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Liany Mateo

Bass | Apprenticeship: Regina Carter | Creative Mentorship: Christian McBride

Liany Mateo

Bass | Apprenticeship: Regina Carter | Creative Mentorship: Christian McBride

Liany Mateo has traveled across North America, Japan, Africa, and the Middle-East performing, touring, and teaching music. Influenced by a mix of hard-hitting straight-ahead swing, Free Avante Garde, and music with deep pocket groove, Mateo deems herself a chameleon, fitting into many different types of musical situations.

You can find her playing all over New York City at a variety of venues including Birdand Jazz Club, The Django, The Jazz Gallery ,and other notable performance spaces.Most recently. she became a member of the Grammy Award winning “Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra” lead by the esteemed Arturo O’Farrill.

She has performed with musicians such as Geoffrey Keezer,Fay Victor, and Brandee Younger. She holds a Jazz degree from the esteemed Michigan State University (2020) and a Master’s degree from the Berklee Global Jazz Institute(2021). Through these institutions, she has been mentored by Jazz giants Rodney Whitaker and Linda May Han Oh.

NewMusicUSA Grantee Event

Plastic Dream Fugue – Aaron Larget-Caplan in Concert

March 29, 2024 | 7:30 pm

First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston 02116

NewMusicUSA Grantee Event

Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival: VIRKO BALEY AT 85

March 29, 2024 | 7:00 pm

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street New York, NY 10018

NewMusicUSA Grantee Event

Kafka Fragments

March 30, 2024 | 8:00 pm

Tenri Cultural Institute / 43a West 13th St. / New York NY 10011

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