Nacho Arimany

“Jazz and Flamenco may have crossed paths before, but Nacho Arimany brings a fresh approach with ideas that have yet to be discovered” ~ ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Nacho Arimany Performer

Nacho Arimany is a master ethnic percussionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer whose music career began at age six as a classical piano student and singer with the Spanish National Choir and Orchestra. He possesses a highly unique blend of talents and diverse capabilities as a producer, performer and musician for the brain.

Beyond his early classical training, Arimany has been immersed in study of traditional rhythms from around the world, specializing in North African and Flamenco rhythms, since his teens. Nacho has toured globally and collaborated with artists from a myriad of musical traditions over the years. His cross-cultural music and vocal style integrates World Music, Flamenco, Jazz, and the natural resonant properties of the elemental instruments he plays, reflecting his deep belief in the joy and transformative power of natural rhythms and sounds. Nacho has performed and recorded with Lionel Loueke and Angelique Kidjo (Benin) Lizz Wright (USA), Farah Siraj (Jordan), Yungchen Lhamo (Tibet) and Flamenco stars Joaquín Cortés and Rafaela Carrasco (Spain).

Currently Nacho performs with his avant-garde jazz ensemble, the Nacho Arimany New World Jazz Quartet. He has taught classes at conservatories and universities internationally and is currently an instructor at the New York Open Center Sound and Music Institute.

Nacho Arimany Composer

Nacho Arimany is one of the only musicians in the world who creates music designed to enhance brain function. He has a degree in Pedagogy and Philosophy from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a certificate from the New York Open Center Music Institute for completion of study of the principles of Healing with Sound and Music. He spent the past three years composing inTime, a fully orchestrated (9-CD) world music listening program designed for brain health he co-produced with Sheila Allen and Alex Doman of Advanced Brain Technologies.

Nacho composes original scores for feature films incorporating more than 100 instruments. He is highly regarded by movie directors for his world percussion, romantic piano, flamenco guitar and elegant harp compositions.

Nacho Arimany Musician for the Brain

The Elemental Sounds & Rhythms Workshop (ES&R) is a half, full or two day experience combining elemental sounds, natural rhythms, gentle movement, simple percussion and vocal expression to build executive functioning, sound health, and self-regulation. Multi-instrumentalist and composer, Nacho Arimany, utilizes instruments from around the world, body percussion, breathing patterns and vocal techniques to explore the neurobiological underpinnings of sound.

With a philosophy elaborated in Gyorgy Doczi’s 2005 book, The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art, and Architecture, the journey begins with activities exploring biological rhythms and their connection to elemental patterns in nature. By synchronizing with the harmonic ratio and universal rhythmic cycles present in the human body, living matter and nature, participants discover their own musical essence and unique musical voices. The newfound skills and insights can then be used in daily life and business as well as in professional work with clients.

Elemental Sounds & Rhythms Workshop

BenefitsIntroduces basic neurobiology of sound.Creating a new architecture for the brain where you can function in a new way through rhythm. Engages the audience with vestibular, auditory and kinesthetic experiences.Enhances personal creativity and confidence through experiential sound (clapping, body percussion, etc.).Introduces the practice of sound health routines. Activities for daily calming, cognitive skill building, cognitive organization, executive function skills and focus.

Natural Sound and Rhythms

ActivitiesExploring ancient sounds.The Golden Ratio in movement with balance and alternation.Music architecture in daily rhythms.Marching rhythms that emphasize geometry in sound and space (beats of 5,7,9).

Elemental Sounds & Rhythms Workshop

BenefitsDelivers peace and calm to the body and mind.Teaches mental discipline.Personalizes experiences of sound and silence.Introduces the practice of sound connection for daily living.

Sound Connection

ActivitiesFine motor movements such as tapping, clapping.Use of the body as an instrument for harmony.Body percussion with coordination of feet, hands and voice.

Elemental Sounds & Rhythms Workshop

BenefitsExplores the meaning and applications of “personal sound journeys”and how they can be used to “tune” your body/mind and achieve inner balance.Introduces attendees to a variety of natural sounds, elemental/traditional instruments and genres to impact their mood, state of being personal and professional life.Teaches simple sound health routines for daily use.Explores the meaning and applications of sound health.

Sound Exploration

ActivitiesMeditative value of vocal sounds.Group Orchestration through movement, body percussion and voice.Large motor movements and positions for personal expression.

“This technique is so simple as we see, so powerful as we know and people will experience it as they do.” - Nacho Arimany

Prospective Audiences

A variety of audiences participate in ES&R workshops including clinicians, teachers, instructors, athletes and businessmen depending on the length of the workshop.

Children experiencing stress in hospital care, classrooms and clinics benefit as well.

Personal Experiences

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"Nacho Arimany is a transformative artist. Somehow, he is able to tap into the most primal yet subtle energies that exist in us all. The result is a rhythmically ecstatic, emotional and revealing soul journey.” - Stacie Yeldell, MA, MT-BC Board Certified Music Therapist /Singer/ Songwriter

“The room resonated as Nacho introduced us to the power of a human symphony. Connected and rhythmically aligned we sang out the tunes of instruments with our voices. I cannot wait to do this with my own clients. While our clients love art and movement, this new approach to music as sound science is transformative.” - Dr. Lynne Kenney, Pediatric Psychologist, inTime Master Trained Clinician.