Zeferino Nandayapa (born 26 August 1931,

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– died 28 December 2010,

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) was a Mexican

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and classical

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player. In Mexico City, his classical music teachers were

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, María García Genda,

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and

Carlos Jiménez Mabarak Carlos Jiménez Mabarak (January 31, 1916 in Tacuba (Mexico), Tacuba, Mexico – June 21, 1994 in Mexico City) was one of the most prolific Mexican composers of the 20th century. His music belongs to the transition from the Mexican Nationalis ...

. He formed the Marimba Nandayapa in 1956, a popular marimba band that has traveled to several countries performing Mexican and Latin-American folk music. Zeferino Nandayapa has been a soloist with the

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, and the

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Death

Nandayapa died on 28 December 2010 caused by a fatal slip, aged 79, in

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Zeferino Nandayapa interview

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