Roberto C. López is a Colombian-Canadian composer, musician and producer from Montreal, Quebec, whose style blends Afro-Colombian rhythms such as cumbia, porró, mapalé, chandé, champeta and currulao with urban styles such as funk, jazz, rock and afrobeat."Le Roberto Lopez Project: nouvelles latinités urbaines". Le Devoir, January 25, 2008. He has released albums both under his own name and with the bands Roberto López Project and Roberto López Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra.
Biography
His Roberto López Project albums were Que Pasa? (2006) and Soy Panamericano (2009),"Roberto Lopez Project : les dieux panaméricains". L'actualité, February 25, 2010. In 2012 he released Azul with the Roberto López Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra."Azul, nouvel album de Roberto López Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra". Radio Canada International, May 31, 2012.
Under his own name he released Criollo Electrik in 2017, produced by Belizean producer Ivan Duran."Criollo Electrik, Roberto López". Le Devoir, March 3, 2017.
López has also composed for documentary films, and was nominated at the Prix Gémeaux for best original score for his work on the documentary program Esperanza."Three SOCAN composers honoured at 2012 Gémeaux Awards". SOCAN, September 18, 2012. He was one of the composers of the music for the MLB Front Office Manager video game.
Awards He was named a Revelation of the Year in World Music by Ici Musique in 2011, alongside Alex Nevsky, Radio Radio and Samian in pop music, Rafael Zaldivar in jazz, Bambara Trans in world music and Jan Lisiecki in classical music."10 ans de Révélations Radio-Canada = 50 talents célébrés". Ici Musique, May 12, 2017.
He received a Juno Award nomination for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2011 for Soy Panamericano,"The complete list of 2011 Juno nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 1, 2011. a GAMIQ nomination for World Music Album of the Year in 2010 for Soy Panamericano and in 2012 for Azul,"Lisa LeBlanc domine les nominations". canoe.ca, September 25, 2012. a Prix Félix nomination for World Music Album of the Year in 2013 for Azul"ADISQ 2013: PARIS POUR MÉLOMANES ET GÉRANTS D’ESTRADE". Voir, September 11, 2013. and in 2018 for Criollo Electrik. Nominated at the Canadian Folk Music Award for World Artist of the Year - Group at the 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards for Soy Panamericano in 2010 and at the 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards for Azul in 2012, and for Best Instrumental Solo Artist at the 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2017 for Criollo Electrik."Canadian Folk Music Awards Reveal 2017 Nominees". Exclaim!, September 21, 2017.
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