Edmar Castañeda (born 1978 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian harpist. He performs his own compositions as well as tapping into native Music of Colombia, Music of Venezuela;Joropo and Music of Argentina, Zamba. He tours regularly as the leader of the Edmar Castañeda Trio, together with David Silliman on drums/percussion and Marshall Gilkes on trombone. He is also a band member for the Andrea Tierra Quartet whose members areAndrea Tierra on vocals, Sam Sadigursky on flute/clarinet/saxophone, and David Silliman
Castañeda is the son of Colombian harp player, composer, singer, teacher Pavelid Castañeda
He has performed with Paquito D’Rivera, Wynton Marsalis, John Scofield, Joe Locke, JLCO,John Patitucci, Giovanni Hidalgo, Lila Downs, Janis Siegel, Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban jazz big band, The United Nations Orchestra, Simón Diaz, Samuel Torres among other renowned musicians
In 2006 he released the solo album Cuarto de Colores and he released his new album Entre Cuerdas in June 2009