Tonight at 8pm CST (21:00 in La Paz, Bolivia)! Join pianist Masaru Sakuma and I at the @openclassical At Home Showcase for a double feature of Bolivian art song! (Link in comments) The first selection is “Kori Killa” (“Moon of Gold”) by Eduardo Caba (1890-1953) - a song of exuberant new love that is sung not only in Spanish but also features phrases in two indigenous languages of Bolivia, Quechua and Aymara. For the second offering we’re returning to the works of Antonio Ibáñez (1925-1970) with a gorgeous liedlike song of lost love, “Ensueño” (“Dream”). Both composers were inspired by and emulated the sound and spirit of indigenous pre-colonial traditional music of the Andes, which you can hear throughout “Kori Killa” and especially in the up-tempo section of “Ensueño.” See you at the show tonight! 
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This coming Tuesday night October 6th at 8pm CST (21:00 en La Paz, Bolivia) on the @openclassical At Home Showcase, pianist Masaru Sakuma and I will be sharing TWO more Bolivian art songs with you - the lively “Kori Killa” by Eduardo Caba, and the romantic, liedlike “Ensueño” by Antonio Ibáñez. (Link in comments below!) I’d like to take a moment to shine the spotlight on Masaru Sakuma- the extraordinary pianist and collaborator I’ve been so fortunate to work with these past few months on our performances of beloved Bolivian art songs. Masaru was born in La Paz, Bolivia. Upon graduating from the Bolivian National Conservatory in La Paz, he received a scholarship to attend the University of Central Arkansas, where he completed a master’s degree in Piano Performance. Currently he is pursuing a doctoral degree in Collaborative Piano at Arizona State University. Top winner of several piano competitions in Bolivia, he also won the First Honorable Mention in the Claudio Arrau piano competition in 2003 in Chile, and the First Prize in the University of Central Arkansas piano competition in 2010. He has appeared in music festivals in Bolivia, Peru and the US, being also invited to perform at the Saarburg International Music Festival in Saarburg, Germany, and the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) in Vienna, Austria. As a member of the “Ensemble of Bolivian Music from the XIX and XX Centuries,” he has conducted research on the Peruvian composer Abril y Tirado, reviving some of his piano music. His interest in promoting Latin-American music and culture has continued with his doctoral dissertation on the Bolivian composer Jaime Mendoza-Nava. Masaru’s playing is sensitive and musical, and inspires me to aim for the same qualities in my singing. Fellow musicians, if you ever get a chance to work with him, DO! We’ll see you on Tuesday night at the Open Classical At Home Showcase with more Bolivian music! 😃🎵
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