Mauro Castillo
Mauro Castillo (born Mauricio Castillo Rivas; 6 June 1978) is a Colombian singer, composer, trombonist, performer, and music producer. He became known mainly for his role as Wilson Manyoma in the telenovela series El Joe: The Legend and for being a former singer of Grupo Niche. He has a successful career within the musical and interpretive field in Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and other Latin American countries. He has prepared songs for works by Oscar D 'León, Joe Arroyo, and Naty Botero. As a composer, Mauro Castillo has written songs for important orchestras and singers such as Oscar de León (Song "El Papelito"), Joe Arroyo (Song "Tonight is Ours" with Naty Botero), Titanes de la salsa, and Hermanos Moreno among others. He has also participated as a trombonist, percussionist, producer, and mixing engineer in projects such as Yuri Buenaventura, Charlie Zaa, Ismael Miranda, Calambuco, Mojarra Eléctrica, Julio Nava, Tito Nieves, and N'Klabe.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mauricio Castillo Rivas |
| Born | 6 June 1978 Cali, Colombia |
| Origin | Colombiano |
| Genres | Salsa Music |
| Labels | Sony Music, Codiscos, La Puerta Music |
| Website | maurocastillo |
Currently, he is part of the cast of the Disney film inspired by Colombian culture Encanto in the role of Felix.[1]
Early life
He was born in Cali at the Hospital de El Lido. He grew up in the Prados del Sur and Cristóbal Colón neighborhoods, and studied music at the Universidad del Valle. He started in the Police orchestra when he served. He is the son of María Teresa and Hugo. Castillo he was dedicated to the home, but also worked as a dressmaker. He was a professor of social studies, sciences and a photographer.
Since he was little, like any child, he liked to play soccer and fly kites. However, his passion has always been music. In 1989, when he was 11 years old, he saw the Caney Orchestra at his school: "They let me sing with them and that's when I started to get excited." In 1994 Mauro was serving in the military. Something he never wanted to do, "I didn't want to go to the traffic lights, or to watch concerts." So the orchestra 'The new era', of the Police, was his refuge. Thus he rendered the service and fell more in love with music. During four years of hard study and work, Mauro received three 'Petronio Álvarez': awards dedicated to the folk music of the Colombian Pacific.
His first recognition came with the Bemtú Orchestra, the second when he composed the song 'El alboroto', and the third came in 2001 singing with a university group called 'Quinto piso'. At the end of 2001, the teacher Jairo Varela called him to be part of the Niche Group. Songs like, 'Ganas', 'Enamorada', 'Es loca o es mala', were sung by Mauro on many of his tours with one of the best salsa groups in the country. In 2011, he released his first single 'Viene y se va'. A year later his first album 'Baila salsa' arrives, and he makes his debut in the serie 'El Joe, layenda', playing the character of Wilson 'Saoko' Manyoma.
Career
Nominations and Awards
Mauro Castillo has received multiple awards throughout his career: Three awards from the Pacific Music Festival "Petronio Álvarez" in the category of free group, as composer of the song awarded as the best arrangement "El Alboroto", first place group free (Bemtú Group) and first place free group (Fifth Floor) . Best Group "Orquestar Award" as Best New Artist. "Luna Award" as best vocal leader of orchestra with Grupo Niche and the song Ganas from the album Control Absoluto .
He received two 2006 Latin Grammy nominations for his participation in the works of Tito Nieves and N'Klabe in the category of best tropical song of the year and best salsa album. Nomination for the Lo Nuestro Awards 2007 with the album I Love Salsa by N'Klabe in the album of the year category. In his recording career he has received four gold records of the seven works he has done as a leading singer, among which stand out 'Absolute Control' and 'Imagination' with Grupo Niche . Soundtrack soap opera El Joe "La Leyenda" Volume 1 and 2.
In 2019, he took two awards were Latino Show Awards in the categories "Best Artist or Group of the Year Sauce" and "Best Tropical Artist of Year"
In his career as an actor, he was a winner in the 2012 India Catalina Awards in the category of best telenovela with El Joe "La Leyenda" in 2012 as well as a nomination for best actor / actress revelation at the same awards and a nomination in the TV and novel awards in the category Revelation of the Year of soup operas or Series.
Musical career
His first album "Bailá salsa" is the best-selling of the salsa genre in Colombia. Part of this record production is “comes and goes” (song positioned as one of the most listened to in Medellín, Cali, Chocó, Bogotá, among others.) And “Te equivocas”.
His second album entitled "La Receta" was recorded like the records of yesteryear on analog tape machines and whose innovation represents the incorporation of the chonta marimba from the Colombian Pacific, the guacharaca and instruments from the 1940s such as the trombone of copper. Within the album is the collaboration of artists such as the Puerto Rican producer Master Chris in the composition of three songs, Goyo from Choquibtown, and Osvaldo Román, who was the star voice of the Puerto Rican Power hits.
In 2021, he went on to provide the voice of Felix in Disney's 60th animated feature film Encanto.[2] Castillo reprised the role in the Spanish dubbing of the film.[3]
References
- "Mauro Castillo: "la música me llevó a ser parte de 'Encanto' de Disney"". www.shock.co. Shock Colombia. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- "Mauro Castillo brings caleña sauce to the world". www.elcolombiano.com. El Colombiano. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- Holguín, Claudia Arango (2021-11-04). "Estas son las voces colombianas de Encanto". www.elcolombiano.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
