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Artist
Maite Hontelé
12+ albums
latintrumpetsalsalatin jazzmambo
about
Maite Hontelé is a Dutch trumpeter specialized in Latin and jazz trumpet. She grew up in a house full of music. Back home they spent most of the time listening to salsa and son cubano. She started playing the trumpet in the local brass band in Haaften, the village where she grew up, but changed direction at the age of 14 when she decided to play latin music in a band in Utrecht. Hontelé then studied Latin and jazz trumpet at the Rotterdam Conservatory (CODARTS). During and after her study she played a lot of salsa, but also crossover projects like Bongomatik, studio work and events with DJs (including DJ Tiesto). From about 1995 onwards Hontelé played in various salsa bands, one of the highlights in the years after her study was the tour with Musica Cubana (Buena Vista Social Club) and the accompanying DVD recording. In 2008 she performed in Colombia with the Cubop City Big Band during the jazz festival of Medellín; afterwards she decided to move to Colombia. Hontelé lived there for over a decade and formed her own band; between 2010 and 2013 she toured Europe with Dutch musicians. Hontelé coöperated with other artists, such as in 2013 with the Panamese singer-activist Rubén Blades a tour through a number of countries such as France, Suriname and India. In 2013 she performed together with the rapper Typhoon on the Oerol Festival. In 2014 Hontelé toured the Netherlands for the first time with her renewed Colombian band. Her album Déjame Asi - with as guests singer Oscar D'L
