World Music

Cristal Montañés was Miss Venezuela 1977, she inspired the musician, composer and performer also from Venezuelan, Simón Díaz. He composed the melody Cristal and this piece helped us to start the show today. Pajarillo con moto y acelerando, helped us to continue, performed by the Ensemble Recoveco, a group of virtuosic musicians which achieve a balance between classical music and traditional music. The thirdly song was Noche Criolla  by Agustín Lara, performed by the singer Maria Antonia del Carmen Peregrino Álvarez, Mexican singer of boleros, better known as Toña La Negra.

From Veracruz to Cuba by the song Estoy como nunca from the Cuban musician master, Eliades Ochoa. From the island to the black continent by Africa, Center of the World, performed by Fela Kuti and Roy Ayers.

In a new section, we heard the American songwriter Fiona Apple and the song composed by John Lennon in 1968, Across The Universe, included in the first album No One's Gonna Change Our ​​World (1969) and in Let It Be (Album) (1970) after.

We also heard the Spanish, Carlos Núñez, one of the best pipers in the world, and his song, The flight, accompanied by the group The Chieftains. After the bagpipes, we enjoyed the sounds of the contemporary music by Arab Anouar Brahem, from the Arabic landslide; John Surman, a jazz musician specialist in the clarinet and saxophone and Dave Holl on bass. With the magic that technology give us, we went from Saudi to Chico Che from Tabasco and his sticky song, Hay la crisis.  Also from Mexico, after the cumbia, we presented the song La Llorona, by the guitar Mexican genius, Antonio Bribiesca. We ended this section with the Trio, Los Panchos.

We finished this World Music show with music from the five latitudes. The first song was La chica que busco lleva un jean dakota blue by Manolin; "The doctor of the salsa.” On a afroantillanos tone, we listened to La Guagua by Juan Luis Guerra from Dominican Republic and his 440. From Dominican Republic to the north of the United States, in New York, Ska Jazz Ensemble, one of the best ska-jazz bands in the world, and their song I Mean You. To finish; we enjoyed José embala o menino by Dino Saluzzi, an Argentine musician and composer and the Portuguese pianist, María Joao.

The padlock was placed by the song Badlands, by the American guitarist Bruce Springsteen, accompanied by The E Street Band, known to the public as Bruce Springsteen's band.