Latin America – September 2021
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Fabián Rosales Araos Chilean singer-songwriter, native of the city of Valparaíso
With Santiago All Stars he recorded 2 albums leaving his voice captured in the songs Santiago de Fiesta, Forma la Rumba Sonero, Preparen Candela, Busca lo tuyo, Sabroso Guaguanco and more.
Chilean singer-songwriter, a native of the city of Valparaíso. He began his musical career at the age of 25, being part of salsa groups such as Latin Salsa, La Sandunguita, Trabuco Clásico and Santiago All-Stars.
After achieving steady progress over the years, he decides in 2018 to jump into the limelight as a soloist recording solo his first production entitled “Ahora Si” leaving songs like Humo y Licor, Ahora Si, Tu Tiempo bailador, Buscando El Tumbao, Yo Vengo de aquí and more… All of them being original songs.
The production was made in Chile, Venezuela and Switzerland with great international collaborators. This album meant him to be nominated within the 5 best tropical productions of Chile for the Pulsar Awards of Chilean music.
In 2020 he released the single “A mí que me den la Salsa”, a composition of his own that has managed to position itself at No. 1 in the salsa ranking in the US, Puerto Rico and Europe.
In this year 2021, he surprises us with his most recent production titled “Como Suena mi Tambo”, a composition made by Fabian Rosales himself, with arrangements by Juan Rivadeneira, and where he has the collaboration of two great musicians from Puerto Rico such as Kachiro Thompson on Tumbadoras and Eliut Cintron on Trombone.
Fabian Rosales is currently nominated for the Awards to Excellence of the year 2021 in the category Salsero Singer of Excellence.
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Valparaiso
Valparaíso is a city, commune and port of Chile, is the capital of the Province and Region of Valparaíso. Being also its historical, administrative, institutional and university center of the conurbation called Gran Valparaíso, which forms along with the communes of Viña del Mar, Quilpué, Villa Alemana and Concón.
According to the 2017 census, it has a population of close to 300,000 people, and if we include its conurbation, the Metropolitan Area of Valparaíso reaches 935,602 inhabitants, being the most populated in the region and the second city after Greater Santiago, together with Greater Concepción.
Valparaíso is the seat of the National Congress, the Command-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy and other national state institutions such as the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, the Undersecretary of Fisheries, Customs and Fisheries and Aquaculture. It is one of the busiest ports in Chile and one of the most important in the South Pacific.
The city is recognized for being a great center of higher education, since some of the most important universities in Chile are established, such as the Universidad de Valparaíso, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and Universidad de Playa Ancha.
Geographically, Valparaíso is presented in the form of a large natural amphitheater, located in the bay of the same name and surrounded by hills, where most of the population lives.
Between the foot of the hills and the sea is the Plan, the administrative, commercial and financial center of the city, while the port occupies the waterfront.
Due to its architectural wealth developed mainly in the late nineteenth century, in 2003 its historic center was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco, becoming the third Chilean site protected by the international organization, after the Rapa Nui National Park and 16 churches in Chile.
Por: Erika Muñoz
La Mulata Rumbera
“Se Armó la Rumba en México”
Correspondent de International Salsa Magazine
The project “A Bailar Colombia” that moved the country.
Cuba and Puerto Rico do a great job for the dissemination of this beautiful genre to the world, however Colombia accompanies much of this work for the south of this continent. Many of us already know Cali as a salsa city of birth, along with it Cartagena, Barranquilla and Buenaventura combine a good salsa team, an element that at the moment weakens other areas of this beautiful country.
The #ABailarColombia project directed by the Son Rumbero schools in Bogotá and Bucaramanga, Emily’s dance and Baila Latino de Medellín, Timbea and Danz in Barranquilla, as well as 5 other academies that work towards the growth of the academic training of Salsa dance in various modalities, in addition to the main genres of Afro-Latin dance music.
The Son Rumbero dance school with 16 years of experience, opened its headquarters in the capital Bogotá in 2017 and in 2018 it will go to Bucaramanga, the main concept is not only to dance, but to do it academically, quickly and effectively. The object is to teach in ideal spaces, that is why its main headquarters is located at calle 19 # 4-20 in Bogotá, Son Salomé nightclub, where at the end of each class a practice space is released in an environment destined to dance and enjoyment. a real night dance room, in the same way they handle a very effective project in distance education, who would say that you can learn from the comfort of your home, organized at your entire disposal and with supervised classes with dance professionals by video live classes , an incredible way to learn, you can contact them at 3022582306 or social networks like @sonrumbero.
If you are in Medellín, the options vary, the Baila Latino school rules the rhythm in this city since 2011, dedicated to training in various branches of dance, from porro to kizomba, they are located at Calle 44 # 80 – 31, with group classes of excellent level, they serve audiences of all ages with certified professionals, they manage competition groups, formed under professional dance lines, in their closest projects is being part of large festivals such as the Casinea in Bogotá and the Venezuela is Latin, easy to contact by 3104749407 and its social networks @academiabailaltino.
