Division: College, Expanded Education

Department: Contemporary Musical Arts

Instrument: Guitar

LAUTARO MANTILLA, DMA is a guitarist, composer, and improviser from Bogotá, Colombia. In his performances, he typically combines guitar, extended vocalization techniques, and homebuilt electronics to create music that is both viscerally affecting and conceptually rigorous. Based in Boston, Lautaro is an active member of the Improvisation and free music scene and is a faculty member of the Contemporary Musical Arts department at NEC, where he co-produces the departmental concerts, teaches Ensembles and Studio lessons. In addition, he teaches Guitar and Music History at the University of Massachusetts Boston.