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      May 19, 2013 at 3:00 pm

      Latin American Music: from the Southern Cone to Mexico

      Framed by tangos, and characterized by a wide range of home countries, this program features Altar de Neon, a colorful orchestral work composed by Gabriela Ortiz about the Mexican holiday honoring the dead.

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      May 12, 2013 at 3:00 pm

      Conversations with Eduardo Fernandez

      Uruguayan guitarist Eduardo Fernandez introduces us to music of his country, and also plays works from Colombia and Paraguay. This varied program includes Tres Piezas Para Guitarra, composed by our host Elbio Barilari.

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      May 5, 2013 at 3:00 pm

      The Choro Music of Brazil

      “Choro is classical music played with bare feet and callus on the hands”
      Aquiles Rique Reis, Brazilian singer.

      Long before samba music became a Brazilian icon, the musicians of Brazil were gathering around a table, drinking beer and playing choro music. Scholar and musician Julie Koidin introduces us to this urban music of the Fabvelas with recordings of Pixinguinha, Joaquim Callado, Carmen Miranda and Heitor Villa-Lobos.

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      April 28, 2013 at 3:00 pm

      Caminos del Inka

      Today on Fiesta, we’re deep in conversation with conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya, the driving force behind Caminos del Inka, an international project promoting the performance and recording of Latin American concert music.

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      April 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm

      The Music of Paquito D’Rivera, Part II

      Paquito D’Rivera can be described by many words: saxophonist, clarinetist, band leader, showman, 9 time Grammy Award winner. He is also a talented composer. Today on Fiesta!, we visit the classical side of his musical genius.

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      Poetry by Carol Feiser Laque

      Posted: July 3, 2012, 11:18 am by Cydne Gillard

      Friend and listener of Fiesta, Carol Feiser Laque has written three poems to music featured on Fiesta.

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      Posted: June 5, 2012, 2:21 pm by Cydne Gillard

      Check out this great podcast from WFMT’s Impromptu.

      Juan Orrego-Salas and the founding of the Latin American Music Center

      Posted: May 19, 2012, 5:56 am by Joshua Sauvageau

      One of the foremost Chilean composers, Juan Orrego-Salas (b. 1919)  co-founded the Latin American Music Center at Indiana University, Bloomington. Here, the first director of LAMC speaks about its founding: Orrego-Salas and LAMC.