Francisco Peña

Francisco Peña
Trumpet player, arranger, singer and composer, born on the 21st of september 1963 in Buenaventura, Colombia. Right by his father’s side.
After some years of experience in playing popular music, he starts a study at the Music Faculty of the 'Universidad del Valle', where he receives his License in Music. In this studenttime he distinguishes himself as a solo trumpetplayer in 'The Big Band Jazz' of University. At the same time, he takes part in some of the groups most mentioned and seen as fundamental pilars of the Salsa in Colombia:
•'Integración Porteña'.
•Alvaro del Castillo and his orchestra 'La Calentura' (former singer of Grupo Niche).
•Hermes Manyoma and his orchestra 'La Ley'.
•'Peregoyo y su Combo'.
•'Orquesta Pacific’s Sons'.
•Orchestra 'Guayacan',
•'Grupo Bahia'.
At the end of 1994, together with a friend composer, he founds his first group called 'Orquesta La Fuga' and few years later his own band 'FP La Expresiva'.
In the year 2000 he settels in the Netherlands, and has been working in his own projects but also for others as 'Gerald & La Ritmica', Marco Toro y su Ensamble', and as a arranger for Gerardo Rosales.
As of 2007, he began his work as producer at FP Music Productions with projects such as FP Barrio Nuevo, Francisco Peña & La Banda and Tumbao Libre.