Lucas Dorado
I’ve been trying out ways to amplify my vibraphone for years. With the K&K pickup system I found what I was looking for: warm sound and a clear articulation, without the instrument sounding too “harsh” when being amplified. I'm looking forward to keep creating new sounds with the K&K system!
Lucas Dorado was born on 23.04.1995 in Biel (CH) and already as a child he learned – from his father - the different styles and rhythms of South America. Later he studied drums and percussion at the Biel Bienne Conservatory (Switzerland) and finally focused exclusively on vibraphone. He has been active since 2012 and had the opportunity to play many concerts internationally in Germany Denmark Portugal France Argentina and Switzerland to name just a few. In addition he had the chance to share the stage with big names such as Juan Munguía Quique Sinesi Tino Derado or Minino Garay. With the „Duo Dorado“ alongside his father (Carlos Dorado) he recorded two albums at Acoustic Music (DE): „New Colors from Argentina“ (2014) and „Sweet Biel-Bienne“ (2017).
He graduated with a “Bachelor of Music” at the University of Berlin with Prof. David Friedman in February 2020. In October of the same year he then got a scholarship from Switzerland to continue his studies in the Master-program “European Jazz Master” in collaboration of the Jazz-Universities Berlin Paris Copenhagen Trondheim and Amsterdam.
He won the 1st prize in the first "Jazz-Vibraphone Competition" in Pescara (Italy) September 2017 and became a „Yamaha“ endorser one year later. Since April 2019 he has been a scholar at the association Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Berlin e.V. and shortly after published his first solo- vibraphone book „Nuevos Ritmos“ at the renowned Norwegian publisher „Norsk Musikforlag“. Since September 2021 he’s officially endorsing “Pearl Drums” representing the malletSTATION.
