Carlos Ramírez (21)

He plays several instruments such as yayli tanbur, baglama, hurdy gurdy, lavta, dutar, ud, çümbüs, bouzouki, and rabab, among others. He has been studying classical guitar from the age of 8. In 2004 was living in Crete (Greece), where he became interested in the music and culture of this island. Since then, he has travelled on countless occasions, studying baglama with the turkish maestro Erdal Erzincan, yayli tanbur with Evgenios Voulgaris, turkish makam theory with Ross Daly y Christos Barbas, modal music composition with Efrén López and percussion with Zohar Fresco. He comes from a family of artisans and started to build his own percussion and string instruments (lutherie at the carpentry workshop of El Arca de Ambroz in Mazarambroz, Toledo), some of which are used in his concerts. He is a member of the world music group Milo Ke Mandarini.