Dúo Kantu Machu Picchu, Perú

 

Carlos Ocampo Santillán (artistic name 'Hatun Runa' in Quechua: 'Big Man') plays guitar, mandolin and charango as well as the Andean wind instruments quena and zampoña. A musician composer, Carlos is founder, director and member of a six person band "Kuntur Taky" in Machu Picchu Pueblo, Cusco, Perú and ex-president of the Association of Musicians Tawantinsuyo of Machu Picchu (AMMTA).  He also founded the "Puka Yurak" group in Arequipa, Perú and "Kantu" in Cusco, Perú. Carlos is a proud alumnus of La Universidad Nacional Federico Villareal in Lima as part of the Facultad de Ciencias Financieras y Contables.Carlos is the Secretary of Press and Propaganda for Frente de Defensa de los Intereses de Machu Picchu in Machu Picchu Pueblo.  As a well known Peruvian radio personality, Carlos has worked at Radio Machupicchu, Radio el Mirador, Radio Santuario, Radio las Orquideas, Radio Las Vegas and Radio Son Latina. Currently, he is director and conductor of the program titled "Canto America" from 4-5 pm on Mondays through Fridays at Radio Fuego (98.3) in Machu Picchu. Carlos played soccer for and also was president of the soccer 'Club Deportivo Defensor Machu Picchu'.

 

  

 

Marco Antonio Ocampo Santillán (artistic name Toño Zampoña) plays as a "One Man Andean Band" in Machu Picchu Pueblo, Cusco, Peru. He plays three instruments at one time: zampoña, ronroco (large charango), and bombo. Toño also plays quena, quenacho and other Andean instruments. Marco Antonio is the ex-director of the group "Cusco Inka" and is ex-director and dance professor of "La Estudiantina" at Cenfotur (a dance troop at the Peruvian National Tourism Institute). An artisan musician, Toño makes professional grade instruments such as zampoñas, quenas and charangos.

 

 

 

Both Carlos and Toño are very active musically in Machu Picchu Pueblo and with the preservation of their ancestral cultures. Carlos is a volunteer music teacher in Machu Picchu Pueblo's kindergarten classes. The brothers formed "Dúo Kantu"  in 2003 in order to present cultural programs of dance, music, history and geography at schools in the United States. Both sing in Spanish, Quechua (language of the Incas) and in Aymara (language from the region of Titicaca). The 2009-2010 tour will be the sixth tour to the United States.