Constantinople

This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and percussion, had always existed side by side.

This concert revisits Andean and South American music through 17^th– and 18^th-century manuscripts, including Codice Trujillo and Codice Luz y Norte. Some popular oral traditions are added to the above sources to enrich the musical repertoire, in the image of these bright and colorful people.

This project is supported financially by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, the Conseil des Arts du Canada, and the Asociación ZINIA in Peru.

This concert revisits Andean and South American music through 17^th– and 18^th-century manuscripts, including Codice Trujillo and Codice Luz y Norte. Some popular oral traditions are added to the above sources to enrich the musical repertoire, in the image of these bright and colorful people.

This project is supported financially by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, the Conseil des Arts du Canada, and the Asociación ZINIA in Peru.

ACCROSS THE ANDES

Exploring the Musical Heritage of Peru

The music of the Andes and South America is heir to pre-His­panic musical traditions, which were enriched by the contribu­tion of instruments and repertoires of the peoples who settled the lands of this “New World.” This interaction between vastly different cultures gave rise to the most remarkable music, which was rediscovered in codices from the 16th and 17th centuries and which have seen the addition of pieces from oral and popular tra­ditions that were passed down from one generation to the next. We invite you to a musical evening filled with light and colour, in the company of Constantinople’s musicians and Federico Tarazona, one of the greatest virtuosos of the most symbolic and representative instrument of Andean music, the charango.

This project is supported financially by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, the Conseil des Arts du Canada, and the Asociación ZINIA in Peru.