This concert is organised by the Music Department and also forms part of the events series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust. They provide a wide-ranging programme to suit all tastes and are an ideal opportunity to enjoy great music performed by outstanding musicians. There’s no need to book – the concerts are free, and you can just turn up on the day!
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS ON A THURSDAY
THURSDAY 12 March 13.10 (UK time). The concert will be in person, in the Cosmo Rodewald Hall, Martin Harris Centre. Related events will be held in the Manchester Museum and room G16, Martin Harris Centre
The Music Department is hosting Ñandereko, a new dramatic cantata by Chilean composer Ramon Gorigoitia, which weaves Indigenous songs from the Ava Guarani people of Northern Argentina into a contemporary sonic landscape, telling the story of the extraction of these songs under conditions of duress by a German anthropologist, Robert Lehmann Nitsche, in 1905. Created by award-winning composer Ramon Gorigoitia, the work will be performed by Argentinian tenor Rafael Montero (a descendent of the Ava Guarani people) and an ensemble of performers: Sergio Terán (flutes, ethnic aerophones, saxophone), Isaac Andrés Espinoza Hidrobo (violin, strings), Leonard Gincberg (percussion), Ramon Gorigoitia (keyboards), with visual materials by videographer Antonio Uscategui. For further details, see https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:a1ac-misrsmft-ii0wor.
Following the concert, participants are invited to come along to Manchester Museum's Cafe to chat with performers and organisers. Participants can also attend an object session, coordinated by Dr Alexandra Alberda (curator of Indigenous Perspectives at the Museum), focusing on the museum’s South American collections. Spaces for the session will be limited. Details to follow on the day, after the concert.
Finally, a free public roundtable exploring the issues of the colonial misappropriation of songs raised by Ñandereko will follow as part of the Music Department’s weekly research seminar series. The roundtable will be introduced and chaired by John Sloboda (Emeritus Professor, Guildhall School of Music & Drama), with the participation of Ramon Gorigoitia and Rafael Montero, along with Alexandra Alberda (curator of Indigenous Perspectives, Manchester Museum), Caroline Bithell (Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Manchester), Jon Mitchell (Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Sussex), and David Stirrup (Professor of English, University of York). The roundtable will be held at at 4.30 pm in room G16, in the Martin Harris Centre.
Speakers
Ramon Gorigoitia
Role: Composer
Organisation: Freelance
Biography: Ramón Gorigoitia lives and works in Cologne as a composer, lecturer, and music publicist. His work has been performed by Ensemble Musikfabrik, E-MEX Ensemble, AuditivVokal Dresden, Ensemble Iberoamericano, Ensemble Senza sforzando (Ukraine), Schlagquartett Köln, Mannheim String Quartet, Taller Sonoro (Seville), Duo Scarbó, Taller de música contemporánea, and the Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Mexico).
Rafael Montero
Role: Singer
Organisation: El Parnaso Hyspano
Biography: Rafael Montero is founder and artistic director of the early music ensemble El Parnaso Hyspano. Rafael’s heritage is native American and Spanish. He specialises in renaissance Spanish and South American Baroque music and also in Romantic and contemporary chamber music from Hispanic South America and Spain.
