Wendy Palomeque is part of the 4th generation of marimba players of the renowned Palomeque family. Wendy was born and raised in Chiapas, southern Mexico, a state in which the marimba is a musical icon and the prevailing folkloric instrument.

 

In 2014, Wendy graduated with a Bachelor of music degree from the Chiapas University of  Sciences and Arts (UNICACH). In 2018 she completed her Master’s degree in Classical-Contemporary Performance at the same institution. In 2019 she moved to Belgium to pursue a Chamber music Master with renowned marimbist Ludwig Albert at LUCA University (Leuven College of Arts) where she graduated with honours.

 

From 2015 to 2019 she worked as a teacher at the UNICACH Faculty of Music, teaching marimba, percussion, music theory, ear-training, music history, and advanced rhythm.

 

She has received lessons from renowned academic marimbists and percussionists like Ney Rosauro (Brazil), Israel Moreno (Mexico), Ludwig Albert (Belgium), Katarzyna Mycka (Poland), Pius Cheung (China-Canada), Iván Manzanilla (Mexico), among others.

In addition, she has participated in master classes of Keiko Abe (Japan), Emmanuel Séjourné (France), Pedro Carneiro (Portugal), Takayoshi Yoshioka (Japan), Nanae Mimura (Japan), Ruud Wiener (Netherlands), David Friedman (USA), Anders Astrand (Sweden), Jhon Ciro (Colombia), Eriko Daimo (Japan).

 

As a contemporary classical marimbist/percussionist she has performed in different cities in Mexico, Colombia, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy and Spain. She participated in the Chiapas International Festival of Marimbists in its 10th, 12th, 13th, 20th editions, in the III Latin American Competition of Marimbist, in the Ibague International Festival of Percussion in its 5th edition, in the Monterrey International Percussion Festival in its 18th edition. In January of 2025 Wendy performed as a soloist with the Queretaro Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Mark Kakin.
She has played with renowned percussionists such as Takayoshi Yoshioka (Japan), Igor Lešnik (Croatia), Emmanuel Séjourné (France), Israel Moreno (Mexico), Iván Manzanilla (Mexico).

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Her professional profile as a marimbist also includes her training in traditional marimbas.

She developed these skills by taking classes with traditional marimbistas, academics and researchers of these instruments (marimba from Chiapas and Guatemala, marimba de arco from Nicaragua, marimba de chonta from Colombia, balafón, la akadinda / amadinda and AMI marimbas). As a traditional marimbist she has performed in various states of Mexico, in Colombia and Ireland.

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Since 2021, she has been touring the Netherlands with the Tonali duo – marimba and flute – which also includes flutist Alice Allegri.
Currently Wendy is living in Amsterdam, working on projects and collaborations as performer, arranger, composer and teacher.​

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