Agencia AFP, El Deber: Indigenous Luthiers Offering Their Violins to Bolivia from the Amazon Urubichá, a town with 8,000 inhabitants, is primarily made up of indigenous people who speak Guarayo, one of the 37 officially recognized dialects in Bolivia. According to Waldo Papu, there are between 40 and 50 recognized luthiers in this area. With…
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The Jesuits’ musical legacy: A mission opera debuts in Bolivia | El legado musical de los jesuitas: Se estrena una ópera misional en Bolivia
By Phillip Alcon Ganir, S.J., America Magazine: Scott Loudon and his team filming his documentary, ‘Anonimo’ (photo courtesy of Scott Loudon) Like many other films that suffered financially during the Covid-19 pandemic, Scott Loudon’s documentary on the music of the Jesuit reductions in South America stalled. But the project never died. Loudon’s faith as a Protestant evangelical…
Festival of Renaissance and Baroque American Music – “Misiones de Chiquitos” – Festival Internacional de Música Renacentista y Barroca Americana
El Deber: The XIV International Festival of Renaissance and Baroque American Music “Misiones de Chiquitos” already has a date For this edition, 129 concerts have been programmed, along with at least three novelties The XIV International Festival of Renaissance and Baroque American Music “Misiones de Chiquitos” already has a date; it will take place from…
The Santa Cruz temples are filled with baroque music for four days | Los templos cruceños se llenan de música barroca por cuatro días
El Deber: The Chiquitos 2022 Missionary Music and Theater Season Festival will have concerts and plays in eight locations in Chiquitano towns and in the capital of Santa Cruz. It is dedicated to the work of Martin Schmid The inhabitants of the Chiquitano towns carry baroque music in their blood. From there, more than 300…
“Let the jungle not run out of music” “Que la selva no se quede sin música”
Proyecto. Los niños en su taller orquestal aprovechan las vacaciones. Project. The children in their orchestral workshop take advantage of the holidays. | Flades Edwin Fernández Rojas, Los Tiempos: Chiquitania. Comprehensive project “Let the jungle not run out of music” is born With the premise “That the jungle is not left without music”, the Chiquitanía…
Indigenous conductor shone with Juilliard415 – Directora indígena se lució con Juilliard415
El Diario: Missions of Chiquitos Festival Mercedes Papú was the protagonist of an unprecedented event, directing American musicians In the inaugural framework of the XIII International Festival of American Renaissance and Baroque Music “Misiones de Chiquitos”, the conductor Mercedes Papú, a native of Urubichá, a town in the Guarayos province, in the northwest of Santa…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 