In the same order Emily’s dance opens doors in 2018 in Medellin with a comprehensive training proposal, where we can see classes in various disciplines with personalized attention in the hands of its director Emily Sánchez, a professional in the world of dance with more than 25 years of experience. artistic career, managing to project his work in 3 of the world’s continents, in this great proposal he leans classes of a particular nature that seek a guaranteed learning in a short time, they can take classes by the numbers 3008510304.
Visiting the northern area of Colombia on the coast we can dance to the rhythm of Danz in Barranquilla, a school with headquarters in Cr 46 82-71 vibra fitness studio and Cr 43 87-120 danceworkshop dedicates its program in the Cuban Casino, the bachata, the Feminine style in salsa and they even work on DanzKids, the latter a training profile for boys and girls, a fact that incorporates them into the world of dance from a very young age. With almost three years of foundation, they have managed to advance by having group classes at various levels and developing activities that allow recreation for the whole family, 3003827618 or Instagram @danzacademy.
Similarly, Timbea in Barranquilla presented a very entertaining proposal to learn to dance, structured in 2018, this institution develops an important profile in Salsa, Merengue and Bachata, with dynamic classes under a very integrating criterion. Its founder and main instructor registers a trajectory of more than 7 years with awards and a good position in the world of salsa in Venezuela, being part of a prestigious school such as rhythm and essence in the state of Zulia, you can find them at 310 6326106 and on the networks by @ timbea2018.
Currently during the Covid-19 pandemic, many events, projects have been kept on hold until there is no danger of contagion, where many of the academies have chosen to give online classes and some competitions and / or congresses, remain fixed either online or in person, the latter depending on how the quarantine is at that time.
The Macropana Hector Castillo with its Latin and Caribbean Essence are
El Macropana contributed considerably to the development of radio in Venezuela from the 70’s until his death with his particular and original self-taught style of communication to the public.
Héctor Castillo, one of the main diffusers of Afro-Caribbean music in Venezuela, died on June 5, 2012.
He was especially remembered for the conduction of the radio program “Caribe Son”, he also worked as a producer of musical shows and TV programs specialized in salsa, becoming a pioneer in this type of TV programs.
He was in Radio Nacional de Venezuela in the production of diverse musical programs in several frequencies, as well as in many other radio stations that allowed him to become one of the most important and great connoisseurs of the Salsa broadcasting in our country together with Lil Rodríguez, Henrique Bolívar Navas, and Phidias Danilo Escalona, among others.
More than 30 years ago, when the salsa genre was at its peak, a kind of “boom” emerged in Venezuelan radio that led some radio broadcasters to take the risk of transmitting the genre that Phidias Danilo Escalona had baptized “salsa”.
Thus, a radio station located in La Florida, Radio Aeropuerto, took the first step. Spaces like Bachata, directed by César Miguel Rondón were born and the programming went from soft music to hard salsa, with the appearance of Rafael Rivas “El Tigre” and Luis Calzadilla “El Villano”.
The above mentioned combination had a very particular way of addressing the audience. Calzadilla emigrated and a young bisoño was hired who had another conception in the way of dialoguing with the public. A passionate of the rumba, but respectful of the public to which he was addressing. Over the years, he became an obligatory reference when talking about salsa on the radio, his name: Hector Castillo.
Hector Castillo, “El macropana”, died on June 5, 2012 at 10:00 pm. The salseros of the mata dawned with the sad news of his death, already expected because his illness was known. Hector himself said goodbye to his friends a month before with this message sent from his cell phone:
“Greetings little brothers, tomorrow I will have my third operation and I am very delicate, I love you”.
In addition to being a researcher and scriptwriter, after Radio Aeropuerto, Castillo maintained the program Esencia Latina on VTV. Héctor was a producer on Tves and also had his own space as an independent national producer. His program Caribe Son, was broadcast, among other stations, by RNV.
Radio in Venezuela
Radio broadcasting in Venezuela began in 1926, during the government of General Juan Vicente Gómez, thanks to the technical knowledge of Luis Roberto Scholtz and Alfredo Moller, and the political influence of Colonel Arturo Santana, aide to General José Vicente Gómez, son of the President of the Republic.
Under the name of AYRE, they obtained official permission on September 25, 1925, which not only granted them exclusive rights to the transmissions, but also to sell the receivers. In May 1926 the transmissions began with a Western Electric of 1 kw and an antenna supported by towers of 65 m in height. Luis Roberto Sholtz was the managing director of the radio station and Alfredo Moller was the official announcer.
The plant was installed on the land now occupied by the New Circus and the passenger terminal, and the studios in a house on the corner of El Tejar. They transmitted news from the newspapers and variety shows, within an area of 3,200 km. When the political events of 1928 took place, the AYRE radio station was officially closed.
Two years later, on December 9, 1930, Broadcasting Caracas was inaugurated, founded by William H. Phelps, owner of the American store, a business specialized in the import and sale of electric devices. Edgar J. Anzola and Ricardo Espina were Phelps’ immediate collaborators. And in the technical management of the station, Alberto López. Within the International Broadcasting Agreement, Venezuela had been given the YV code. That is why in the acronym of the new plant the identification YVIBC appears in long wave and YV2BC in short wave.
