Bolivia Music 101: Chiquitos and the music by Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa writes in El Pais, Madrid after his recent visit to Santa Cruz: Chiquitos and the music The first Jesuits who came to this remote corner of eastern Bolivia saw the houses of the Indians with very small houses, that baptized the entire region with the name of Chiquitos [tiny]. Father Jose de…

Young Bolivian violinists will accompany Inma Shara

This news is great to lift our spirits and show that Bolivia is not only governmental corruption. El Deber reports: Young Bolivian violinists will accompany Inma Shara Six young Bolivian violinists will accompany renowned Spanish Orchestra Director Inma Shara, next week, on a tour of four concerts by three Iberian cities, reported Friday the NGOs…

2012 Baroque Festival, come to Santa Cruz!!!

Leyla Anas reports for El Deber, this wonderful event!! Yesterday, the Association pro art and culture (APAC) marked the counting of the countdown for the IX International Festival of Renaissance and Baroque Music, American Missions of Chiquitos. At a press conference, its top executives reported that the music festival will take place from April 26…