La Pena Cultural Center, La Pena Community Chorus and Chile Apoya Present
Homage to Violeta Parra
An Evening Celebrating Violeta Parra's 100 Years of Cultural Legacy. Featuring the Chorus performing the cantata "Canto Para Una Semilla" and artwork, dances, poetry, and murals by Los Pobres Artistas.
Chilean folklorist Violeta Parra's 100th birthday is October 4, 2017. The Chorus and members of the Chilean community will be celebrating with a concert honoring her vital contributions to the arts in Chile at La Pena Sunday, October 29th at 7:00 p.m. During the middle part of the last century, Violeta Parra traveled the length and breadth of Chile collecting the folk songs of the people of the country-side, popularizing them with concerts in her Santiago venue, "La Carpa." She was a one-woman "Smithsonian Institution" for Chile and Latin American culture and without her efforts much of the folk music of Chile would have been lost because Chilean culture was rarely featured on the radio, in films or on television.
The evening will include participation by Chilean poets, artists, and musicians and will also feature the La Pena Community Chorus's performance of the cantata "Canto Para Una Semilla." This cantata was composed by well-known Chilean composer Luis Advis using Violeta's decimas, telling the story of her life.
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Homage to Violeta Parra
An Evening Celebrating Violeta Parra's 100 Years of Cultural Legacy. Featuring the Chorus performing the cantata "Canto Para Una Semilla" and artwork, dances, poetry, and murals by Los Pobres Artistas.
Chilean folklorist Violeta Parra's 100th birthday is October 4, 2017. The Chorus and members of the Chilean community will be celebrating with a concert honoring her vital contributions to the arts in Chile at La Pena Sunday, October 29th at 7:00 p.m. During the middle part of the last century, Violeta Parra traveled the length and breadth of Chile collecting the folk songs of the people of the country-side, popularizing them with concerts in her Santiago venue, "La Carpa." She was a one-woman "Smithsonian Institution" for Chile and Latin American culture and without her efforts much of the folk music of Chile would have been lost because Chilean culture was rarely featured on the radio, in films or on television.
The evening will include participation by Chilean poets, artists, and musicians and will also feature the La Pena Community Chorus's performance of the cantata "Canto Para Una Semilla." This cantata was composed by well-known Chilean composer Luis Advis using Violeta's decimas, telling the story of her life.
La Pena Cultural Center, La Pena Community Chorus and Chile Apoya Present
Homage to Violeta Parra
An Evening Celebrating Violeta Parra's 100 Years of Cultural Legacy. Featuring the Chorus performing the cantata "Canto Para Una Semilla" and artwork, dances, poetry, and murals by Los Pobres Artistas.
Chilean folklorist Violeta Parra's 100th birthday is October 4, 2017. The Chorus and members of the Chilean community will be celebrating with a concert honoring her vital contributions to the arts in Chile at La Pena Sunday, October 29th at 7:00 p.m. During the middle part of the last century, Violeta Parra traveled the length and breadth of Chile collecting the folk songs of the people of the country-side, popularizing them with concerts in her Santiago venue, "La Carpa." She was a one-woman "Smithsonian Institution" for Chile and Latin American culture and without her efforts much of the folk music of Chile would have been lost because Chilean culture was rarely featured on the radio, in films or on television.
The evening will include participation by Chilean poets, artists, and musicians and will also feature the La Pena Community Chorus's performance of the cantata "Canto Para Una Semilla." This cantata was composed by well-known Chilean composer Luis Advis using Violeta's decimas, telling the story of her life.
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Homage to Violeta Parra
An Evening Celebrating Violeta Parra's 100 Years of Cultural Legacy. Featuring the Chorus performing the cantata "Canto Para Una Semilla" and artwork, dances, poetry, and murals by Los Pobres Artistas.
Chilean folklorist Violeta Parra's 100th birthday is October 4, 2017. The Chorus and members of the Chilean community will be celebrating with a concert honoring her vital contributions to the arts in Chile at La Pena Sunday, October 29th at 7:00 p.m. During the middle part of the last century, Violeta Parra traveled the length and breadth of Chile collecting the folk songs of the people of the country-side, popularizing them with concerts in her Santiago venue, "La Carpa." She was a one-woman "Smithsonian Institution" for Chile and Latin American culture and without her efforts much of the folk music of Chile would have been lost because Chilean culture was rarely featured on the radio, in films or on television.
The evening will include participation by Chilean poets, artists, and musicians and will also feature the La Pena Community Chorus's performance of the cantata "Canto Para Una Semilla." This cantata was composed by well-known Chilean composer Luis Advis using Violeta's decimas, telling the story of her life.
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