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Karina Bernales

José Luis Pietrini Silva

Photo with some of the paintings by José Luis Pietrini Silva

José Luis Pietrini Silva was a painter and sculptor and entered into writing. He was born in Venezuela, Monagas State, in the emblematic town of Caripe on August 6, 1922.He studied at the School of Plastic and Applied Arts, at the Cristóbal Rojas School in Caracas. In 1937 he won the first prize of the competition sponsored by the newspaper La Esfera. From then on he participated in countless collective exhibitions until in 1976 he held his first solo exhibition in the Public Area of Electricity of Caracas and in 1996 he founded the first Gallery of Permanent Art of the State of Monagas, where he soon received the Municipal Prize of Culture in Plastic Arts being awarded the Medal of Honor to the Mér. in his second class by the mayor of Caripe in 1999.
National pride who values him for his creative trajectory and guides the students of plastic arts “to see something beautiful in a stone, in a little bit, that another does not see it” possessing an extensive and solid work framed within the canons of realism and his love for the Venezuelan landscape where the brilliant handling of color, light and texture “C Visual chronicler par excellence, he paints what he sees and feels.”

Unfortunately, on January 6, 2014, at 91 years old, Master Pietrini left in Caracas, leaving a great legacy throughout the national artistic field.

International Salsa Magazine, thanks the Pietrini family, especially their son the engineer Luis Prietrini who kindly provided us with the work of their private family collection.

Tribute to “Caripeña” coffee growing (1992) known as the Goddess of Coffee, in homage to the idiosyncrasy of this town on the east coast that has grown grain since ancient times.

Preparence is close to the Panama Jazz Festival 2022.

From January 10 to 15, the Panama Jazz Festival 2022 will be held, this being this 19th edition, which will take place both virtual and face-to-face activities, so that the Biosafety regulations of the Ministry of Health will be met (“No cloth” masks and gel), where they are informed that to enter all events they will be asked for the card and QR code 100% vaccinated with a minimum of 14 days and 12-year-olds must present a negative Covid test 24 hours before.

It will be held at the City of Knowledge Athenaeum, where every day except for Wednesday (12) from 7 pm at the National Theater there will be a Gala night with Danilo Pérez and Kurt Elling, however the other days will be presented:

  • Monday (10): Panamá Connections and Mayra Hurley.
  • Tuesday (11): Borderlands Trio e Idania Douman.
  • Thursday (13): Global Messengers and Pz533-Global Jazz Womxn.
  • Friday (14): Antonio Hart and Solinka.

This year the festival of this edition will be dedicated to Frank Anderson born in Panama, Bocas del Toro on January 24, 1929, in Panama he met and played with many Cuban musicians; In New York, he played piano and directed several recordings by Vicentico Valdés and worked with other artists such as Marcelino Guerra, Polito Galíndez, Arsenio Rodríguez, Andrés Andino and Yomo Toro, Israel López “Cachao”, Clark Terry, and in 1950 he founded his own big band, the musicians were members of the Duke Ellington and Count Basie orchestras. In the 1970s he became musical director and accompanist for many Broadway plays such as Purlie, Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope, A Raisin in the Sun, Eubie !, The Wiz, and Guys and Dolls. He also recorded on the discs of those works.

In 2009 he was recognized by the New York State Senate for his musical contributions, particularly his role as organist in various Brooklyn churches and his most recent recording is Ochosi Blues (2015) by Benjamin Lapidus and Kari-B3 where he is accompanying with the organ. in its unique style and unmatched flavor that combines Caribbean music, jazz and more in a very personal way. Anderson currently maintains his residence in Brooklyn.

