Latin American & Iberian Song

Podcast episodes

• Season 3

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  MEMORY, NOSTALGIA AND RESISTANCE: THE AFRO-LATIN ART SONG

  MEMORY, NOSTALGIA AND RESISTANCE: THE AFRO-LATIN ART SONG

  S03

  Oct 23, 2024

  09:23

  In this episode, we delve into Dr. Patricia Caicedo's thought-provoking article "Memory, Nostalgia, and Resistance: The Afro-Latin Art Song," exploring how the African diaspora in Latin America, impacted by the Atlantic slave trade, used music, language, and rituals as mechanisms of cultural preservation and resistance. We discuss how Afro-Latin composers and poets embedded rhythmic, melodic, and idiomatic elements into art songs to keep their cultural identity alive while navigating the challenges of acculturation. These art songs served as a way to participate in avant-garde artistic movements and also as a tool for social mobility and political advocacy. Dr. Caicedo highlights how, despite their cultural contributions, the diaspora faced a "whitening" process that threatened to strip away their symbolic and artistic wealth once again. Join us as we explore how these art songs became powerful expressions of resistance, memory, and identity, shedding light on the deep connection between music and social change in Latin America. You can read the full article, published in Diagonal, an Ibero-American music review by the University of California, Riverside, by clicking [here].

• Season 2

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  The sounds of geopolitics: cultural diplomacy between Latin America and the US

  The sounds of geopolitics: cultural diplomacy between Latin America and the US

  S02 E02

  Sep 1, 2022

  54:15

  Did you know that music, power, and national identity are entangled and constantly changing? In this Episode, Hermann Hudde and Patricia Caicedo talk about the political and cultural relations between the United States and Latin America and how these were staged at the Tanglewood festival led by Serge Koussevitzky in the 1940s. An opportunity to discover the role of music in what we know as cultural diplomacy.

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  Opera In the Tropics: A Conversation with Dr. Rogerio Budasz

  Opera In the Tropics: A Conversation with Dr. Rogerio Budasz

  S02 E01

  Jun 14, 2022

  01:04:14

  Did you know that there was an important operatic activity in Brazil during the XVII and XVIII centuries? Did you know that there were opera houses in many Brazilian cities where European and local artists performed together, including mulatos, blacks, and women? In the second season premiere, Patricia Caicedo talks to Dr. Rogerio Budasz, a Brazilian musicologist and the author of Opera in the Tropics: Music and Theater in Early Modern Brazil, a fascinating book that puts in evidence how music is a space where political, social, and religious power struggles are constantly negotiated.

• Season 1

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  Discovering the concerts of the Barcelona Festival of Song 2021

  Discovering the concerts of the Barcelona Festival of Song 2021

  S01 E16

  Jun 27, 2021

  25:01

  In this episode, you will discover the amazing concerts and artists of the Barcelona Festival of Song 2021 and will learn how you can participate in them from anywhere in the world. At the BFOS you will find new Latin American and Iberian vocal repertoire, enjoy listening to beautiful music, and at the same time, support musicians by incorporating the XAVECoin, an environmentally conscious crypto coin designed to democratize access to music. The festival starts on July 8 and ends on July 17. To buy your tickets visithttps://www.barcelonafestivalofsong.com/concerts Barcelona Festival of Song Summer program of history & interpretation of Latin American & Iberian art song Mundoarts Publications Your source of hard to find Latin American & Iberian scores, books, classes & resources. Center Iberian & Latin American Music Research & performance of Iberian & Latin American Music at the University of California Riverside. Support the show (https://www.patriciacaicedo.com/podcast)

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  Introducing a gem: a new Brazilian Art Song Anthology

  Introducing a gem: a new Brazilian Art Song Anthology

  S01 E15

  Jun 22, 2021

  40:29

  In this episode, Patricia talks with Carol McDavit and Flavio Melo, experts in Brazilian art song and the authors of a new Brazilian Art Song Anthology published by Mundoarts, a true gem that provides all the diction resources and historical background to introduce classical singers into this vast world. Barcelona Festival of Song Summer program of history & interpretation of Latin American & Iberian art songMundoarts Publications Your source of hard to find Latin American & Iberian scores, books, classes & resources.Center Iberian & Latin American Music Research & performance of Iberian & Latin American Music at the University of California Riverside.Support the show (https://www.patriciacaicedo.com/podcast)