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Paula Fuga

Mathieu Aupitre “Mateo”

Toulouse, France

Biography

Mathieu Aupitre, also known as “Mateo”, is a french saxophonist, vocalist and arranger living in Barcelona. At the same time as his studies of Jazz and musicology in Toulouse, Mateo debuted on the professional music scene with North and West African music, Afrobeat, Jazz-funk and Afro-Cuban Jazz in different stages, particularly at Marciac Jazz Festival and Tempo Latino Festival.
Since his venue in Barcelona in 2008, Mateo collaborated with artists such as Anga el Indio de la Reve, Lazara Cachao, Robin Reyes, Laura Flores and Orbe Ortiz (Cuba), Bino Barros (Cape Verde), Hugo Soares (Angola), Tal Ben Ari (Israel), Tchika (Mozambique), James Kakande (United Kindom), and Clarence Bekker, one of the main voices of the Playing for Change Band.

Besides his concerts and studio recordings in Barcelona, he performed in Colombia, Cape Verde, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Croatia, Comoros Islands, and in New York where he first met Mark Johnson. Mateo is currently working on his first album as composer and bandleader.

How we met:

“I first used to perform with my actual friends “Tula” Tal Ben Ari, Francois Viguié and Pierre Minetti, members of Playing For Change before my venue in Barcelona in 2008, and then in 2009 I have been introduced to Mark Johnson in New York, which invited me to join PFC through the video “A better place”. It has been a very nice experience; the result is really motivating and it was so natural to work with Mark.”

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May 15, 2020

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Apr 10, 2020

When The Music Comes Around | PFC Band Live at Showlivre

Mar 20, 2020

Rasta Children | PFC Band Live

Feb 18, 2020

Cora | PFC Band live in Goiânia, Brazil

Jan 17, 2020

Jingle Bells | PFC Band

Dec 24, 2019

Blind Man | PFC Band live in Goiânia, Brazil

Nov 19, 2019

Honky Tonk Women | PFC Band Live in Salvador, Brazil

Jun 07, 2019

Run | PFC Band live in Goiánia

Mar 22, 2019

Fannie Mae | PFC Band live in Salvador

Feb 22, 2019

Johnny B. Goode | PFC Band live in Goiânia

Feliz Navidad | PFC Band Live Outside in Brazil

Dec 24, 2018

I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free | Live Outside

Nov 13, 2018

Preview | Bibamba | PFC Band live in New York

Sep 26, 2018

Bibamba | PFC Band live in New York

Sep 25, 2018

Black Water | The Doobie Brothers w/PFC Band Live in Los Angeles

May 11, 2018

Willin’ | Little Feat w/the PFC Band

Mar 20, 2018

Dixie Chicken | Little Feat w/the PFC Band Live in Los Angeles

Mar 09, 2018

A Change Is Gonna Come | PFC Band Live at the Mayan Theater

Feb 27, 2018

Ellis Hall & the PFC Band Live in Byron Bay

Oct 28, 2017

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Oct 23, 2017

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May 12, 2017

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Jan 25, 2017

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