Edgar Rodríguez-Díaz, a reknown Puerto Rican musician, is the creator of Percusion Rustica™. Mr. Rodríguez-Díaz is passionate about percussion instruments and is always looking for ways to create unique sounds and rhythms through inventive designs using organic materials such as tropical wood, gourds, and pods. His unique instruments are an expression of his love for music and percussion instruments in particular. He currently performs as a member of salsa, latin jazz, and popular music groups in Puerto Rico, and has toured with some of them in the United States and Latin America.
El artista es entrevistado en su taller en San Juan, Puerto Rico - vea la entrevista!
The artist is interviewed at his workshop in San Juan, Puerto - see the entire interview!
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La revista cibernetica newcondado.com dice lo siguiente sobre Edgar Rodríguez-Díaz:
“Si tocar un instrumento es un arte, un talento, un lenguaje especial, construirlo debe ser la culminación suprema, más si produce un sonido particular, pero cuyo molde original aún no está impreso.”
….”Su autoridad, ganada a pulso por medio de estudios formales y otros más informales, le permitió identificar qué
necesita y qué funciona para lograr un sonido particular, mientras que el talento de sus manos le dieron forma y color, tanto física como auditivamente.”
The newcondado.com magazine says the following about Edgar Rodríguez-Díaz:
“If playing an instrument is an art, a talent, a special language, creating them must be the supreme culmination, more so if they produce an original sound whose original mold is yet to be documented.”
….”His authority, gained through formal studies and other informal ones, allowed him to identified what is needed
and what works to achieve a particular sound, while his talented hands gave the instruments form and color, both physically
and aurally”….
“Si tocar un instrumento es un arte, un talento, un lenguaje especial, construirlo debe ser la culminación suprema, más si produce un sonido particular, pero cuyo molde original aún no está impreso.”
….”Su autoridad, ganada a pulso por medio de estudios formales y otros más informales, le permitió identificar qué
necesita y qué funciona para lograr un sonido particular, mientras que el talento de sus manos le dieron forma y color, tanto física como auditivamente.”
The newcondado.com magazine says the following about Edgar Rodríguez-Díaz:
“If playing an instrument is an art, a talent, a special language, creating them must be the supreme culmination, more so if they produce an original sound whose original mold is yet to be documented.”
….”His authority, gained through formal studies and other informal ones, allowed him to identified what is needed
and what works to achieve a particular sound, while his talented hands gave the instruments form and color, both physically
and aurally”….