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October 4, 2018

By: Various Artists

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LET’S TALK: BOMPLENAZO!

Harnessing the Power of Bomba & Plena: A conversatorio about artists, practitioners and sustainability. Produced in partnership with Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture’s BOMPLENAZO 2018, this edition of Pregones/PRTT’s LET’S TALK artist conversation and showcase series explores how generations of folk music practitioners from New York and Puerto Rico preserve, re-invigorate, and advance the development of the always popular Bomba & Plena genre. Anchored in percussion, call-and-response, and dance, Bomba & Plena means many things to many people. Hear directly from recognized and beloved genre masters, and younger masters in the making, including Manuela Arciniegas LaSalle, Héctor “Tito” Matos, Mariana Reyes Angleró, Marien Torres, and Barbara Pérez/Taller Kenuati.

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Past Event

  • Thursday, October 4 @ 7:00 PM

Event Details

  • Location

    Pregones in The Bronx

  • Moderated by

    Manuela Arciniegas

  • Featuring

    Héctor “Tito” Matos
    Mariana Reyes
    Marién Torres
    Bárbara Pérez
    Taller Kenuati

  • Photos by

    A. Valentin
    Kevin Yatarola

Harnessing the Power of Bomba & Plena: A conversatorio about artists, practitioners and sustainability. Produced in partnership with Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture’s BOMPLENAZO 2018, this edition of Pregones/PRTT’s LET’S TALK artist conversation and showcase series explores how generations of folk music practitioners from New York and Puerto Rico preserve, re-invigorate, and advance the development of the always popular Bomba & Plena genre. Anchored in percussion, call-and-response, and dance, Bomba & Plena means many things to many people. Hear directly from recognized and beloved genre masters, and younger masters in the making, including Manuela Arciniegas LaSalle, Héctor “Tito” Matos, Mariana Reyes Angleró, Marien Torres, and Barbara Pérez/Taller Kenuati.