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The anthems of most of the Latin American countries were composed in the 19th century under the influence of both recent war and Italian opera. The...
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Euzkadi, also known as the Basque country, represents one of the several ways of being a Spaniard or is it something else? It depends on whom you ...
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Argentine born and based in New York, Veronica Loiacono, is a soprano of amazing versatility who feels at home in the opera repertoire as well as i...
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The author of the very popular Huapango, considered as the second Mexican anthem, composed several symphonic, chamber pieces of great importance. F...
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“The Vision of the Vanquished” or “La voz de los vencidos”, a book by Mexican historian Miguel León Portilla was very instrumental in changing the ...
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Anthony Lucero talks bucking trends, sushi as a metaphor, and respecting the rice.
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The first half of the 20th century saw the incredible popularity of an exclusively Spanish genre: the zarzuela. It can be defined, superficially, a...
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Fiesta! pays a visit to giants of Chile’s musical history, such as Domingo Santa Cruz, Acario Cotapos, Carlos Isamitt and Alfonso Letelier.
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Throughout history, myths have been a popular source of inspiration. Ibero-American composers (that means from Spain, Portugal and Latin America),...
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Throughout history some musicians have reached immense popularity just to be quickly forgotten, many times without a clear explanation. In other ca...
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Little Portugal, once one of the mightiest nations in the world, can boast of an amazing musical treasure. From the medieval period to the present,...
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Nature has inspired, and continues to inspire, composer from all cultures. Bolivian Alberto Villapando and Brazilian Almeida Prado have written gor...
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Canyengue is lunfardo (slang) from Rio de la Plata. The word comes from the African Ki-Kongo language and means “melting with the music.” It would...
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Few Spanish symphonies, if any, have found its place within the standard repertoire, a strange phenomenon, considering the richness and depth of th...
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It is known that soccer (or fútbol, as it is called in Spanish) constitutes and important element of Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese identit...
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Canyengue is lunfardo (slang) from Rio de la Plata. The word comes from the African Ki-Kongo language and means “melting with the music.” It would...
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As Joaquín Rodrigo’s music has been overshadowed by the extraordinary success of Concerto de Aranjuez, the composer, Blas Galindo has experienced t...
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Well before the Impressionism claimed direct inspiration in nature, musicians from different eras and styles linked the music to its forces. In thi...
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Alberto Nepomuceno was a dominant figure of Brazilian music in the second part of the 19th century and into the 20th century until the arrival of V...
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Ten Latin American countries are bathed by the Pacific Ocean. In this program we are starting with the two southernmost among these nations: Peru ...
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¡Fiesta! will visit once more the work of the most important Latin American living composer, Cuban Leo Brouwer. W will present his rarely heard con...
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This program features, as in a traditional symphonic concert, an exquisite and vibrant overture, a full-scale violin concerto, and a monumental sy...
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Outside his native Brazil, Edino Krieger is mostly known for his substantial work for the piano. But he was also a very imaginative orchestrator. ...
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In 1492, after being exiled from Spain, Sephardic communities blended their music traditions wherever they settled. Starting with a song in ancien...
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Esteban Salas, born in La Habana, Cuba, in 1725 and José Joaquim Emerico Lobo de Mesquita, born in Vila do Principe, Brasil, in 1746, were two of t...
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