Encuentro

Every Thursday, from 8 to 10:00 in the evening, Encuentro takes you on a journey across Latin America with its folk and traditional music. Encuentro also explores, in a casual but informative setting, other language-related traditions (from literature to proverbial expressions), as well as other forms of artistic expression of the Latin American peoples.

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Cada jueves, Encuentro te trae el folklore musical latinoamericano, su prodigiosa diversidad, su extraordinaria riqueza. Escucha las voces, géneros y sonidos que expresan nuestra manera de ver, sentir, cantar y bailar la vida. Maravíllate con la portentosa creatividad, el refulgente talento, la asombrosa sensibilidad de nuestros creadores populares. Conmuévete con el acento ancestral, el profundo sentimiento, la diáfana belleza de la música tradicional de nuestra patria grande.

Además de la música, la palabra también está presente y canta en Encuentro: la última media hora de cada programa presenta poesía, cuento, novela, ensayo, crónica, refranes, etimologías. . . el universo mágico e inagotable del idioma español.

 

Host: Gilberto Vázquez Valle

 

Contact the host by email: encuentrokfai@gmail.com

 

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5/16/2013 Encuentro
5/9/2013 Encuentro

This program is Caribbean in sound and spirit: Music from Cuba (including Arsenio Rodríguez) and Son Jarocho, including live performances from “Comunidad Jaranera de los Twin Cities”.

5/2/2013 Encuentro

This program presents music for and about working women and men, hope, dignity and struggle —a celebration of International Workers’ Day.

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4/25/2013 Encuentro

The entirety (music & literature) of this program is dedicated to children and childhood —a celebration of “El día del niño” (observed in Mexico on April 30).

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4/18/2013 Encuentro

This program includes the Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés and pieces from the soundtrack of “Violeta se fue a los cielos”, about the legendary Violeta Parra, from Chile. The program also had a guest: The Nicaraguan “cantautor” Moisés Gadea.

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4/11/2013 Encuentro

Second (and last program) for KFAI’s Spring Pledge Drive; it includes listener favorites played at Encuentro throughout the year.

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4/4/2013 Encuentro

First program of KFAI’s Spring Pledge Drive; it presents listener favorites played at Encuentro throughout the year.

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3/28/2013 Encuentro

Bebo Valdés, the great Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer passed away on March 22nd at age 94. This program is mainly dedicated to him. The program also includes Ana Moura, fadista, and music from Brazil and Argentina.

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3/21/2013 Encuentro

This program consists of “In Xochitl In Cuicatl: Flowering Songs” —music and poetry from, and inspired by, Mexico’s indigenous peoples, honoring the Mexika New Year 1 House that began on March 12. (With special guest Deborah Ramos).

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3/14/2013 Encuentro