Oh wow...WOW! I’m a harpist, playing for many years, and this young man is a genius, something out of this world, how he adds so many new and different sounds to the harp with such mastery and passion. There is no match. I’m in awe. I hope the world in its entirety hears this young man play. And that smile of his and humility is priceless :)

@danielomarriostalamantes99

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if all of that is just normal techniques for harpist, but i guess not entirely. He is amazing. I discovered him because he has a live album with Hiromi, you should listen to it if you havent. Beautiful.

@heartvalais

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Omar Ríos Talamantes I feel that Live in Montreal is my favorite album of all time. If I could listen to one album for the rest of my life, it’d be that one.

@ebiop

3 жыл бұрын

Joropo is a folkloric music from Colombia and Venezuela where the harp is the main instrument check it to see another great harpist

@RadenWA

3 жыл бұрын

The Latin American technique is an entirely different branch of harp playing, you can see they use their nails and plays standing with a thinner harp.

@chandaleigh4013

2 жыл бұрын

I saw him perform 3 years ago live in Atlanta and I literally cried the whole show. His music touched my heart so much, it was crazy. Hiromi was playing piano as well and I'm a huge fan of hers too. I listen to their album often when I'm driving and it always brings a lovely tear to my eyes.

¡Viva Colombia!

@brainsareus

3 жыл бұрын

dilo.... Cubano Nuyorquino aqui

I was 12 years old the first time I listened to this concert. I'm 21 now, and I find myself coming back periodically both for the nostalgic effect I get from his melodies and unceasing amazement of his mastery.

@heartvalais

3 жыл бұрын

Anthony David I feel like even if he doesn’t have too many fans, the ones that he does, he really helps heal our soul.

@lynseyjones1146

3 жыл бұрын

That's so beautiful!

@nicolascasadei8017

7 ай бұрын

Same here!! Love this

You should invite him again, he is spectacular.

@Sakarron

3 жыл бұрын

200% AGREE

@lynseyjones1146

3 жыл бұрын

That's so beautiful!

@KenneyCmusic

Жыл бұрын

Im only 30 seconds in and I agree

It's like 2 People Playing At Once. The grace and machine precision is out of this World. ❤ He's playing a Whole concert All at once.

@e4jasperi

2 ай бұрын

Sadly the masses like good looks, fluff and canned music. Not actual talent.

This guy works so hard and obviously loves what he's doing. This is fantastic music from an incredible musician.

I'm Colombian, I love harp from joropo and today I wrote "colombian harp" in the search of some classics. I am now at the edge of absolute happiness. Gracias desde el fondo de mi corazón, gracias por tomar de tu tiempo para endulzar nuestros días!

His skill at the harp is unbelievable. That was the coolest tiny desk I've ever seen

Holy f&@k! Insane genius. Latin American harpists have blown my mind for decades: Mexico, Columbia, Paraguay… this guy is right up there with the very best of them. Virtuosic as any guitarist or pianist virtuoso. What human fingers can do!!!

This clip has a couple of years and he's still magnanimus (standing speechless, in absense of a greater adjective). We just had him opening our yearly Mastercard Jazz Fest in Puerto Rico 2023 (reopening after Covid times), and I'm literally holding my urge to cry because I couldn't assist to go watch him. Truly a genius. You don't have to be hispanic, or colombian or even a passionate music fan to just stand in awe with Edmar. But for us who have our roots in Latinamerica, can't help but loose all sense of gravity when we listen to him and swell with pride at what he's achieved with his music and the harp. Truly remarkable.

Orgullo Colombiano!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I watch this several times a day to remind me that there is still beautiful people out there.

This is the best video I have ever seen. I almost didn't watch it because, well, it's the harp. My error in judgment was clear after five seconds.

Absolutely incredible. Perfect technique, and execution, and unrivaled in originality to top it all off. Where's the "love" button?

Total command of the light tension South American harp. Those blues notes take the lever harp to a new level. No limits. But beyond the technique, he is channeling the kind of creative power that reminds me of my first listen to John Coltrane back in the late 60s.

i cried listening to this. its freaking amaging !!

@DepthAudio

3 жыл бұрын

2:37 hit me in the emotions

@valeskamejia6523

2 жыл бұрын

The soul remembers. It reminded of the dimension of perfection.

