Cancionerio de las Américas - The Songbook of the Americas
Dates for presentations throughout 2025 coming soon!
Tickets and Donation:
In 1974, before Bernardo Palombo founded El Taller Latino Americano, he created the record label Americanto to present the recordings of proponents of La Nueva Canción (the New Song movement) including Silvio Rodriguez (Cuba), Victor Jara (Chile), Grupo Wara (Bolivia), his compositions with Damián Sanchez (Argentina). Palombo’s experience as a performer and producer became the bedrock for El Taller’s 45 year history as a presenter of world music and The Songbook of the Americas.
This program brings artists from a variety of traditions together to discuss the significance of “el canto” from the perspective of regional traditions and modern world-views. Professional recordings from each artist’s home will accompany dialogue. We envision this to be a conversation from an authentic shared space formed among talented artists and thinkers.
Upcoming Americanto Encuentros:
March 20, 2025
7:30 pm (EST) on Zoom (link will be posted closer to the date)
Anahi Mariluan + Rafael Figeroa
Anahi Mariluan; foto: Veronica Manzanares
Rafael Figeroa; foto Newspaper La Jornada, Friday, 24 January 2014, p. 1. 6
Join El Taller for a virtual encuentro of music and conversation.
Anahí and Rafael are both deeply committed to preserving and sharing cultural expressions and values. In this encuentro, these two musicians from different corners of the world will come together in conversation, exchanging stories and music. As they learn from each other, participants will be invited to join in the journey, discovering new connections along the way.
Americanto: The Song book of the Americas has been selected to be a part of the Carnegie Hall Festival Nuestros Sonidos. This program is supported in part by funds from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Jacob and Ruth Epstein Foundation and by individuals in our community.
