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The nineteenth edition of the festival La Mar de Musicas in Cartagena will to Peru as the guest.
This has been released today during the press conference that took place in the Palace Hall, which has benefited from the presence of a lcaldesa, Pilar Barreiro, Peru's ambassador in Spain, Francisco Eguiguren, and festival director Francisco Martin.
He has also attended the Councillor for Culture, Maria del Rosario Montero, at a ceremony in which he also announced the winning artist: Afro-Peruvian singer Susana Baca, whose tribute was held at The Batel.
Peru was a pending, said Barreiro, who highlighted the enormous geographical and cultural diversity of the Latin American country. Has also announced that in The Sea of Music, which will run from 19 to 27 July, attendees will witness t he of the most representative of this country, not only musically, but also literary, artistic or gastronomic.
Meanwhile, for the Peruvian ambassador has been an honor this invitation, as the cultural heritage of his native cross borders. Intercultural confluence is presented as a way to better understand this country.
Festival director has been in charge of announcing what bands formed n part of the programming of this latest edition.
So, sounds Creole, Afro-Peruvians, electronics, the girl or the Cartagena cumbia be extrapolated from the hand of Susana Baca, Eva Ayllon, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Novalima, Miki González, Cumbia and Chicha Libre All satrs.
Around thirty groups will go through the various stages of the festival, whose final program will be presented on April 26 at the Auditorium The Batel. Was also envisaged that the poster presentation by Antonio de Felipe, occur next week.
Most concerts are free and the festival program will be complemented by parallel activities, in the words of Francis Martin, related literature, art, photography and cinema, making public on May 22 in Madrid.
In addition, special attention to the food and drink of the country, and it is possible to hold a gastronomic week.
The nineteenth edition of The Sea of Music has a budget of around 435,000 euros and is organized by the Department of Culture of the City of Cartagena, in collaboration with PromPeru, the Commission for the Promotion of Peru Abroad.
CONCERTS
- Dengue Dengue Dengue: Friday 19 July at the castle rabe
- Novalima: Saturday, July 20.
Auditorio Parque Torres.
- Miki Gonzalez: Saturday July 20.
Castillo Ă rabe.
- Eva Ayllon: Sunday, July 21.
Auditorio Parque Torres.
- Susana Baca: Monday, July 22.
Auditorium The Batel.
- Change All Stars: Wednesday, July 24.
Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
- Chicha Libre: Friday, July 26.
Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
Susana Baca, a benchmark of the rhythms afroperuanos
The festival La Mar de Musicas in this edition gives the award for his work worldwide dissemination of Afro-Peruvian rhythms, the backbone of the music of Peru. Last year, the award went to Oumou Sangare.
In 1995, Luaka Bop, the label created by David Byrne, shocked with the edition of a work that reflected compilation The Soul of Black Peru. It was Maria Lando, a song that bore the voice and interpretation of who, eventually become the main reference of the Afro-Peruvian musical tradition, Susana Baca.
Born in the coastal district of Chorrillos, outside Lima, the Peruvian capital, a place where they have lived the descendants of slaves from the colonial era.
As a child he was surrounded by musicians.
They provided the necessary force that prompted Susana to devote himself to music.
In Susana Baca's career not only the contribution of David Byrne has been fundamental. Chabuca Granda became another cornerstone of his career. Fina She Susana stamp found in its successor.
When Chabuca died, Susana continued the task of studying and unmute their land.
She and her husband, sociologist Ricardo Pereira, traveled the 600 miles from the Peruvian coast collecting testimonies and documents from descendants of black peoples.
His tireless work of research, has alternated with long international tours, and is that Susan is now the voice of Peru in the world.
In 2011 he was appointed Minister of Culture by Ollanta Humala. Currently chairs the Inter-Cultural, chosen by the Organization of American States.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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