The BC corresponds to the nominal syntagma Broadcasting Caracas, which from 1935, after the death of General Gómez, will simply become Radio Caracas. The initial equipment of 1BC was RCA brand with a power of only 100 watts. The radiating antenna worked on 2 old windmills. This was the first time it went on the air, on the occasion of the remote transmission from Henry Clay Square, about the inauguration of a statue of the famous American politician.
That same year of 1930, on December 17, from the Campo de Carabobo, Broadcasting Caracas also broadcasts the inauguration of an allegorical monument of the Battle of Carabobo, to commemorate the first centenary of the death of the Liberator Simon Bolivar.
A whole elite of figures from the world of communication, music and the Venezuelan intelligentsia is beginning to form around Radio Caracas.
And its programming goes from the news to the official speech, from popular music to cultured music and from the funny sketch to the radio melodrama. “El Diario Hablado”, founded by Mario García Arocha, was for many years an informative tribune of national and international events. And the presence of musicians like Carlos Bonet and Eduardo Serrano, as conductors, anticipated the participation of artists like Fedora Aleman, Angel Sauce, Pedro Antonio Rios Reyna and Antonio Estevez. After the creation of 1BC (Radio Caracas), the voices of Radiodifusora deVenezuela (29.5.1932), La Voz de Carabobo (6.7.1934), La Voz del Táchira (4.7.1935), Emisoras Unidas (16.2.1935), Ondas Populares (10.2. 1935), Ecos del Zulia (1.4.1936), Ondas del Lago (12.10.1936), Radio Popular (15.10.1936), La Voz de la Esfera (27.4.1937), Ecos del Orinoco (6.6.1938), Emisora Vargas (6.8.1938), Radio Puerto Cabello (20.9.1938) and La Voz de la Fe (15.9.1940).
The boom of radio broadcasting, after the death of General Gómez and during the governments of Eleazar López Contreras and Isaías Medina Angarita, gave rise to legislation on the use of radio electric media. This is how the Law of Telecommunications appeared, approved by the National Congress on July 12, 1940, repealing the previous law of July 27, 1936; and the Regulations of Radio Communication, promulgated on February 7, 1941.
With these legal instruments, the State governs radio communication, with a more modern sense of equity and justice. As a means of communication, radio has had a singular importance in the country’s political history.
We may enjoy the Minga Cup championship this year.
“The Future is our” Minga Cup 2021
America is one of the five (5) continents that have been affected by COVID-19 at the cultural level, as the majority of its events, festivals, concerts, congresses, among others were canceled because of people’s safety. This year, many things want to return to normal, and others have gone somewhat different ways such as jobs and online events that have been of much use to avoid a total paralysis of the whole world paralyzed not only socially and economically speaking and create a new lifestyle to which to date we are doing everything we can to adapt.
The return of the festivals and mass events in two thousand and twenty one “2021” will be conditioned upon what happens in Europe and the United States in the coming months because they are the ones with the highest infection rates. In Latin America, several events have been scheduled with tentative dates which will be met (only if it is live “face – to – face”) if there are not a lot of contagions or the country and organizers allow it in compliance with all bio-security standards to protect us and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
In Chile, a wide variety of musical and dance events have been held for many years and, currently, some of them have been held online and, on this occasion, we have one of the best known South American championships in Latin America; we have a competition called Minga Cup, which is a tournament that aims to boost the healthy competition between national and international dancers in Chile to generate new forums for the style and category exposed.
The cost of the access passes are as follows:
- 40% discount on Access Passes, which includes workshops, competitions, and parties (Offer Price $42.000 / Actual Price $70.000).
- 30% discount on Masterclass with Antonio Berardi which includes 4 closed and exclusive classes by Antonio Berardi (Offer Price $50.000 / 2020 Price $70.000).
- 30% discount on Competitor Registrations.
In this opportunity, the jury has already been elected and chosen in 2020, which includes:
- From Italy, The brothers Antonio and Jasmina Berardi, Professional Dancers World Champions of Caribbean Dance.
- Facebook: @AntonioyJasminaBerardi
- From Canada and Cuba, dancers Harold and Regan.
- Facebook: @haroldandregan
- From Peru, Deklan, and Natalia the nine-time salsa and bachata champions.
- Facebook: @FCOPIURADYN
- From Argentina, Yonel Blanco, dancer, and director of SOMOS!, which is a Cuban Folk Dance Company.
- Facebook: @yonel.blanco
- From Argentina, Gustavo Pinat, dancer and teacher of Estudio BamBoleo Salsa.
- Facebook: @GustavoPinat
- From Chile and Australia, Karen Connolly, director of the Karen Connolly Professional Institute of Performing Arts.
- Facebook: @ipaekc
- From Chile, dancer Roberta Cifuentes.
- Instagram: @robycifuentes and Facebook: @ Roby2310
For this year two thousand and twenty one “2021” it will be held from April 8 to 11, 2021, if you want to have more information in general, ticket sales or other questions write to their email info @ copaminga.cl, or they can also contact them through their page from Facebook @copaminga or his website www.copaminga.cl and enjoy a moment full of fun, learning and much joy with everyone else.
Note: “If you want to get out of this quarantine, take care”