Tamsaianka

Tamsaianka is a sound fabric between Colombian indigenous music, sounds from other places in the world, improvisation and contemporary music. This multicultural encounter generates an experience through which the audience is invited to go through emotional states of contemplation and introspection. Carlos Gómez Montoya plays indigenous Latin American flutes, Asian flutes, the classical European flute and the saxophone. Jenny León Ochoa plays the piano. In some pieces moments of dance are incorporated. Since its formation in 2016, the duo has performed in different venues in Colombia, Brazil, Panama, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Canada, Spain, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey and has published the album Reflexiones de una selva frente al mar (2017), La pirámide de la laguna (2019), Danzando en la eternidad (2022) and Corazón de tierra (2024) The Muisca indigenous people of the Cundiboyacense highlands call the offering Tamsa; The Wiwa indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta call the music Maianka. Taking the advice of these two peoples who nourish life, this group calls their offering composed of Ancestral and Contemporary Sounds, Tamsaianka.