Kaypi, Perú—“This Is Peru” in the indigenous Quechua language—highlights Peru’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and traditional arts. For the webcast portion of the festival, we recorded ...
This Afro-Peruvian traditional music is lively, has complex rhythms, allows for improvisational riffs, and has contributed several important percussion instruments to the world, including the quijada ...
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Afro Peruvian Jazz Orchestra is a 20-piece ensemble that specializes in Afro Peruvian music. The band combines elements of Jazz and traditional Peruvian rhythms which result in fresh sounds and ...
After the Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet’s first set one recent rainy Saturday, Tutuma Social Club owner Santina Bari plugged the band’s CDs and quipped, “It’s much cheaper than opening up a ...
Erhu player Zhang Ning (front) from the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater and his students perform in the Colegio Peruano Chino Juan XXIII school in Lima, Peru, in July. [Photo provided to ...
In Perú, music heals more than the soul. Traditional songs, known as icaros, are part of a treatment process for men rehabilitating from drug and alcohol addictions. Combined with traditional ...
Kaypi, Perú—“This Is Peru” in the indigenous Quechua language—highlights Peru’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and traditional arts. For the webcast portion of the festival, we recorded ...