The International Artists to participate are:

  1. Kurt Elling Dúo with Danilo Pérez “Secrets are the Best Stories”:
    Renowned for his unique combination of robust swing and poetic acumen, two-time GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling secures his place among the world’s leading jazz vocalists. The New York Times proclaimed him the “most prominent male vocalist of our time.” Over a 25-year touring and recording career, he has won 3 Prix du Jazz Vocal, 2 German Echo Awards, 2 Dutch Edison Awards and been nominated for a GRAMMY Award fifteen times. He has had a 14-year career at the top of DownBeat’s Critics and Readers polls, and has won twelve Jazz Journalist awards for “Male Vocalist of the Year.”Elling’s voice is instantly recognizable, embracing listeners with her warm, rich baritone and navigating the four-octave range as a virtuoso improviser and compelling storyteller. The Guardian has named him “some kind of superpowered Sinatra” and “one of the great jazz vocalists of all time.”
  2. Kris Davis and Bordeerlands Trio with Eric McPherson, Stephan Crump:In Borderlands Trio, the collective efforts of bassist Stephan Crump, pianist Kris Davis, and drummer Eric McPherson have luck on your side. In less than a year their chemistry is unusually deep. The title of their album Asteroidea is the Latin term for starfish, a creature capable of regenerating parts of itself, in turn related to the trio’s ability to constantly develop new landscapes. The word starfish evokes notions of both the ocean and outer space. “Gravity, magnetism, constellations, nature. With this band, we are always expanding and contracting, recontextualizing what surrounds us and heading towards the instantly inevitable. ” Crump comments.Asteroidea is a treatise on immediacy and a deep dive into the spectrum of responses to any gesture. Its rhythms are always transforming, its drama has wacky moments, and its creators are just getting started.
  3. Antonio Hart:He studied jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston with Bill Pierce, Andy McGhee and Joe Viola. Of his friendships in Berklee, Roy Hargrove stands out, with whom he spends three years traveling the world and recording the first three Hargrove albums. During these years on the road, Hart completed a master’s degree at Queens College where he learned from teachers Donald Byrd and Jimmy Heath, who also produced the artist’s second recording ‘Don’t You Know I Care’.With his 1997 release, Impulse Records’ ‘Here I Stand’, he earned a Grammy nomination for ‘Best Jazz Instrumental Soloist’ and additionally participated in more than 100 guest recordings. Since its inception, Hart has recorded eight CDs as a leader. The latest JLP Jazz Legacy productions, ‘Blessings’.The artist balances his time as a full professor at Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, with touring with his bands, The Dave Holland Big Band and The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band.
  4. El Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI):It is a musical performance program designed to foster creativity and musical mastery across various musical disciplines, with pianist and composer Danilo Pérez as its founder and artistic director.The BGJI provides a comprehensive contemporary music environment where students have the opportunity to explore their creativity to the highest level possible, advance the power of music as a tool for the betterment of society, and connect musical creative thinking with the environment. natural.
  5. Global Messengers:Directed by Panamanian pianist and composer Danilo Pérez, Global Messengers draws its unique spirit from the culture and experiences of its members, who come from Palestine, the United States, Greece, Jordan and Panama, with varied musical traditions and instrumentation to match. They are committed to the ancient practice of building community through rhythmically rich and melodically exciting music.* Danilo Pérez piano
    * Farayi Malek voice
    * Vasilis Kostas laouto
    * Layth Sidiq violin
    * Naseem Alatrash cello
    * Tareq Rantisi percussion
  6. The New England Conservatory (NEC):It was founded in 1867, being the oldest independent music school in the United States. Since its opening it has played an important role in the musical life of Boston and the world. Its mission is to provide a more rigorous education at the level of musicians of all ages and parts of the world. Additionally, we have teachers who encourage individual excellence in a welcoming community.NEC works for music to have an important place in people’s lives and for rigorous education and excellent recognition. Beyond the study of music, NEC teachers help explore the historical and social frameworks that support our musical traditions.
  7. PS-533:It is the number of a class called “Musical Performance and Social Activism” for the Berklee Global Jazz Institute Master’s Program at Berklee College of Music. The PS refers to the department of “Performance” and 533 refers to an upper level class open only to graduate students. Patricia Zarate, a teacher of this class, organized this group in 2022 to present the Global Jazz Womxn (women and dissidents) that stand out as alumni and of the program. The letter “S” was changed to “Z” to reflect the change from a school environment to a professional environment led by Zarate.

