Willy Calderon is a professional touring and recording musician, an engineer and a producer. He is the founder and musical director of The L.A. Impromptu Orchestra, a prestigious, Los Angeles based all-star band specializing in latin forms of salsa, jazz, son and folkloric popular music. He is also the founder of Tokyo Legends.
Born in Cartagena, Colombia, Willy came from a musical family and was raised in Los Angeles by his mother, Jeanine Rosales. A natural in the art of music since infancy, he started his professional career at the early age of 13. Specializing as a percussionist, Calderon is also professionally proficient on piano and bass. He also composes scores for video games and produces for various artists.
Calderon has performed, produced for or toured the world with world-class pop, hip-hop and latin artists such as Grupo Niche, Sublime (w/Rome), Guayacán Orquesta, Sheila E., Luis Conte, Kensman, Fruko y Sus Tesos, Marcus Miller and most recently, Bruno Mars. Calderon also participated in production for master film composer Hans Zimmer in the final installment of the Batman trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises.” In June of 2013, Willy scored two video game trailers for Nintendo Inc. He joined the Gon Bops family in 2014 and signed endorsement deals with Innovative Percussion and Sabian cymbals in 2016.
Born in Cartagena, Colombia, Willy came from a musical family and was raised in Los Angeles by his mother, Jeanine Rosales. A natural in the art of music since infancy, he started his professional career at the early age of 13. Specializing as a percussionist, Calderon is also professionally proficient on piano and bass. He also composes scores for video games and produces for various artists.
Calderon has performed, produced for or toured the world with world-class pop, hip-hop and latin artists such as Grupo Niche, Sublime (w/Rome), Guayacán Orquesta, Sheila E., Luis Conte, Kensman, Fruko y Sus Tesos, Marcus Miller and most recently, Bruno Mars. Calderon also participated in production for master film composer Hans Zimmer in the final installment of the Batman trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises.” In June of 2013, Willy scored two video game trailers for Nintendo Inc. He joined the Gon Bops family in 2014 and signed endorsement deals with Innovative Percussion and Sabian cymbals in 2016.
