (RO) - lead singer
Alejandro (CUBA) - lead singer
Alex (RO) - trumpet, flute, vocals
Ciupi (RO) - drums
Bazooka (RO) - timbales
Florin (RO) - bass
Zach (RO) - saxophone
El Nino(CUBA) - congas
Tony (CUBA) - trombone
Omar Secada (CUBA) - piano

INTERNATIONAL

* Idolized as an one of Romanians accomplished music project and appreciated as an international act, MANDINGA had the honor and chance to share the same stage along side many remarkable artists such as:

Buena Vista Social Club
Mercadonegro
Manolito Simonet y Su Trabucco
Arturo Sandoval
Bamboleo
Rafaga
Havana Lounge
Billy Cobham
Luis Conte

They also released the single Goochi as a collaboration with Luis Vasquez (USA) the Ambassador of MANDINGAs music worldwide and the pioneer of LA salsa style. The single has major success on radio stations in Spain, Switzerland, Peru, Chile, LA, Bulgaria and Romania.

LATEST RELEASE : DONDE

MANDINGAs last album Donde reflects and demostrates the unique sound of balkan salsa.

The mixture of traditional salsa with Balkan music gives birth to a new sound that only Mandinga posses.

The album received acclaimed reviews as a good example of what worlds music is.

Balkan salsa = salsa with balkan folklore influences mixed and enriched with rhythms of Cha cha, latin jazz, bolero, latin hip-hop and so on. it is a kind of Goran Bregovich's style but with salsa twist

ACHIEVEMENTS

* MANDINGA has approximately 300 concerts per year along with regular tv show appearances, events, and press conferences.

* For several months, the band was a permanent guest for the TV Show Danutz SRL one of the highest rating and most popular program in Romania.

* MANDINGA has its own international salsa festival SALSAFEST (www.salsafest.ro ), its own dance brand SALSAPHORIA and an online radio with latino music RA DIO SOL (www.radiosol.ro)

* The band has performed as guest artists in Bulgaria, Germany, Poland and Cuba.

* They achieved a Gold Record for the album Soarele meu (My Sun)

* For the past 6 years MANDINGA has consistently won and held the title of Best Latino at voted award shows.

* 2009 acknowledged as winners of Best live Band at the Romanian Music Awards

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