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We start the show with Astor Piazolla and a remastered version of his tango Adiós Nonino , followed by "Hanachpachap Cussicuinin", considered to be the first published polyphonic work in the New World, sung in Quechua, created in the early 1600 and recreated by the Argentinian Group Conjunto Musica Ficta de Buenos Aires, after that, still in Quechua, a language spoken by more than 12 million native people of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, we have the Peruvian group UCHPA and the song Pachamama.

The show includes Songs in Aymará: “K’oli Pankarita”, Guaraní: “Kilómetro 11” and Ñesuhame, Mapuche: “We Kyuen”, and from España Basque: “Gizian argi hastian”, and “Non Geratzen den Denbora”; Gallego: “Muiñeira de Santa Amaro” and “Sementeira”; and Catalán: “Barcelona S’il-lumina” and “Ara Que Tinc Vint Anys”. We finish Nuestra Música with a Flamenco piece: “Canción para Diana”.

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“Nuestra Música,” “Our Music,” presents the rhythms and folklore of Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and Cape Verde. From Tango to Flamenco and all Latinx music in between. The show explores the native instruments, languages, and traditions played in 22 countries and one territory. Other than Spanish and Portuguese, "Nuestra Música" presents songs in Quechua, Mapuche, Guaraní, Nahuatl, Gallego, Spanish Basque, and Catalán. Among many styles we present: Tango, Chacarera, Baguala, Zamba with a Z and Samba with an S, Bossa Nova, Cumbia, Llanero, Vallenato, Merengue, Parrandera, Son, Bolero, Ranchera, Corrido, Marimba, Fado, Flamenco, Sevillanas, Jota, Blues, Jazz, Danzon, Mambo, and many more. The countries presented are Argentina // Bolivia // Brazil // Cape Verde // Chile // Colombia // Costa Rica // Cuba // Dominican Republic // Ecuador // El Salvador // Guatemala // Honduras // Mexico // Nicaragua // Panama // Paraguay // Peru // Portugal // Puerto Rico // Spain // Uruguay // Venezuela.

Mariano Vera is a former art and literature critic in La Prensa Buenos Aires and National Public Radio, Argentina; Editor of Crónica