The National Artists to participate are:

  1. Solinka: better known as Solange Arias, she was a public servant in the 1950s, working as a secretary in the Ministry of Education of Panama, has a beautiful voice and is very attractive, so a Cuban agent convinced her to be a singer of professional sauce. In those years, men dominated the salsa genre, which is why Solange was not successful at first. It was in Peru that she became a sensation as a salsa presenter, so much so that one journalist wrote that her performance was as brilliant as an “Inca sun,” a nickname she adopted as her stage name, changing the c to a k. Later he found success in his native country and signed a contract with a record company, traveled a lot and won the first prize at the Valparaíso international song festival.
  2. Idania Dowman: She has a privileged and unmistakable voice that has transcended throughout her 27-year career. Daughter of the renowned Panamanian calypsonian Lord Byron. She publicly began in the Church where she was director of the Archdiocesan Choir of Panama and was part of Jazz Effects of Panama with Reginal Boyce. Today he has two groups of his own: The Emotions and Cache. He shared projects with Billy Herron, as he believes in the generational sharing of culture. He has represented Panama in Peru, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Colombia, the United States and Dubai. She was recognized by receiving a Doctorate in Art from the United Graduate College and Seminary International (United States) for her career in ART, MUSIC AND CULTURE; by the National University of Panama in 2012 and 2014, and awarded the Golden Star Awards of the distinguished VIP Diplomática magazine of Peru in 2019.She is recognized for her virtuosity in each of her presentations, for maintaining her Afro jazz essence and being a defender of Panamanian culture.

    She is recognized for her virtuosity in each of her presentations, for maintaining her Afro jazz essence and being a defender of Panamanian culture.

  3. Panama Connections: Group made up of professors and scholarship students from the Danilo Pérez Foundation, under the premise of “community and sharing”, Panama Connections explores the creative possibilities between Jazz and its links with Pan-African and Caribbean folklore, from its compositions originals, arrangements and adaptations are focused on this fusion.
  4. Mayra Hurley: Singer, film and television actress, and broadcaster. The Panamanian singer-songwriter is inspired by her multicultural roots that are expressed in all her artistic expressions, from funk, salsa, to rock n’roll, each show is a live experience with Caribbean flavor. In his more than 10 years of experience in musical theater, he has worked under the artistic direction of Bruce Quinn and Edwin Cedeño and has participated in works such as Jesus Christ Superstar (2005), Cabaret (2006), A Chorus Line (2008), Peras en el huerto (2006-2012), Little Shop of Horrors (2010), en la guerra y el amor todo se vale (2011) and Hairspray (2013).He made his film debut in the acclaimed film Historias del canal (2014), presented in the official IFF Panama selection and at international film festivals in Spain, the United States, Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada and Jamaica. In 2019 he participated in the Panamanian film Escribiendo el General by Oscar Faarup and in 2021 he won the Panama positive award in the category Positive Artist.

Buy your tickets through https://panamajazzfestival.com/ or if you want to have other information, follow the following accounts:

  • WebSite: https://panamajazzfestival.com/
  • Facebook: @PanamaJazzFesti
  • Instagram: @PanamaJazzFestival
  • Twitter: @PanamaJazzFesti
  • Correo: [email protected]
  • Telefono: +507 317-1466

Venezuela – Guinness Record the largest orchestra in the world

On November 13, 2021, there was a dynamic event in Caracas, Venezuela where 12,000 Venezuelan musicians (from 12 to 70 years old) performed in the courtyard of honor of the Caracas military academy, where they performed Tchaikovsky’s Slavic March conducted by The 34-year-old maestro Andrés Ascanio was such a shocking and glorious event that Saturday the 20th received the Guinness record for “The largest orchestra in the world” … “I can confirm that this attempt has been successful, congratulations, Guinness World Record as the largest orchestra, you are officially amazing, “said the official in charge of giving the verdict on a screen during a ceremony at the headquarters of” El Sistema “, as it is commonly known.

