Zeferino Nandayapa

Zeferino Nandayapa (born 26 August 1931, Copainalá, but was consider of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas  – died 28 December 2010)^[1] was a Mexican folk and classical marimba player. In Mexico City, his classical music teachers were Blas Galindo, María García Genda, Carlos Chávez and Carlos Jiménez Mabarak.

He formed the Marimba Nandayapa in 1956, a popular marimba band that has traveled to several countries performing Mexican and Latin-American folk music. Zeferino Nandayapa has been a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and the Orquesta de la Comunidad Española in Madrid.

Death

Nandayapa died on 28 December 2010 following a bad fall, aged 79, in Tlalnepantla.^[2]nandayapa born in Copainala ,Chiapas

References

1. ^ "Conaculta lamenta muerte de Zeferino Nandayapa". El Universal. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/733779.html. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 
2. ^ "Fallece en Edomex el virtuoso de la marimba Zeferino Nandayapa". La Jornada. 28 December 2010. http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/12/28/fallecio-el-virtuoso-de-la-marimba-zeferino-nandayapa-tras-una-caida. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 

External links

• Photos
• La Sierra University
• Zeferino Nandayapa interview
• Jornada.Unam.Mx

Persondata
Name	Nandayapa, Zeferino
Alternative names
Short description	Mexican musician
Date of birth	26 August 1931
Place of birth	Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico
Date of death	28 December 2010
Place of death	Tlalnepantla, Mexico