TAM TAM BATUCADA is an accoustic band of percussionists and therefore doesn´t need any sound system. 1993-2004 he was a Duncan Prague Centre professor. He held a solo performance in Egypt´s Cairo in El-Harawi house (1999). He performed at festivals in many European countries – France, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, he visited Korea, Lebanon, Tunisia, China. He cooperates with many personalities - Michal Pavlíček, Michael Kocáb, Jana Koubková, Jura Pavlica, Ida Kelarová, Petr Hapka, Milan Svoboda etc. He is being regularly invited on tours with Druhá Tráva, Boom Band, -123minutXL. He founded and played in Šum svistu, played in Laura a její tygři, Pražský výběr, Kontraband, Afro-Latin Band. He is an essential member of Slet bubeníků („Gathering Of Drummers“). He published 11 CDs, he leads and plays with Sluneční orchestr („Sun Orchestra“). In April 2004 he founded the first samba school in Czech republic: Tam Tam Batucada Samba Praga. He is the bandmaster of both Tam Tam Orchestra and Tam Tam Batucada.
He performes profesionally since the age of 18. He also plays his specially configured drum kit he combines with different kinds of ethnic drums, bells, cans and percussions, accompanied by his voice. He learns rhythms and play techniques in Rio de Janeiro and goes to samba schools there. Since 2008, he regularly makes study trips to Brazil. He specializes on instruments of Cuba, Brazil, West Africa, he studied with masters from Cuba, Brazil, Africa and USA. His instrument collection consists of more than 200 pieces. Percussionist playing instruments from all over the world, graphic artist, composer, studio player. In August 2013, we performed at the opening ceremony of the UEFA SuperCup in Prague, broadcasted worldwide.
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We perform at both domestic and foreign festivals, we opened Sazka Arena, the biggest stadium in the Czech, we´re cheering runners at international marathons (Prague/CZ and Dresden/DE annualy, and we were in Košice/SK this year too), you can meet us at charity projects, you saw us in live TV coverages of Czech film awards, Miss of the Czech Republic, at grand openings of many malls and TV Barrandov, we played in Egypt, Greece, Monaco and last but not least on EXPO 2010 in China. We´ve been surfing Czech and European drum wave since 1999 under the leadership of Miloš Vacík´s Brazilian whistle, apito.
We play samba reggae, samba batucada, maracatú, timbalada, rumba, afrosamba and many more rhythms.
Our orchestra consists of drummers and percussionists only, AND it can´t be easily misheard or overlooked.ĭuring both Summer and Winter, we bring energy coming from sunny Brazil and also South America, Cuba and Africa. We play carnival samba from Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.
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