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Cyro Baptista received the United States Artists Fellows 2009 in Music's category, in recognition of his outstanding creative and original contributions to nation's vast cultural, ethnic, and geographic diversity.
General public is rarely able to attend to a vibrant, surprising and original show such as Beat The Donkey, a Brazilian Project rooted in New York. A truly impressive musical and scenic experience.
Cyro Baptista lives in the USA since 1980 and ever since became famous for his genius and creativity. Excellent percussionist Cyro Baptista gathered around him New Yorker avant-garde underground musicians such as the amazing sax player John Zorn with whom he kept on working throughout the years.
With six edited albums, two of which as Beat The Donkey, Cyro Baptista increased his fame by working with other famous artists such as David Byrne, Paul Simon, Brian Eno, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Laurie Anderson, Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo-Ma, Santana, Sting, Milton Nascimento, Caetano Veloso, Ivan Lins, Marisa Monte and Nana Vasconcelos. Not many percussionists worldwide are this popular nor enjoy such a successful career.
With Beat The Donkey, translation of the Brazilian expression «Pau na Mula», Cyro Baptista creates an exuberant multicultural, theatrical and dancing show. Sounds of Brazil, Middle East, Indonesia, Africa and the US are performed by an absolutely fascinating group of musicians creating an organized chaos on stage. Have you ever listened to samba-rock accompanied by martial arts and tap-dancing performances? You haven’t? Well, then welcome to the wonderful and extravagant world of Cyro Baptista!
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«(...) Finding the tonality in percussion instruments and creating polyphonic harmonies with bike horns, garbage can lids, glass jugs, and pretty much anything else that Cyro Baptista can think to beat on, Beat The Donkey is both visually arresting and sonically exquisite. With a polythonic approach to songs and sounds, Cyro Baptista is, at once, like nothing else in the world and like the whole world together. » Grass Roots
«Cyro follows an eclectic muse that helps him balance compositional sophistication with bedrock propulsion.» New Yorker Magazine
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