MAFER BANDOLA

María Fernanda González (Mafer Bandola) is a bandola llanera player, educator, composer, and journalist from Barquisimeto, Venezuela. She is one of the few women performing the bandola professionally and has been featured in festivals in Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil. She is known for electrifying the instrument and experimenting with genres, sounds, and cross-cultural collaboration.
Mafer is known as an innovator for her solo work as well as her work with LADAMA, a multinational band of four women from four countries, of which she is a co-founder and current member.