Juan Carlos Marras began his musical studies at age 8 with piano accordion, an instrument that was dedicated to 17 years. He then travels to Italy where he stayed there 6 months and studied flute. Later travels to South America for 6 months, studying Latin American folk sources and incorporates the aerophones as Sikus, Quenas, Moxenos, pipe, etc. Playing in different groups in Peru and Argentina. At age 20 he started studying Afro-Cuban Percussion, which seduces him in a way that it only works in depth, leaving the above. Take classes of Candombe in Montevideo and percussion in Buenos Aires with various teachers, including Ricardo Olarte, Hugo Buchard, Luis Morandi, Hector Rosado (percussionist of Celia Cruz, David Byrne, etc.), Mark Lopez (percussionist José Alberto "El Canario, Celia Cruz , etc.)
In his occupation is and integrates different bands Salsa, Latin Jazz and Latin American Folklore. Salsa accompanies some singers on their way to Buenos Aires as Oscar D'Leon and Jose Alberto "El Canario" and the Latin-Pop duo Donato and Stefano doing TV and radio programs. Integra groups Mianovich artists like Sandra, Patricia Sosa, Blusera Memphis, Marc Cohn with whom he worked 8 years by toured the country and abroad (Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, where they share a tour with Flamenco-pop group Ketama, and Italy, where he met the great Puerto Rican percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo, who plays a guest on the show of the artist with the jazz flutist Dave Valentin-).
works as a session recording in different albums of artists and groups in the country as Roxana Carbajal, Tulips, Emanuel Ortega, Axel, Manuel Wirtz, Operación Triunfo, Erreway, Memphis Blusera, Patricia Sosa, Marc Cohn, etc.. Integra percussion quintet that played music in the play "Native" Diego Romay, presented at the Teatro Nacional. 20 years is dedicated to teaching as one of its main activities.
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