Native musicians alternate their art with the Experimental Orchestra of Native Instruments

(La Paz, April 24, 2008).- With the objective of promoting an artistic encounter between the traditional and modern, the Andean Development Corporation presents this Friday April 25 a Concert of the Experimental Orchestra of Native Instruments (OEIN) and the Chaxis de Santiago de LLallagua music ensemble, under the direction of recognized composer, conductor and principal director of OEIN Cergio Prudencio. The performance - admission free - will take place in the offices of the CAF representation in Bolivia at 7 pm.

With 28 years of performances and 30 members, the OEIN has achieved an impeccable aesthetic in the interpretation of contemporary and traditional music with native instruments such as, sikus, tarkas, q’ena-q’enas, pinkillos koikos, pífanos, mohoceños, wankaras, bombos, charangos and cajas, among others. On this occasion, OEIN will perform “La Permanencia” of composer Canela Palacios and “La Ciudad” of Cergio Prudencio.

The Chaxis de Santiago de Llallagua ensemble formed by 26 musicians, natives of Aroma province in La Paz department, will perform, accompanied by a dozen women singers, an extensive repertory of autochthonous melodies, making use of the traditional chaje or chaxi., The ensemble has rescued this instrument, considered part of the cultural heritage, from imminent disappearance.

Cergio Prudencio will give a brief talk on the music of the Altiplano and its characteristic instruments, and Máximo Mamani, representative of the Chaxis, will talk about the distinctive features of their music which has emerged from the ancestral tradition of the region.