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CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Neighborhood Concert: Lucía Pulido Ensemble
El Museo del Barrio
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Lucía Pulido Ensemble
Generously supported by the New York City Council and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Additional support is provided by The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.
Meet the Artists
Lucía Pulido Ensemble
Lucía Pulido Ensemble pays homage to the chirimía, one of the many types of Colombian street bands, through a highly experimental style. Traditional genres such as cumbia and bullerengue from the Atlantic Coast, currulaos from the Pacific Coast, and joropos of the Colombian Eastern Plains form the points of departure for the group’s musical creativity. Lucía Pulido, the group’s singer, excels in such genres as herding songs (cantos de vaquería), funeral laments (alabaos), and harvest chants (cantos de zafra). The Ensemble also performs songs written for Lucía by composers Iván Benavides and Sebastián Cruz, who have been the ensemble’s arranger and musical director since 2004. Palenque’s core group consists of percussion, clarinet, bass, guitar, and voice.
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