Huancara USA Tour 2008
Since 1982, the Argentine group HUANCARA has won international renown for its sensitive synchronization of indigenous
and experimental music with original compositions inspired by folklore.

The group members include composers, artisans of traditional instruments, researchers, collectors, teachers; they are
musicians united by a passion for South American folk music and for its diffusion as a contemporary musical expression.

The members of Huancara are dedicated to bringing the work of anonymous composers, as well as compositions by
personal friends and more widely known composers, to the general public.

Huancara works tirelessly to create space for and expand the reach of the many artists associated with crafting and
interpreting traditional American criollo and Pre-Columbian instruments.

Onstage, HUANCARA unites a trio of guitar, bass and drums with an extensive variety of traditional pre-Columbian and
criollo instruments: bombos legüeros, cajas, tambores, sonajas, charangos, quenas, sicus, anatas, erkes, moxeños and
silbatos, among others, make up the Huancara Collection. Huancara creates the instruments they play onstage.
MAIN STAGES

International:

Lincoln Center and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York; Santander International Festival, Fall Festival,
Palacio de los Deportes and Teatro Real in Madrid, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.;
Santuario de la Bien Aparecida, Spain;
Basilica and Natural Amphitheater of the Ruins of Pomeii, Italy; Masters of Bands Festival and National History Museum of
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Teatro Nacional De La Habana, Cuba;
Teatro Nacional De La Paz, Bolivia; Anfiteatro de Punta del Este, Uruguay; Museo de la República y 1º y 2° Festival
Latinoamericano de Música Instrumental in Río de Janeiro, Festival Gaucho in Río Grande del Sur, Brazil;
Festival Internacional Cervantino, Guanajuato and León, México.


National:

Teatro Colón, Teatro Presidente Alvear, Teatro Gral San Martín, Teatro de la Cova, Auditorio Santa María, Auditorio de
Belgrano,  Auditorio de Radio Nacional, Anfiteatro de los Lagos de Palermo, Feria del Libro, Estadio de Obras Sanitarias,
Feria de Mataderos, IMPA, Buenos Aires; Festival de Cosquín y Teatro San Martín de Córdoba; Anfiteatro Natural de
Mendoza, Fiesta Nacional de la Artesanía en Colón, Entre Ríos; Plazas, Centros Culturales y Bares de Rosario, Córdoba,
Santa Fé, Misiones, Río Negro,
La Rioja, Ushuaia, Chubut, Santa Cruz, La Pampa,
Entre Ríos, Formosa y Buenos Aires.

THE HUANCARA COLLECTION:

Since its founding, Huancara has collected close to 400 ethnic and criollo instruments of
Latin American origin.
Under the name Amerindia, there are numerous traveling exhibitions from the Collection.
Fifteen pieces from the collection are found in the National Conservatory in Beijing.

Huancara is coming back to USA this fall.
If you would like the band for a workshop at your school or want to
help sponsor the Pittsburgh presentations, please contact Victor Ruiz
at viridianno@hotmail DOT com.
Comments:

Dear Victor:
Thank you so much for making this concert possible. It was world-class music.
You have to feel proud of all your efforts... The public was
great and it was a great party.
Last time I listened to music like this....it was in Europe more than 15
years ago.
Thanks for all you do to preserve our heritage.
Viva Mexico!
Rossana Cowan


Estimado Víctor:
Un agradecimiento sincero de parte de los miembros de
Musuhallpa que estuvimos en el concierto de HUANCARA el pasado Sábado.
De veras que fue un evento de lujo, también a Emily y Eloy que abrieron el programa.
Gracias nuevamente por el esfuerzo.

Víctor Beltrán


Gracias y felicitaciones para todas las personas que participaron en traer y
presentar al grupo Huancara y especialmente a Víctor por tomar la iniciativa.
Tuve la suerte de poder asistir a esta presentación y me pareció fantástica. Sé
que esa fue la impresión general por la respuesta del publico presente. Después
del intermedio el grupo Huancara regresó a tocar con aun mas entusiasmo, como si
eso fuera posible, y todos nos llevamos un bello recuerdo.
Un millón de gracias (sin exagerar)....
Luis

Hola Víctor:

Nada mas pude quedarme para la primera parte, pero déjame decirte que Huancara estuvo estupendo!!! Todavía
llevo la música por dentro.

Disfrute toda la música al máximo. Y los comentarios de la audiencia durante el intermedio eran "5 Stars".

Te felicito por todo tu esfuerzo. Fue un esfuerzo bárbaro y te quedo genial!
Marisol
This poster was from last year's concert for LACU (The Latin American Cultural Union)
of Pittsburgh; below the poster are some testimonials from members of our community.