Artist Detailed Info: Sonaranda

Sonaranda is the Son that keeps on plowing; that works and walks towards new horizons. It is a bridge between old and new musical proposals, the intermingling of styles, genres and sonorities in the voice of the present-day blood, a contemporary view of the Mexican Son .

It is a trip through the sound landscapes of Mexico: working with the traditional sounds –imbuing itself with them– and fusing them with other languages from universal music, both academic and popular, or from other ethnic groups around the world. It is balance between tradition and new musical currents: it is plowing and marching. Sonaranda pulsates with that which is sublime and subtle in the human spirit; it is –in its material essence– born from the heart of the peoples, fashioned with the heart and aimed at the heart of those who listen to it.

Its main purpose is to meet anew with Mexican culture in a different way, echoing the country's own nature – a crossroad of all paths– and to invite the listener to reflect upon what Mexico is and to become acquainted with its music's immense scope of possibilities. In this sense, being Son , it is seething with the vitality and energy of all traditions.

All the musicians who are part of Sonaranda graduated as concert-players at the Escuela Nacional de Música de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and have a professional career in different areas. We have offered concerts throughout all of Mexico and at several international forums.



Anastasia was born at Mexico City; she is a guitar player, composer and makes arrangements. The two main influences in her formation were Julio César Oliva and Marco Antonio Anguiano. She has devoted herself to composition and arrangement based upon the traditional and popular genres from Mexico: this activity has led her to travel through the country and learn from the great musicians that make up the voice of the peoples. She is the creator and director of Sonaranda .

Enrique boasts of Costa Chica ancestry. he graduated as ethnomusicologist and is a jazz bass player; he has directed various research projects, coordinated books about mexican music, and formed part of several groups such as Zazhil , La Milpa and Jazzfalto . At present he is coordinator at the Centro Nacional de Investigación y Documentación Musical Carlos Chávez and is reading for an M.A in musicology.

Ricardo, from Chiapas state, graduated as an harp concert player and ethnomusicologist, has been playing the psaltery and jaranas for a long time, and has worked with groups such as Yolocuícatl, Kasuo Kai and Tierra Caliente . He is a composer, makes arrangements and plays the Japanese koto .

Tonathiu graduated as violin player under the direction of Cruz Rojas Carranco, Fernando Cortés y Saúl Álvarez Luz. He has worked in several orchestras such as the Sinfónica Carlos Chávez, the Orquesta de Cámara de la Secretaría de Marina Armada de México and the Filarmónica de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
David hails from Hidalgo state. He is a percussion player, composer, makes arrangements, and plays the marimba and vibraphone. He also plays, besides the orchestral instruments, other traditional ones such as the Arab d´rbouka , The Indian tabla and the African djembé . Ha has been part of groups such as the Javier Nandayapa trío and Saa Nabani . At present he is the director of the Latin jazz group Mestijazz and the Ensamble de Percusiones de la Universidad Iberoamericana. He also displays his skill playing chamber and orchestral music.

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