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16-Jul-2010
Joao Gentil in South America – Argentina, Colombiaby Holda Paoletti-Kampl |
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 Portuguese accordionist and bandoneonist Joao Gentil recently in South America reports as follows:“I went to Buenos Aires to record a CD to satisfy my passion for the tango and Argentinean culture. Whilst there I played on Radio Nacional Argentina, promoting the concerts that my accordionist friend Sergio Pinget and I were doing together in Buenos Aires. I also played a spot on ‘Argentinisima’, the TV music show, which has the biggest audience in Argentina. Sergio Pinget and I played in several concerts, all of which were well attended, playing mainly Argentine music such as Milongas, Tangos, Chamamé, and also some Portuguese music, which delighted the Argentine public. I attended an intensive seminar on Bandoneon with a professor from the Academia Nacional del Tango de Buenos Aires, and in my free time (which wasn’t much!) I attended a dance class to learn to dance the tango. It was a really positive experience in Buenos Aires, playing the accordion and bandoneon with superb Argentinean musicians. Colombia is world known for its Vallenato music and is a country where nearly every child wants to play the diatonic accordion, with Hohner being very popular there. I played in the city of Valledupar for the ‘II Encuentro Mundial de Musicas de Acordeon’, where there were accordionists from the Czech Republic, Argentina, Colombia, and Portugal. I played at the Gala concert, performing Portuguese music, FADO, both singing and playing. To finish the concert I invited some percussionists from Colombia and improvised a very popular Vallenato song called ‘La Gota Fria’, and the public loved it. Whilst in Valledupar I visited the Accordion School which was full of enthusiastic young students. I also had the fantastic opportunity to exchange musical knowledge and ideas, learning some Vallenato music with the Colombian students and teaching them the chromatic accordion system and some Portuguese music. I also performed concerts in Santa Marta, Cartagena, and Bogota, to conclude my exciting tour to South America”. Joao Gentil, accordionist and bandoneonist. |
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