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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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Some people who take dance classes regularly have a saying: “Dance is my church.”
Dancer Stella Adelman says just that about going to Afro-Cuban f...
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- Added: Apr 20, 2015
- Length: 09:26
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The great Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges has always had a particular fascination with composers from different parts of the world. In this case...
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Variations always have been one of the most effective tools in the hands of composers throughout history. Latin American composer practice this art...
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Starting in the mid-1980’s some composers, particularly in Latin America, started to break away from the constrains imposed by the avant-garde and ...
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It is well known that Villa-Lobos was an prolific composer. He is said to have composer over a thousand musical works. Scholars have a hard time na...
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Before Astor Piazzolla, the Tango music from Rio de la Plata enjoyed periodic moments of international popularity but always as dance music, mostly...
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Exploring the connections between visual art and musical creation in Latin American music.
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The vast treasure of colonial music coming from the archives of the cathedrals, from Brazil to California and from Perú to México City has become a...
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The tremendous popularity of “Concierto de Aranjuez” has made of Joaquín Rodrigo almost a “one piece composer” or a “composer for the guitar,” whic...
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Close your eyes and imagine you’re attending a concert at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. A delightful overture by Ricardo Castro, Jorge F...
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The monumental book by Miguel de Cervantes, the first novel in European literature, has captured the imagination of composers from different period...
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Abel Carlevaro is known worldwide as one of the top masters of the guitar in the second part of the 20th century. However, few people outside Rio d...
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As one of the jewels of the Spanish empire, the island of Cuba developed strong cultural traditions. Havana and other towns boasted of a very rich ...
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This week, Elbio invites you to a Fiesta of the Guitar, celebrating a wide range of Latin-American guitar music. We explore the thriving crossover...
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Several thousand years ago the forebears of the present day Gypsy people left India. Their descendents have spread throughout the world and their c...
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Radio Curious visits with Cuban born singer-songwriter Marcos Pereda, who now lives in Ukiah, California. Pereda shares songs and stories about hi...
- Added: Dec 23, 2014
- Length: 29:01
- Added: Dec 23, 2014
- Length: 10:57:36
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Sanjay Rawal talks corporate responsibility, the power of protest, and the difference a penny can make.
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 32:51
You may think Chicago’s Esso is just about having a good time and getting people on their feet. That’s partially true. But beneath the Latin rhythm...
- Added: Nov 25, 2014
- Length: 57:10
Over 6,000 migrant deaths were recorded on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico between 1998 and 2013. This documentary travels to the desert ra...
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- Added: Nov 24, 2014
- Length: 29:00
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Thanks to a quirk of history — and a love of bananas — New Orleans has had a Honduran population for more than a century. But that population explo...
- Added: Nov 07, 2014
- Length: 12:42
