Aurore Lacrosse (Belgium) is a singer. She learned to sing the Bailes Cantaos in Colombia and has been sharing this music in Europe ever since. Since 2014, she has worked with Juan Pardo, both in Afro-Colombian folklore groups and in musical fusion projects between Europe and Latin America. Together, they founded Turikumwe (Belgium), participated in Los Ojitos de Mary (Colombia) and gave workshops at various venues (UK, maison de l’Amérique latine, l’Acravate). They also have a composition project called Sonsoleil.

Juan Pardo is a Colombian percussionist. In his music, he integrates Colombian rhythms with different musical formats and genres (rock, cumbia chichera, French chanson, etc.).

Thanks to the traditional Afro-Colombian music of the Caribbean coast, he learned to play the tambora and the Alegre. First in the streets of Bogotá, then from the 2000s on travelling to the traditional ‘maestros’ of Uraba Antioqueño and the Loba region. There, he shared their way of life, between fishing, farming and music. They agreed to pass on their knowledge on one condition: that he would in turn teach this music to the world.

Since then, he has continued to do so, both in Colombia and Europe. He has given workshops at La tentation, La Maison de l’Amérique Latine and Sound Resist, among others. He has also participated in a number of Afro-Colombian folk groups: Candelilla brava (Cumbia), El Léon Pardo (gaita), Los ojitos de Mary (Bailes Cantaos) and fusion groups Visita Corta (folk rock), Sonsoleil (world music), Tropical Muisca (cumbia chicha-rock). In Brussels, he founded the group Turikumwe, a traditional music format of Bailes Cantaos, bringing this music to life in Europe.