Eight artists and groups will be part of the concerts organized by the festival Santiago a Mil from January 4 to 20.

They call him Joni Mitchell of Haiti, for his commitment to the social causes of their country. Born in Gonaïves in 1967, Emeline Michel had her very young voice in the gospel choir of the only church in her neighborhood. In his 30-year career, he has explored and merged pop, jazz, blues, and traditional Haitian music, with texts loaded with political and social content that have led to some of the great scenes of Europe, the United States United States and South America. On January 16th and 19th, the best-loved Caribbean voices will land for the first time in Chile to give two concerts in Quilicura and Iquique, as part of Tocatas Mil.

The cycle is part of the 26th edition of the festival Santiago a Mil (January 3 to 20) will go from folk to pop and jazz to Latin American music and children during eight concerts given from 4 to January 20th. Inclusion and respect for cultural diversity are the central themes of the new cycle of musical encounters.

The Sangita group is another of the international winners that favors the fusion of styles. , from January 7 to 11 and in four towns of Santiago: Lo Prado, Cerro Navia, La Granja and San Joaquín. The French-Indian dancer Shantala Shivalingappa, who will also participate in the festival with another dance show called Swayambhu, will be accompanied by a group of musicians at the rhythm of the traditional Carnatic rhythms of South India.

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The foxtrot and jazz guachaca will also be present in the hands of a renowned local band. Founded in 1988 for the first production of Negra Ester, La Regia Orquesta Sexteto will perform from January 4 to 19 in several districts of the metropolitan area, such as Quilicura, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Talagante and Macul, as well as Iquique, San Felipe. and San Antonio. The group repertoire commissioned by Cuti Aste and composed also by Angela Acuña and Roberto Titae Lind, among others, will include boleros, cuecas and some of the compositions that made famous the installation of the late director Andrés Pérez.

El Coro del Municipal de Santiago, meanwhile, will leave his usual space in the center of Santiago on January 5 at 8:30 pm, to offer a part of his repertoire to the recently inaugurated Municipal Theater of La Pintana. The 60 voices, directed by Jorge Klastornick, will invite you to browse the melodies of great universal composers, including Handel, Mozart, Verdi and Strauss, as well as Mascagni, Lehár, César Franck and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The company Tryo Teatro Banda usually offers a good dose of music, namely that the Traveling Theater will travel the country until the end of the year. His 8 members and minstrels, led by Francisco Sanchez, will return to the GAM stage on January 21 at 9:00 pm, with a series of arrangements and instrumental themes from some of his works, such as Pedro de Valdivia: Unfinished feat (2009) and The 7 Lives of Tony Caluga, the popular show of Andrés del Bosque was released in 1994.

The audience of the family and, especially the children, will also dance to the rhythm of swing, gypsy and Latin American styles. . The Chilean group Los Patapelá mixes instrumental virtuosity – saxophone, clarinet, flute, accordion, guitar, bbad and drums – a choir with seven voices and colorful images, in a theatrical and musical piece at a time. His show In the plaza a patapelá will be on the street on January 17th, at 8 pm.

The Mapuche and Mapuzungun sounds are the very essence of ÜL KIMVN (Song of Wisdom), a group badociated with the company of director Paula González (Ñuke). Led by her sister Evelyn and currently at the Museum of Memory, where she is celebrating her 10th birthday, the group traces a unique experience in a ruka for 30 spectators and will be presented at the GAM on January 16th.

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