Pedro Menéndez is a brilliant Argentine composer and multi-instrumentalist (piano, guitar, winds, bandoneon, voice) wellknown for his unique and personal composition style blending jazz, Argentinian and Latin American Folk (tango, candombe, chacarera, zamba, bossa nova) and contemporary clasical influences. Distinguished by a prolific instrumental discography (17 works), on “PETERS SONGS”, PEDRO MENENDEZ shows a different facet and goes deeper into the field of lyrics. Mystery of nature, human essence, cultural, social and political roots of South American continent are poetically reflected with beauty and simplicity. As a composer, MENENDEZ amazes with an incredibly rich work on harmonies and vocal arrangements and shows himself as an unique eclectic artist full of valuable proposals and restless quests on South American alternative musical expressions. Part of the material included on the CD “PETER´S SONGS” was originally composed for the documentary film “Querida Mara, Cartas de un viaje por la Patagonia”, an Argentinian /German co-poduction directed by Argentinian well-known Director Carlos Echeverría. “Querida Mara, Cartas de un viaje por la Patagonia” (“Dear Mara, Letters from a journey around the Patagonia”), has been premiered on distinguished national movie theaters (Centro Cultural Gral. San Martín, Malba Museum) as well as on internacional European festivals. With an extensive international live performance career destined to keep growing (Argentina, Brazil, US, Canada & Europe), PETER´S SONGS is one of the live musical projects that PEDRO MENENDEZ has been leading and featuring internationally with great success. About PEDRO MENENDEZ's BIOGRAPHY: Pedro Menéndez was born in Buenos Aires in 1957. He has been dedicated to the music since he was 7 years old. He studied with professors like the worldwide known Oscar Aleman ( Josephine Baker's jazz guitarist), Arturo Schneider (Astor Piazzolla´s flutist) and the contemporary classical guitarist Miguel Angel Girollet, among others. He also attended the composition career at the UCA. He has recorded 17 discographic works with compositions of his own with the participation of well-known musicians like Osvaldo Fattoruso on drums (latin jazz Band 'Opa'), Rodolfo Mederos & Marcelo Nissinman on bandoneon, percussionist Rubén Rada, musicians from the Colón Theatre orchestra, among others. Throughout his vast career he has lead as composer diverse ensembles performing on numerous distinguished cultural venues and festivals in Argentina, Brazil, US, Canada, Norway, Germany, Spain and France, including (among the most recent international tours): SXSW & JAZZ WINTER FESTIVAL (CMF) 2013 ((Austin, TX, US,– Toronto, ON, Canada, March 2013) SXSW & JAZZ WINTER FESTIVAL (CMF) 2012 (Austin, TX, US,– Toronto, ON, Canada, March 2012) WORLD BEAT ONLINE’S “RUM & RIDDIMS” PARTY (Austin, TX, USA, March 2012) DART MUSIC & HARRIS RADIO International Event (Austin, TX, USA, March 2012) SXSW & CANADIAN MUSIC FEST 2011 (Austin, TX, USA - Toronto, ON, Canada, March 2011) SXSW 2010 (Austin, TX, USA, March 2010) BAFIM 2009 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2009) SXSW & CANADIAN MUSIC FEST 2009 (Austin, TX, USA - Toronto, ON, Canada, March 2009) DART MUSIC International Day & Night Shows (Austin, TX, March 2009) BRAZIL MUSICA & ARTES + International Guests (Austin, TX, March 2009) FESTIVAL DE INVERNO SESC RIO 2008 (Petrópolis, Teresópolis & Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, BRASIL, July 2008) SXSW 2008 (Austin, TX, USA, March 2008) Rhizome Collective International Show (Austin, TX, USA, March 2008) KUT FM - Live Show (Austin, TX, US, March 2008) As sessionist musician he has also been invited to perform with many distinguished musicians of the Argentinian scene, like Luis Salinas, Agustín Pereyra Lucena, Guillermo Reuter (2004 SGAE Award), Daniel 'Pipi' Piazzolla, Bossa N´Stones, etc. In the field of contemporary chamber music, he has written several pieces including a concert for Vibraphone and Strings dedicated to the Argentinian Soloist Daniel Serale (premiered on the International Percussion Festival of Patagonia, Argentina, 2006), a concert for Marimba dedicated to the Mexican well-known Soloist Javier Nandayapa, a work of 20 pieces for Piano based on Latin American rythmics (‘Viaje por Latinoamérica’/Voyage through Latin America’ Book I / Book II) and a concert for Guitar and Orchestra. He has composed many incidental music for publicity, television, theatre and cinema (Argentina and the Munich School of Cinema). Among his most recent works in this field, Pedro Menendez has been nominated as best composer for the 27th Mar del Plata International Film Festival under the Category Argentine Panorama (Film: "Santa Lucia / Saint Lucia"). Since 1986 he is the Owner/Artistic Director of Contemporaneo Art Music, an Argentine Record Label dedicated to genres as tango, jazz, crossover, folk, world and contemporary classical music. Discography: Coleccionismo - Anthology - 2010 Peter´s Songs - 2010 Psicodelia Tango - 2010 BrazilTango Re-Edition - 2010 Electronico Re-Edition -2010 America Solar - 2008 Arquitectura Tango - 2006 Profundidad - 2005 Mi Buenos Aires herido - 2003 Secretos de la guitarra - 2002 Luna - 1999 Viaje por Latinoamérica - 1993 Cantos Secretos - 1989 Nuevos Caminos - 1986 Capoeira - 1984 Hora del Eclipse - 1983 MUSICAL PROYECTS of PEDRO MENENDEZ: PEDRO MENENDEZ - PETER'S SONGS www.sonicbids.com/peterssongs PEDRO MENENDEZ FUSION ENSEMBLE www.pedromenendez.com.ar www.sonicbids.com/pedromenendezensemble PEDRO MENENDEZ - ZONA TANGO www.zonatango.com www.sonicbids.com/zonatango PEDRO MENENDEZ CROSSOVER GUITAR www.sonicbids.com/pedromenendezcrossoverguitar PEDRO MENENDEZ - PROYECTO BUENOS AIRES www.myspace.com/proyectobuenosaires