Following your passion can lead to another continent | Maite Hontelé | TEDxAruba

Maite tells the story how a chance meeting in Aruba with her hero - famous Latin salsa singer - Oscar de Leon, led to a new path in her career.

Trumpeter Maite Hontelé, Dutch by birth but Colombian by heart. Her music is an invitation to be happy, to enjoy good taste and to Caribbean nostalgia. It is a perfect blend of European elegance and tropical color and joy. This has been reflected on her 3 albums: Llegó la Mona, Mujer Sonora and Déjame así, which was nominated in 2014 for a Latin Grammy in the category Best Salsa Album.

Her first big tour was life-changing. She went to Colombia, the country where she now lives. In 2004, Maite toured with the world-famous Buena Vista Social Club. In 2009 Maite launched her first album, Llegó la Mona, a salsa-tribute to Colombian music. That year turned out to be very important for her. Not only did Maité record her first album, touring Colombia and playing at the Medellin Jazz Festival, she found the place where she wanted to continue to live and make music. That’s when she decided to move to Medellin.

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