Peppermint and Lemon

Lounge Band/ Jazz Quartet

Peppermint and Lemon is a world music band. Through different genres such as bossa nova, jazz, pop, boleros and Latin music, covering a vast repertoire of world songs in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish.

The members of the band are Maru on vocals, Juan on piano and backing vocals, Manu on bass, handpan, percussion and backing vocals, and Yair on drums, guitar and backing vocals.

Meet the Band

Maru is a singer, actress, entertainer and artistic producer. She began her professional career in 2005 and has been part of various Latin music groups, participating in numerous festivals obtaining different awards and mentions. She was nominated as Best Female Performer at the Hugo Awards, and she won a distinction in a play of the Cervantes National Theater. In other musical theatre plays, she won: Award for Best Play, Best Original Music, Award for Best Musical Work,  among others.

Manuel is a bassist, percussionist, composer and music producer. He directed several salsa and cumbia orchestras. He is a popular music arranger, and has more than ten years of experience recording on records for other artists. He is currently composing and conducting music for a Spotify Original podcast and a TV series. He is the founder and producer of Tocolobombo, a group with which he organized International Percussion Festivals in the city of Rosario for five consecutive years.

Yair is a drummer and percussionist, he also plays the guitar. He studied at the National University of Rosario, and he teaches private drum lessons since 2015. He plays in several musical ensembles, both on drums and percussion. He continues his studies with amazing drummers from Argentina, and he is also producing and working on the release of his album with original music. 

Juan is a pianist, singer and composer. He studied piano at the National University of Rosario and composition and arrangement at the National University of San Martin. He also did private courses with renowned Argentine music teachers. He was the winner of the 2017 Training Scholarship awarded by the Argentine National Endowment for t he Arts.Dedicated to professional musical activity since 2012, he developed as a pianist in tango: orchestra, quintet and trio; Argentinian folklore; Jazz in voice format.

 

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