The ambassador of the Russian Federation in Venezuela, Sergey Mélik-Bagdarárov, expressed his greatest appreciation for this achievement: “For me as the Ambassador of Russia it is a great honor to attend this historical event, which previously belonged to Russia and now is its victory. , we share his victory ”.

This time the ensemble of Petare, with the theme Amalia, by Francisco Armando Agen uirre, under the direction of Andrés David Ascanio, made a show of its musical interpretation.
Also, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra performed Danzón number 2, by Arturo Márquez, also under the direction of Andrés David Ascanio.
In addition, there was a performance by the Alma Llanera Orchestra, which was present with La Fuga con pajarillo, by Aldemaro Romero.

The brand was reached by the System of Children’s and Youth Orchestras of Venezuela, a state program founded in 1975 by the late teacher of teachers José Antonio Abreu that has given thousands of children of popular classes access to music education, by displacing Russia that He had imposed it in 2019 with more than 8,000 musicians.
“It is a feat, not only for the System, but for the country,” said Eduardo Méndez, director of this program made up of one million members throughout the country, to applause.

For Venezuela this is a great triumph, since you have several Guinness awards, including natural beauties such as Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, or the so-called “Catatumbo Lightning”, the site with the highest number of electrical storms. of the planet. There is also the highest cable car in the world, the largest arepa and ham bread, typical Venezuelan foods, and even the five crowns in the Miss World are a record in this country. “El Sistema”, which has been replicated by dozens of countries, is the cradle of emblems such as Gustavo Dudamel, the musical director of the Paris Opera and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, who sent his congratulations through a video posted on social networks .

At the ceremony for the unveiling of the certificate of this new record, there was the Minister of Communication and Information, Freddy Ñáñez, who excitedly indicated that “music is the purest expression of the soul, it is capable of saying everything, of giving everything, thus You will know how difficult it is for me to try to speak in this temple where there are almost all the words, but it is not a speech that I come to give you today, it is something simpler, I come to sing the only word that is not left in any place, the a word that without having the 7 musical notes is also capable of producing symphonies in the soul of human beings ”.

The Argentina Tango Salón Festival 2022 returns in January.

In Argentina, Buenos Aires will have a very interesting and attractive start to the year (2022) with the Argentina Tango Salón Festival, an event that takes place every year and is highly anticipated by tango dancers both nationally and internationally, organized by Roberto Zuccarino and Magdalena Valdez which will take place both in “La Viruta” located in Armenia 1366 Palermo, as well as in “La Milonguita” located in Armenia 1353 Palermo, where the professional dancers to teach us will be in these predetermined places in the schedule that we will present soon.

Argentina Tango Salon Festival 2022 Flyer
Argentina Tango Salón Festival 2022 with dancers Christian Marquez and Virginia Gomez

The Argentina Tango Salón Festival 2022 will be held from January 13 to 17, where the following tango dancers and / or instructors will be participating:

  • Christian Marquez and Virginia Gomez
  • Juan Malizia and Manuela Rossi
  • Roberto Zuccarino and Virginia Pandolfi
  • Dante Sanchez e Ines Muzzopappa
  • Carlitos Espinoza and Agustina Piaggio
  • Fernando Carrasco and Jimena Hoeffner
  • Daniel Nacucchio and Cristina Sosa
  • Sebastian Jimenez and Magdalena Valdez
  • Facundo Piñero and Vanesa Villalba
  • Javier Rodriguez and Moira Castellano

The cost of the classes is presented as follows:

  • 1 Class: $25000
  • 3 Classes: $6000
  • 6 Classes: $11.000
  • 9 Classes: $16.000
  • 12 Classes: $20.000
  • 15 Classes: $25.000
The previous Argentina Tango Salón Festival
The Tango Dancers who participated in the Argentina Tango Salón Festival 2020 (live)

