Art Base

Maria Tejada : Voice
Donald Régnier : Acoustic Guitar
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Iguazú is a voice & guitar duo of Ecuadorian singer María TEJADA and
French Guitarist Donald REGNIER, started in 2000. Both passionate with
Brazilian music, their first repertoire was made of Bossa Novas and
Tropicalist songs, played in a very free way, without any particular
arrangement.
Soon they added songs from various styles as Latin-American traditional
music, jazz, French chanson, bolero, Peruan waltz, pasillo, son cubano,
fado, tango, etc. Sometimes arrangements get precise, sometimes everything
is improvised.
In 2005, they began writing own compositions and included them in their
repertoire.
After 6 years and hundreds of concerts in Europe and South America, Iguazú
won the 3rd prize at the international competition "Voice & guitar", which
takes place every two years in Germany.
Their first CD was recorded and released in 2009 with the title "Una Vez"
(ADL Records).
Besides Iguazú, María and Donald also did other projects. Among them, a CD
with own compositions, released in October 2005 (Maria Tejada : "Fabula" -
Cristal Records/Abeille Distribution), and a second one with traditional
Ecuadorian music, recorded with 40 musicians between Ecuador and France,
and released in July 2008 (María Tejada : "Al Cantar Tus Flores" ADL).
In 2011, they produce a new CD about Ecuadorian music, under the name of
Maria, arranged and produced by Donald. The CD is acclaimed both by the
critics and the audience.
The second recording of the duo takes place in may 2012.
Named "Duetando", it shows a new development in their style, using
different guitars, and integrating two pieces sung in the improvised
"scat" style.
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www.maria-tejada.com/

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