This Master is like a hummingbird so beatifull to see and so hard to fotograph always and always Tiny Desk capture the sound and how it is plaid but this Maestro is to fast and intricate to capture at plain sight so wonderful to see thanks again tiny desk for making me discover yet again another Master Gracias Mil

Amazing. If not for NPR Music (and COVID-19) I would not have known Edmar Castaneda. Never thought a harp could be played like this. Super COOL. Music is boundless.

soy colombiano, y esto es sencillamente hermoso.

@kelvinhuggins

3 жыл бұрын

Es espectacular.

@dockillerthv

2 жыл бұрын

Es colombiano pero también es de otro mundo. Increíble.

Un gran músico para el mundo y para Colombia !!!

@TheTwentySecondDegree

Жыл бұрын

así es!!

Only one word comes to mind to describe what I just saw and heard....."impossible"......" "I M P O S S I B L E".....!!!!!! This guy is beyond incredible....and is as humble as the quiet neighbor next door. I am ashamed to say I have never ever heard of him.

@albertogonzalez01

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing is impossible through music

So much passion in his playing. Incredible.

new dimension of harp playing

@ebiop

7 жыл бұрын

it was never new, that's how the harp is played in Colombia and Venezuela

@martinkrauser4029

7 жыл бұрын

They play jazz traditionally? Can we get some names?

@ebiop

7 жыл бұрын

It is not Jazz is joropo and musica llanera

@martinkrauser4029

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I thought so.

@brainsareus

7 жыл бұрын

He plays jazz,too;don't be so "ethnically guarded". Amplifique sus horizontes,y no seas tan estrecho de de concepto estetico,por dios. +ebiop

This dude is to the harp what Bela is to the banjo. A virtuoso. One of the best, solo jazz performances I've personally ever heard. Brilliant. The man "has his way" with the music, he dominates it - as huge as it is. Bravo!

@marissacellochandler

5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@luthierjustin1

5 жыл бұрын

Going to see him and Bèla play a concert tomorrow afternoon

Holy criminy! And all on a diatonic harp! Magnificent!

Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor. Mind. Blown.

Meanwhile, in 2019, Edmar Castaneda -- referred by some as "the Pat Metheny of the Harp" is performing and recording with former Pat Metheny Group member Gregoire Maret on Harmonica. I'm excited to see them perform together at the GroundUP Music Festival 2020 :-)

🎶💜 13:22 … mind blown 🤯… I felt that! This was so inspiring to witness. What a phenomenally gifted soul. Perfect example of the many ‘voices’ of an instrument and the variety of flavors a musician can create from it. Simply divine 🎶💜

I'm watching this 7 years later and I'm still crying by minute 3...

Me llego hasta el fondo de mi alma , de mis raizes y sangre. Saludos desde Chile!

A tear from beautifully played heaven music.

My god! Why haven't I heard of him. I've been listening to nothing but crap lately. Thanks npr!

Wow!!! What an amazing experience watching him play!!! Like damn dude!

The heavenly bass in all this heavenly music❣️

I can hear some influences from the argentinian litoral music. Very beautiful!

KZread needs to make this video impossible to dislike. There needs to be one big and fat LIKE button at the top and that's it.

He is a genuine ARTIST! I am falling into the music!

Not afraid to Praise God - Bless this man! May his gift bring the world some peace.

Why am I descovering this only today? This is crazy good.

I saw him play with a quartet around this time...but this solo concert is stunning.

Edmar tiene duende!!! Suena Flamenco!! Impresionante!

quarantine brought me here and that's been one of the only good things of these past few months

@heartvalais

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. It’s been tough and this music from passionate artists are the only things keeping me going. Keep striving and I hope you are doing well.

People hate harp because they don't know what harp can really do. THIS is what harp can really do. Bravo Edmar Castaneda!

people like this are so underrated.takes a lot of passion and determination to get this good.

Felicidades Edmar desde Mexico!!! eres un gran músico, impresionante, fantástico!

I've had the luck of interview him in NYC, a couple of years ago, he is just an amazing artist and even greater human being. cheers, Edmar, you rock brother!

@gumshake689

Жыл бұрын

BROO HIS NAME IS EDMAR

look how he takes his hand that he uses for the bass, and winds it, as if he can physically pull and stretch the notes, simply amazing

Edmar, admirable su talento! Felicitaciones! Qué buen descubrimiento este!

