Bye-Ya! • Liber Torriente

BYE-YA!'s drummers - Liber Torriente is unfortunately not able to participate with the upcoming projects because of previous engagements with his own band. We are very proud that we have Enrique Firpi on drums for the Jazzimpuls tour 2004-2005. Besides Enrique, BYE-YA! will also be playing with two other great drummers Armando Vidal Sanchez and Lucas van Merwijk.


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Enrique Firpi

Enrique Firpi was born in Uruguay and has been one of the most popular drummers in his homeland since he started his professional career at the age of 14.

Enrique moved to Holland in 1987 and became one of the most asked for drummers for Brazilian music, Latin music and Jazz as well. He has been working with artists such as: Deborah J Carter, Randal Corsen, Josee Koning, Laura Fygi, Gerardo Rosales, Leonardo Amuedo, Lilian Vieira, Trio Sirena and just to name a few. He can be heard on numerous CD’s and has toured all around the world.

Next to his performing and recording activities, Enrique is also guest teacher at Amsterdam's and Utrecht's Conservatory.


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Liber Torriente Mirabal

Liber was born in Havana, Cuba in 1977. Coming from a musical family (his mother is a professional classical clarinet player and his grandmother was one of the most famous singer of Haitian folklore in Cuba), he was already performing at a very early age. He studied classical percussion at the Conservatorio Amadeo Roldan, Havana, where he graduated in 1997. During his classical schooling he also studied Afro-Cuban folklore and popular Cuban music. Liber became the drummer of the Cuban nr. 1 salsa orquestra NG-La Banda at the early age of 18.

Shortly after his graduation he moved to The Netherlands where he continued his classical studies and also started taking lessons at the jazz department of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

In Holland he has become the most asked for latin-drummer/timbalero. His interest in many other music styles like jazz and pop but also hiphop and heavy metal have turned him into a very widely evolved musician and one of the most talented drummers in Europe.

Liber can be heard on numerous CD productions in all kind of musical genres. He plays and played with: NG-La Banda, Banda PG, Ramón Valle Trio, Randal Corsen quartet, Fernando Lameirinhas, Rumbatá, La Banda Iré, Bomba Moderna, Laura Fygii, Izaline Calister, Denise Jannah, Leonardo Amuedo, Lotz of Music, Gerardo Rosales, Edy Martinez, and many others.

He performed abroad in many country's like Canada, Cuba, Finland, Germany, Curaçao ect. and has played on festivals like the Beny Moré Festival, Havana and the North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague.