Music of the Americas: Jeporeka, Week 2
Music of the Americas: Jeporeka, Week 2
This week is dedicated to the second half of the Paraguayan songwriting initiative created by guitarist Berta Rojas.
En Casa this week is again dedicated to Jeporeka, a project created by our friend, the superstar Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas, to support young artists in her country. The second iteration of Jeporeka, produced in 2021, teamed up singers, composers, and lyricists to create original bilingual songs inspired by remarkable works of Paraguayan art.
The participants worked with a stellar cast of Paraguayan, Argentine, and Brazilian artists under the direction of Rojas and Artistic Director Popi Spatocco. Instructors included composers Spatocco, Juan Quintero, and Víctor Heredia, poet Mario Rubén Álvarez, and singers Lizza Bogado and Mônica Salmaso.
After intense online discussions, lectures, and lessons over July and August, the group's final songs were recorded in Asunción in September, and the project was launched in November. We shared the first group of songs in January.
The music was recorded, edited, and mixed by Sergio Cuquejo at Spirit and Sound Studio. The videos were directed by Jeisson Rodríguez, edited by Noelia Armele, and filmed by Carlos J. Bogado and Juan Iglesias for Aura Audiovisual.
Recuerdos will be back next week.
The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation.
The Spring 2022 Music program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by the Howard Gilman Foundation.
