Hay Festival Jericó 2024

Tato is a 17-year-old orphan with no direction in his life and, together with his friends, he must resist and find alternatives to the violence present in his neighbourhood.

Director: Henry Rincón. Colombia.

97 min.

A concert that brings together two of the region’s music groups: both classical and a mixture of tropical and rock genres, with a popular touch: Filarmed y La Toma. A space to enjoy music as an art, as a profession and as a lifesaver for young people who are at risk of entering the armed conflict. “We strongly believe that we are equal, from Ciudad Juárez to Patagonia: we all laugh, cry, love, enjoy and suffer for the same reasons, the only thing that separates us is our accents”.

Rodolfo Aicardi was a Colombian singer-songwriter of tropical music considered by many “the King of ‘Chucu-Chucu’”. His sons, Los Hermanos Aicardi, want to make the history of this music unstoppable and continue with the musical and cultural legacy that represents the experiences of Colombians, from their joy, told through cumbia, to their most poetic feelings told through ballads and boleros.

Beatriz Helena Robledo has written the biography of the Colombian pianist Teresita Gómez, covering the six decades of her music career. Gómez, from Medellin, started to play the piano very young, and since then has displayed a talent that has taken her to the most famous stages around the world, including the Chopin Society in Warsaw, the Royal Palace in Madrid, and the International Franz Liszt Festival in Weimar. As well as covering the career of this great figure, Robledo deals with the systemic racism that the pianist has had to overcome in order to achieve her true potential. In conversation with Paola Mejía, the pianist Teresita Gómez and her biographer Beatriz Helena Robledo will talk about a life dedicated to art, an unstoppable vocation, and a great inspiration for new generations of musicians in Colombia.