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Conversation between Hugo Candelario González and Daniel Samper Pizano, with music by Trío Bahía

Two coasts come together: music from the Pacific coast visits the Caribbean

Cartagena 2023, 

Conversation-homage to the music of the Pacific involving the writer Daniel Samper Pizano (Colombia) and Hugo Candelario González (Colombia), composer, arranger, saxophonist, marimba player and classically-educated conductor, who has dedicated his career to disseminating the music of the Colombian Pacific region. This will be followed by a traditional marimba concert with Trío Bahía, who will explore the possibilities in terms of timbre, melody and rhythm of the marimba, the bombo, the cununos, the guasá and also soprano sax, guitar and vocals.