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Ettore' Bonafe' began playing percussion in 1980 (initially he played the guitar taking part in the group “Cartacanta”) dedicating himself in particular to the drums and vibraphone.
He studied tabla in India with the teacher Thunny Lal and in Italy participated in seminars given by Shankar Chatterjee.
In 1982 he began to study drums with Piero Borri. In 1986 he began to dedicate himself to the study of the vibraphone under the instruction of Alessandro Di Puccio and participating in the Berklee summer seminars in Perugia with Gary Burton and later in Switzerland with the teacher and composer Ruud Wiener.
In 1990 along with Paolo Casu he founded the group Fuentes: with which he recorded two albums: “ Garam Marsala “ and “Irikelè”
Since 1992 he has been an original member of Riccardo Tesi's group Banditaliana with which he has recorded three albums and toured Europe,Canada,Japan and Australia.
Together with the Indian flautist Bolivar Miranda and the composer Maurizio Dami he makes the third member of the trio Masala that blends Indian sounds with electronic music. He also has played for several years with singer\songwriter Sergio Caputo.
He teaches percussion and drums at the Siena Jazz Foundation in Siena.
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