What a feast of prodigious harp music , full of passion and amazing musicianship . He makes this harp HUGE and POWERFUL . Felicidades Edmar . Tu eres un regalo rico para la humanidad . Muchisimas gracias . George Lewis, Sr.

At a lost for words. I could listen to him play all day.

Oh my god I will never forget music tiny desk concerts

THIS GUY GOES SO HARD!

@357CLOUDY

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! He's channeling...

@michelebergman4336

3 жыл бұрын

SOOOOO HARD

@selfmademillian4093

3 жыл бұрын

YYYEEESSS!!! I blown away

As someone who grew up with the harp, this is amazing. He is truly gifted and has explored the depths of one of the most beautiful instruments on earth.

Saying "wow" just seems so understated. That was fantastic.

wow is too small of a word but i'm nearly speechless. eres increible

Ni Andreas Vollenweider logró un sonido, música y técnica igual. Un verdadero Genio virtuoso. Estoy Asombrado, lo acabo de ver en un video con Gregorie Maret.

Nothing short of amazing! Out of this world God giving gift right here!!!

he is so beyond impossible amazing, super incredible - soul and might of expression splendour all the way, so inspired by this sweetheart ! thank you for the post !

Master!!! sos iluminado parcero... a la música con alma la conoces... y es por eso que eres un verdadero amante de ELLA... Gracias!!! salud!!!

He made sounds I didn’t know was possible in a harp. A gift of God, bless this soul and it’s talent.

Amazing talent. Humble at that and gives credit to whom credit is due

WOW.. You talent is beyond belief...!!!

real musicianship !!! What a genius - and so much passion

This is one of the most energizing and beautiful performances that I have seen. Castaneda, you are an inspiration with so much palpable rhythm and surprise and history! Eso!

Nine years since the post and I'm just hearing this...gotta move some rocks

Absolutely magical.

A man tear was shed. This is intelligent composition and he's using some gorgeous phrasing on top of that. All I can say is thank you NPR for posting this and thank you Edmar for writing such beautiful music. It has been appreciated.

I'm trying to pick my jaw up off the floor, but I cant even find it. It must have been blown away!

Incredible ❤️

He’s obviously not not just instrumentalist but composer as well. Genius level. Wow. Lack of words

Just say this guy and hiromi uehara at Shorditch Town Hall. INCREDIBLE!!!

It’s like playing a piano turned sideways without the keys. So cool.

Holy shit, this dude is unbelievable. I love the time changes.

saw him and his band in concert last night. wonderful show. took me back to 1992 when i saw another great harpist named Carlos Guedes. i always loved the harp sound. lovely music Edmar and nice meeting you.

God yes, you're supposed to feel heavenly when a miraculous musician pulls at your heart and soul. Loved it! Thank you kindly.

Just amazing. Thank you .

What joyful music! Thank you for turning my day into a beautiful vibration!

The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly❤❤❤❤❤❤

Sencillamente A-LU-CI-NAN-TE !!!!!!

@brainsareus

3 жыл бұрын

tripiando a lo natural...

This is Beautiful!! For the folk who gave this a thumbs down....ima pray for your ears.🙏🏽🙏🏽...and ..I ain't even religious......😎

O my goodness. Been dancing all day. Wonderful.

listening to this in a loop. Spectacular!

Absolutely gorgeous.

Wow! Muchas gracias.

I am amazed, overwhelmed and exhausted by the extreme musical talent and skill on display here. Simply unbelievable.

Lol my favorite tiny desk concert. I come back to this every now n them just to trip out again

Absolutely beautiful

Excelente Edmar, eres un genio con el Arpa nunca habia oido una interpretacion como las que tu realizas.

So amazingly groovy and beautiful!!!

Really exceptional!!what a genious!

Espectacular....un gran descumbrimiento!!!

Amazing! Beautiful! Talented! I wish many more were aware of his music.

I've never seen something like this!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow!!!!

Saw him at one of our shows at the Third Sunday Jazz here in Davenport, Iowa and he was amazing!!!!!

Virtuosismo con el alma; sencillamente fenomenal.

I'm hypnotized!!!! you're a great musician, you make me feel proud of my country

the most impressive tiny desk performance ive ever seen

Who knew the harp could be played like this? A M A Z I N G! Bravo!!

this is just simply amazing!!!!!

I’m sorry but this is the most amazing passion ever.. omg.. my new favorite ,, wow Stanley Clark meets . Him...