Born in Argentina but mainly based in Spain, Mingo is forging a personal path for himself in music, fusing the ideas of many cultures and focusing always on the beauty of the basic SOUND. The official story says that at the age of 8 Mingo’s parents discovered that he liked drumming when he turned glasses and plates into a drum set with an amateur’s grip on knives and forks, thereby ruining the tableware…

Mingo’s passion for drumming led him to seek the highest levels of musical education at world-renowned institutions like Lunds Universitet (Musikhogskolan I Malmo-Sweden), Berklee College of Music Drums Award (EMC-BA), Faculty of Bellas Artes (UNLP), Taller de Musics(UPC-Spain), Gilardo-Gilardi Conservatory (Arg.),Alois Haba Escola(Barcelona),Unesco Aschberg Percussion mention (ISA-Cuba),CADIE (Consejo Arg.de Intercambio estudiantil) Mass University(Amherst-US),NEC scholarship selected (US).

 

 

Mingo has also studied with great drum masters like the legend Ed Thigpen,Lars”the baggarn”Andersson,Thorvald Lidner, Soryba Tourah&Max Soumah(African music), Pepi Taveira, Aldo Caviglia, Pepe Colzani,U.T Gandhi ,Mario Gusso,Tolvan Big Band ensamble master Helge Albin, master composers Ken Pullig & Greg Badolato,Luca Francesconi,Benny Staern,Mariano Etkin,Sergio Balderrabano,Pepe Angelillo,Mario Carpinetti,Daniel Johansen,Pollo Raffo,Lapo Gessaghi,Ernesto Jodos,Martin Lliut,etc.

Mingo has collaborated around the world with many great artists like Saluzzi-Malischnig Project(Austria Tour),Federico Lechner&Pablo Aslan(Café Central de Madrid sessions), Dave Liebman, Stefan Grossman&Dallas-Ponce Gospel Choir(Tour Arg.), Michaela Rabitsch&Rob Pawlik Connection(Austria-Czech Rep.Tour), Walter Rios(Seleccion Nacional del Tango), Gustavo Bergalli,Paolo Russo&Baires Nuevo Tango(Arg.Tour),Mario Parmisano,Carmen Paris, Smask Symphony Orkester,Horacio Fumero,Raynald Colom,USA,Caribbean&Southamerican sessions @ Celebrity Cruises w/The Mingo Jazz Trio,Ian Finkl,Tim Wendt,Carlos Michelini,David Braynard,Ron Matthews,Alan Zimmerman,Barcelona sessions w/Danilo Perez,Gary Willis,Manu Chao,Ignaci Terraza,Sergio Contreras,Llibert Fortuny,Claudio Werner,Jules Bikoko,BCN jazz 4tet.(France Tour),Sabine Hasicka,Sascha Lackner,Julia Malischnig,Uwe Urbanowsky(Austria),Scandinavian sessions w/Rene Sandoval,Martin Almqvist,Jonas Ostholm,The Clients@Swedish Radio,Roberto Amerise,Edith Tamayo,Monika Hoffman 5tet.,MHM Folk Irish Ensamble, Moonriver 4tet. SohoBar China-HK Tour.

Session works  in Argentina w/masters Jorge Retamoza,Ricardo Cavalli,Guillermo Romero,Eleonora Eubel,Jose Saluzzi,Walter Malosetti,Nestor Gomez,Roberto Seitz,Pablo Ledesma,Marcos Edward,Daniel Lamberti,Piqui Dutil,Julian Montauti,Nico Said,Alan Plachta,Mono Izarrualde,Roque Narvaja,Omar Ramirez,Oscar Giunta, Jero Carmona,Lucho Hoyos,Ale Demogli,Nico Ospina,Andy Hayes,Willy Gonzalez,etc.

 

Mingo has led his own band, ÑU GRUP, featuring his own 100% original compositions groovin’ around ñu jazz + afrolatinoamerican ideas, and is now working with the MinGOTAN Project, which is a mixture of tangojazz, Argentinian urban-folk and klezmer music. He is working to present this fresh and unique musical tapestry in concerts and educational workshops throughout the world with the collaboration of masterful musicians and prestigious music institutions like John Stein(guitar,composer-Berklee College educator), John Loockwood(double bass-Berklee College US), Evan Harlan(accordion-NEC Boston), Rebe Kleinmann(flute-Berkeley California), Eli Vanunu(master sax-Israel), Dream Cymbals +Cympad + Colombo Percusion Workshops.

“Mingo is what I would call a “Musician’s Drummer” – not only is his time and feel solid, but his touch and interpretation are exactly what every musician would like to hear. He doesn’t beat the drums – he plays music”. – TIM WENDT (Lead Trumpet for Aretha Franklin, Bernadette Peters,Don Rickles, Peter Cetera, Gladys Knight, Frankie Avalon, Frankie Valli, Little Anthony,Michael Crawford, John Tesh, The Dallas Brass, Brian Setzer, Wayne Newton,etc.).

“He is indeed a “musical” drummer  . . . He always plays with good taste. We have talked about music extensively and I understand he studied drums with Ed Thigpen, certainly one of the most renowned drummers of the last 50 years . . . Mingo’s studies have paid off!“ – DAVID O. BRAYNARD(NY musician sessionist-educator-American theater ballet).

“Mingo invents his music art from original rhythm ideas, playing-mixing them with a colorful spirit , what I showed him will guide his own voice safely “.ED THIGPEN (drums,composer and educator master legend for Oscar Peterson Trio, Ella Fitzgerald,Clark Terry,Dexter Gordon,Lennie Tristano,Dinah Washington,Herb Ellis,Bud Powel,Chico Hamilton,Thad Jones,Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen,Charlie Rouse,Milt Jackson,Drummers Collective NY,Sabian cymbals,etc.).