Draft:Newen Tahiel(Carlos Maza)

The plastic artist Norton Maza is his brother (born in 1971), and the cellist and singer Ana Carla Maza is his daughter.

Carlos Maza (Newen Tahiel), born in 1974 in Lautaro (Chile), is a Chilean composer and multi-instrumentalist.

Carlos Maza (Newen Tahiel), of Mapuche origin ('people of the land'), was born in Lautaro, 600 kilometers south of Santiago de Chile.

His father, a supporter of President Allende, is then imprisoned for two years.

In 1975, his family fled the Pinochet regime and went into exile in France for a few years before settling in Cuba in 1980.

In the same year, his mother takes him to Guanabacoa, a suburb of Havana, where he follows free music classes at the conservatory to study piano.

He began composing at the age of 11 and performed in public at a very young age, performing his own music, especially in 1990 and 1991 at the Havana International Jazz Festival.

His first album, recorded when he was 17, was released in 1993.

Some of the older musicians he admires include Brazilian Hermeto Pascoal and Egberto Gismonti.

In the 2000s, he settled in Tarragona and played regularly in France.

On the occasion of the creation of his 24 Mapuche Preludes for solo piano, inspired by the preludes of Bach, Chopin, Debussy and Villa-Lobos, Carlos Maza, committed to his roots, adds the Mapuche surname of 'Newen Tahiel' to his name.

Transcending genres, Carlos Maza (Newen Tahiel) fuses jazz, classical music and various Latin American popular music, such as Argentine tango, Son cubano, Mexican huapango, Peruvian huayno or Brazilian samba.

He has made notable tributes to Tupac Katari and Víctor Jara.

His compositions are performed in various ways, whether solo, in duet, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, jazz big band, or even by a chamber orchestra.

Carlos Maza (Newen Tahiel) plays the piano, guitar (6, 10, and 17 strings), and the traditional pifilca flute.