Draft:Newen Tahiel(Carlos Maza)

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

Biography
Carlos Maza (Newen Tahiel), of Mapuche origin ('people of the earth'), was born in Lautaro, 600 kilometres south of Santiago de Chile. His father, a supporter of President Allende, was 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 took him to Guanabacoa, a suburb of Havana, where he attended free music classes at the conservatory to study piano. He began composing at the age of 11 and performed in front of very young audiences, interpreting 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 the 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 or Villa-Lobos, Carlos Maza, committed to his roots, added to his name the Mapuche surname of 'Newen Tahiel'.

Transcending genres, Carlos Maza (Newen Tahiel) fuses jazz, classical music and various Latin American popular musics, such as Argentine tango, Cuban son, Mexican huapango, Peruvian huayno or Brazilian samba. He has made notable tributes to Tupac Katari and Victor Jara.

His compositions are performed in various forms, whether solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, jazz big band or even by chamber orchestra. Carlos Maza (Newen Tahiel) plays the piano, guitar (6, 10 and 17 strings) and the traditional pifilca flute.

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

Albums
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 * Donde Estoy, solo, label Musiquémo, 1993
 * Zapato Kiko, Carlos Maza grupo, label Emi, 1994
 * Nostalgia, solo, label Emi, 1995
 * Tierra Fertil, trio, label Emarcy, 2000
 * Fidelidad, label Emarcy, 2002
 * Salvedad, label Indigo, 2003
 * Chocala, label Harmonia Mundi, 2004
 * Musica de Esperanza, Carlos Maza y orquesta de camara de La Habana, label Lautaro, 2010
 * Trotamundo, solo, label Lautaro, 2010
 * En Familia, trio, label Lautaro, 2010
 * Quererte, 2010, label Lautaro, 2010
 * Le repos des saltimbanques, solo, La Buissonne, 2012
 * Pueblo del Sol, Carlos Maza & familia, quintet, Lautaro, 2012
 * ¿ Y Si volvemos a empezar ?, Newen Tahiel, familia sexteto, Lautaro, 2015
 * Préludes Mapuches, Carlos Maza & Newen Tahiel, label Laborie, 2016
 * Todo es relativo, Carlos Maza - Newen Tahiel, familia septeto, Lautaro, 2017
 * Maza & Nino Dúo, Carlos Maza – Newen Tahiel & Nino de Luca, 2018
 * Quartet Català, Newen Tahiel & Cuarteto Catalán, 2018
 * Preludios Mapuches, Newen Tahiel & 24 Preludios Mapuches, 2019
 * Canto por Chile, Carlos Maza – Newen Tahiel, 2020
 * Todo Pasa, Camila Maza & Newen Tahiel, 2021
 * Tren de Cercanías, Carlos Maza – Newen Tahiel, 2022
 * Proyecto Gandhi, Carlos Maza – Newen Tahiel, 2023
 * El Mundo al revés, Carlos Maza – Newen Tahiel, 2023

Movies

 * Jazz en Porquerolles, director Frank Cassenti, 2013
 * Carlos Maza, La energía del hombre libre, documentary by Frank Cassenti, Production Oléofilms, 2014 (53 min)