The
cantautor mallorquí Tomeu Penya.
Of turn in Majorca, a group of friends and the rector of their
town of Vilafranca of Bonany, they organize a popular collection
to record their first disk,"Canto
a la Villa" (1980). Starting from here, with the
support and several well-known musicians' help in the Island,
their discografía begins to grow very much, and Tomeu
Rock begins to be a phenomenon, and for many, an authentic one
relating of the local music.
After
fifteen years of career discográfica that endorse their
artistic trajectory, Tomeu, goes every day in constant evolution;
it bets for the future and he/she wants to bet strong. For years,
their presence is required in the best parties in the Catalan
countries. Besides all this it invites him to him and it participates
in Julio's month in the Greek's program
96 to the Music's Palace, the most
important cultural event and of long tradition in Catalunya,
as for artistic activities he/she refers. It is an act of a
lot of importance for Tomeu, as artist and in the personal thing.
Tomeu Rock doesn't have limits neither opposite, it is absolutely
open to everything and to everybody.
Their bigger illusion is rewarded with the work, the hard work
but very fact. It is a very productive and creative cantautor,
of a progressive quality that never defrauds their public. Their
force and magnetism make that the public his side is.
The fifth disc "Mallorquines and Catalanes" (1986)
it will be the one that opens him the
doors of Catalunya that he/she received with delight their music's
fresh air.
In 1987 it was already a phenomenon
in Catalunya and it surprises more and more their unusual musical
adventure. The media of all Catalunya dedicates him extensive
reports, interviews, etc.
The
career of Tomeu continues unstoppable: prizes, recitals, televisions...
and their dream:
performance in the Music's Palace (1989).
Its success in the Catalan market is more and more growing,
and he/she receives Slight Music's National Prize, granted by
the Generalitat of Catalunya in the month of October of 1992.
At the moment, Tomeu Rock is a concerned and interested interpreter
when finding new ways to understand and of interpreting the
music, under a new, special visit point, but attractiveness
for the listeners. The public that he appreciated and it follows
it he/she is people of all the ages from the smallest until
the biggest and they go to their concerts everybody, because
they enjoy with their songs. At the moment he/she has engravings
more than 15 disks the last one
"Easy" (Discmedi-Azul).
Tel.00 34 93 798 64 66
E-Mail: vipmusic@vipmusicsl.com