During these 5 days of instruction and tango, we were presented with the schedule of activities will be distributed as follows:

  • On Thursday (13): Starting at 1:00 p.m. they will be giving classes with Carlos Espinoza and Agustina Piaggio at (“La Viruta” located in Armenia 1366 Palerm) and Juan Malizia and Manuela Rossi will also be at (“La Milonguita” located in Armenia 1353 Palermo), both until 17:15 hrs.
  • On Friday (14): Starting at 1:00 p.m. they will be giving classes with Roberto Zuccarino and Virginia Pandolfi in (“La Viruta” located in Armenia 1366 Palerm) and they will be in Fernando Carrasco and Jimena Hoeffner in (“La Milonguita” located in Armenia 1353 Palermo), both until 17:15 hrs.
  • On Saturday (15): Starting at 1:00 p.m. they will be giving classes with Facundo Piñero and Vanesa Villalba in (“La Viruta” located in Armenia 1366 Palerm) and they will be with Javier Rodriguez and Moira Castellano in (“La Milonguita” located in Armenia 1353 Palermo), both until 17:15 hrs.
  • On Sunday (16): Starting at 1:00 p.m. they will be giving classes with Sebastian Jimenez and Magdalena Valdez in (“La Viruta” located in Armenia 1366 Palerm) together with Daniel Nacucchio and Cristina Sosa in (“La Milonguita” located in Armenia 1353 Palermo), both until 5:15 p.m.
  • On Monday (17): Starting at 1:00 p.m. they will be giving classes with Christian Marquez and Virginia Gomez in (“La Viruta” located in Armenia 1366 Palerm) together with Dante Sanchez and Ines Muzzopappa in (“La Milonguita” located in Armenia 1353 Palermo), both until 5:15 p.m.
Argentina Tango Salón Festival 2022
Schedule of activities for the Argentina Tango Salón Festival 2022

If you want more details about the event, buy your tickets or send a personalized message, you can contact them and obtain more information through:

  • WebSite: https://argentinatangosalon.com.ar/
  • Facebook: @Argentina-Tango-Salon-Festival

Get to know the events, parties this Christmas season 2021

The Christmas season has begun in 2021 and most people have begun to prepare to receive them with parties, events and concerts, there is a great variety of parties of which we will mention some of them in Latin America soon (some Christmas and others not):

In Venezuela:

  • End of the year party “Boncheduro”: it will be held on December 29, 2021, where a tribute will be made to Roberto Roena and the guest DJ Félix Valderrama will be, which promises to be a very fun Saturday night party, the party will take place at next to the chicken inn located next to Avenida Panteón, level 1, for more information you can contact them through their telephone 0426-3062712
  • JJA Productions “The New Year’s Eve Party”: the most stylish salsa rumba in the city (Caracas) which will take place on December 17 at the Cité Hall.

In Colombia:

  • Salsa at Christmas: Pinocho Concerts Colombia will present this December 4 +57 314 307 0761, +57 320 803 2952, +57 312 652 6363
  • Salsa at Christmas: it will be held thanks to “El Sol de Bogotá” and Pinocho Concerts Colombia, where Luis Felipe Gonzalez Fruko and his Tesos Alquimia la Sonora del XXI The Latin Brothers and Afrosound will be participating at the Royal Center Bogotá DC on December 17 , for more information +57 314 307 0761, +57 320 803 2952, +57 312 652 6363
  • https://www.facebook.com/events/royal-center-bogota-dc/salsa-en-navidad-dic-4/921629792084746/

Argentina:

  • San Clemente Salsa Congress 2021 “El Rencuentro”, will be held on December 10, 11 and 12, this being its 8th edition, where there will be workshops (mambo, bachata, salsa), live music, pool party, social dance, shows and much more, for more information: Instagram and Facebook: @sanclementesalsacongress
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