Que viva el Canto/Songs of Chile
Eduardo Peralta & Rafael Manriquez
Friday March 27, 2009
$13 adv. $15 dr. - 8pm
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Eduardo Peralta, ingenous payador, returns from Chile for a concert of his most popular songs. He will be joined by Rafael Manriquez who will perform songs from a new compilation CD of Chilean music produced by the Smithsonian Folkways.
With several CDs and awards to his name and countless international performances, Eduardo Peralta was born in 1958, in Santiago, Chile. He began writing songs in the mid-70, which became instant hits in many circles. At the end of 1979, Eduardo went to Europe to begin in earnest a career as a trovador (troubadour) of Latin American traditional music and nueva cancion. Along the way, he discovered his amazing ability at being a payador, with a natural talent for improvisation. He has built numerous artistic partnerships with European, North and South American musicians, poets and writers, such as his lifelong commitment to the music of the late French poet and singer Georges Brassens (1921-1981), whose songs he translated and put into a CD recording of his own rendition of Brassens' immortal songs.
Rafael Manríquez has been one of the leading exponents of Latin American music in the San Francisco Bay Area for over twenty years. Originally from Santiago, Chile, Rafael brings us the gift of both his exquisite voice and remarkable skill on Latin American string instruments, ranging from the guitar to the charango to the cuatro and tiple. Rafael is a passionate and well-loved composer and performer. Through his music, he reveals the richness of Latin folk rhythms influenced by the Spanish, Native American and African cultures. His lyrics reflect the struggles and hopes of the people of this continent. He has performed throughout the Americas and Europe. His music has been recorded on over ten albums.
