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October 25, 2009

Raúl García Zárate is known and admired in the world for his expertise in the implementation of Ayacucho folklore classics as "Goodbye People of Ayacucho." Manuelcha Prado is perhaps best who has picked up his legacy as a performer Andean guitar. About a concert that meet for the first time this 12 November, we talked with them.

By Raul Mendoza Manuelcha Prado If I had to go back to their earliest memories on the guitar, would have to start his childhood in Puquio and the music he heard in his home by Voice Lucanas Radio and Radio Tahuantinsuyo Cusco. "In these stations pristine guitar sounded, felt, Raúl García Zárate" he recalls. Thus were born the desire to become a guitarist. And now, almost half a century later, sitting beside the teacher. The reason for the meeting is a fitting end to a long history of admiration for the extraordinary talent of Don Raul: a concert shared.
And is that Raúl García Zárate has been a source of inspiration for many singers, whether civilians or artists from anywhere. In his hands was embodied Andean music with sounds painful and beautiful, nostalgic melodies and festive, and arrived without complex concert halls worldwide. Manuelcha not escape its spell. Very young, I went once in several presentations to the north of Peru to see the technique of his hands moving with wisdom on the ropes. Don Raúl jokes this morning: "He wanted to see when I was wrong," he says. Hands
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Sitting in an armchair in her living room under a painting that shows "how-not with a guitar in hand, Raúl García Zárate shells memories. "I liked the music because my father played guitar, and my uncles. And as I returned from school before my brothers, I started playing guitar in secret. When everyone began to arrive, I kept it. " Then he was eight, was a secret apprentice, but in his hands and his heart pounded and genius. Four years later he was a solo concert in San Juan Bosco Salesian School.

His first concert was anecdotal. "When I went out people started to laugh and I never said. Finished playing confused. When asked to emcee why people laughed, I said: 'It seemed that the guitar was walking alone. " It was bigger than me. " After nothing stopped him. Over time accompanied other artists, he played with his brothers and continued his solo concerts. Has been in dozens of countries, has played in the most prestigious festivals, has recorded albums and documentaries, has Peruvian music in the ears of the world.

has also won the admiration of those who know. "The main melody and the rhythm section passing independent in different dimensions, but harmonize in an extraordinary way. The arrangement and execution thus acquire almost infinite depth, "says García Zárate on Jiro Hamada Japanese critic, author of" Folklore. " No mistakes. His technique makes it appear that two performers. "It's an artist who has honed his instrumental mastery to better interpret the music he learned from childhood," he said, also on José María Arguedas.
Consideration achieved by Raúl has not taken away the simplicity. Has never refused a tip to the guitarists who come to him. Met many years ago to Manuelcha Prado and knew he had in him a talent telluric, magnetic, drinking from sources of his people and translated that feeling into the strings of a guitar. We saw so much potential when he retired as professor of the National School of Folklore, called Manuelcha to propose to take his place. Men committed

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Among connoisseurs Prado is not only an outstanding performer of the Andean guitar but an artist committed to the deep music of Peru, a conservative-sounding tunes on days party in the most remote villages and it records before they are blown away from oblivion. That search has led him to transfer songs originally played the harp and violin to the guitar. He has also expressed its strings the Water Festival, the roof wasichacuy or home, or burial of the child wawapampay. Yesterday, like many guitarists Andean musical ethnography.

is also an autodidact who learned to play by ear, listening to their elders to become a teacher. In addition to the tunes of Raúl García Zárate, the first steps in music gave Manuelcha were influenced by Arturo Prado, in fact his first teacher face. "It taught me the notes, but he played and I said: "This is a yaraví this huayno, this one muliza. I had no formal training, but dig into the guitar allowed me to develop a unique technique, "he says. His technique has "endless resources" according to Javier Echecopar authorized, another great guitarist.

Raúl Unlike the great Manuelcha plays the guitar, composes and sings. His lyrics speak of injustice, but also solidarity. The same can perform songs bittersweet as "Trilce" or nostalgia-soaked songs like "Express Puquio" or classical that fueled his childhood and youth as "Coca Quintucha." In May been presented the last of his albums, "Andean Mother," and also held an anniversary. His career reached the four decades of the artist and in that time has traveled the world and has reached the place of the guitar icon Ayacucho. Now is the time to share the stage with the maestro Raúl García Zárate and says "It's a dream come true." About two Echecopar Javier said that form the "large base of Andean guitar." Be the first concert of Don Raúl this year. Manuelcha instead comes to participate successfully in the "Guitars of America 2009" in Chile. It will be a night meeting with Peruvian music born under the tutelage of the Andes. A good time to summon the emotional earthquake that unleashed the music, when running two teachers.