Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles celebrates its ‘sweet 16’ with latin music from Centro Cultural Techantit: Festival de Música Salvadoreña

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Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles celebrates its ‘sweet sixteen’

That’s 16 years of outstanding diverse live music in MacArthur Park for free!

Centro Cultural Techantit Presents: Festival de Música Salvadoreña Roberto Dueñas, Luis Lopez, Will Echegoyen + more

July 23, 2023

Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles (Levitt LA) is thrilled to announce its 16th season of summer performances in MacArthur Park. Levitt LA’s summer long coming of age party continues to reflect the cultural mosaic of Los Angeles with an outstanding lineup while enjoying an iconic LA outdoor setting in historic MacArthur Park. The season starts June 10 thru Sept 3, 2023.

Roberto Dueñas:
Roberto E. Rodriguez is performer and multi-instrumentalist who plays a variety of indigenous wind instruments made of bamboo, wood, and ceramic.  His vision as a musical artist is to bring awareness to the world about the ancestral divinity of sound.

Luis Lopez:
Luis Lopez is originally from the eastern ancestral territory of the Lencas peoples in El Salvador. His music is humanistic and intertwined with folk and urban elements. Luis has worked on cultural projects aimed at promoting Salvadoran folk music. Currently, concentrated on studying and disseminating the Nahuat~pipil musical legacy of the Salvadoran musicologist and ethno historian Maria de Barbara.

Will Echegoyen:
Performed in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Central America. Will Echegoyen has earned multiple awards for his unconditional support and contribution through the years to communities from various organizations and community leaders. His vision for the youth is to allow them to express themselves artistically from their heart.

Lolo Cutumay:
Jesus Rivas, better known as Lolo Cutumay, is of indigenous origin, and Salvadoran by birth. His musical contribution has reached everywhere where there is repression, injustice, and social inequality. His collaboration with other artists has promoted a song for peace with social justice and the rescue of the original cultural and ancestral roots.

Edgar Mac:
From a very young age his love for music was remarkable participating in talent shows, dancing, singing, or just being part of the show. In 2009 DJ Warlock founded the Damac Productions record label in which he has released his own original music and in collaboration with other artists in various musical genres

Alicia Maria Siu:
Alicia Maria Siu’s art centers on the contemporary revitalization of   a   Mesoamerican   mural   tradition   and the recovery of historical memory through art, as a first-generation refugee from the political violence of Central America.

Elizabeth Molina:
Guatemala Folk Dance Teacher of “El Valle de la Ermita”. She proposed to increase the visibility of the group in the community to be able to carry the message to the public to remember its cultural roots; So that they do not forget where their orgins, and to continue demonstrating that no matter where they are, you can take the name of Guatemala in your heart.

Genera Cor:
Teacher of the Traditional Dance Group of Mayan Children “Los Chapincitos”. She comes from indigenous people, and speaks the K’iche and Spanish languages. She is a leader and caretaker of the cultures, customs, and traditions of her people.

Aurora Nohemi:
She graduated from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala. Self-taught composer and performer. Researcher of the Mayan Geometry contained in the textile art of indigenous peoples in Guatemala and its relationship with rhythm, sound and design. Ancestral jewelry designer. Independent tutor for groups of indigenous women.

Link Event Brite:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/643285473167

Date and Time:

Sunday July 23, 2023, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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