Encuentro

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Every Sunday, from 1 to 2:30 in the afternoon, 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.

Todos los domingos, de 1 a 2:30 de la tarde, Encuentro recorre la geografía musical de nuestra América Latina. El programa se enfoca en los géneros folclóricos y tradicionales y presenta, además, canciones e interpretes que se han convertido en clásicos del cancionero latinoamericano. Encuentro explora también, de una manera entretenida e informativa a la vez, diversas tradiciones relacionadas a nuestro idioma (desde literatura hasta refranes populares), así como otras formas de expresión artística de los pueblos latinoamericanos.

Host: Gilberto Vázquez Valle

Contact the host by email: encuentrokfai@gmail.com

Encuentro also has a Facebook page. Please visit it here


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3/14/2010 Encuentro

Amig@s, unfortunately the recording program of today’s show didn’t set one hour ahead its clock. The first 30 minutes of the recording on this page are the last 30 minutes of today’s “Encuentro”.

The first 60 minutes of today's “Encuentro” can be found in the last 60 minutes of the recording of the preceding program

The first ½ hour of this program consists of a small retrospective of the puertorriqueño composer Rafael Hernández, “El Jibarito,” (1891-1965). The second ½ hour presents two folk Argentinean genres: “Malambo” and “Chacarera”. The last ½ hour includes music from Uruguay and the last 12 minutes contain the reading of a few texts by the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano.

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3/7/2010 Encuentro

In celebration of International Women’s Day, all of the music played during the first hour is interpreted by Latin American women. The last ½ hour includes some examples of the Mexican regional genre “Son Huasteco” with “Los Camperos de Valles” and the last 9 minutes consist of a short story (“Don Chico que vuela”) by the Mexican writer Eraclio Zepeda, read by the author himself.

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2/28/2010 Encuentro

The first ½ hour is a small retrospective of the Cuban composer Sindo Garay. The second ½ hour includes music from Ecuador y Colombia. The last ½ hour consists of music from Mexico and the final 10 minutes contain the reading of “La ley de Herodes”, a short story by the Mexican writer Jorge Ibargüengoitia.

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2/21/2010 Encuentro

The first ½ hour includes music by the Peruvian composer and interpreter Chabuca Granda and the great Argentine tango composer Enrique Santos Discépolo. The second ½ hour consists exclusively of Brazilian music. The last ½ hour includes some examples of Mexican music and it mainly consists of an interview with Claudia Fuentes about the Census 2010.

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2/14/2010 Encuentro

In Gilberto’s absence, today’s program was kindly hosted by Carla an Eve who totally dedicated it to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

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