"Orellana’s works are wonderfully inventive and, just as important, equally enjoyable as musical instruments and as visual objects," writes Jonathan Goodman.

“This is a major moment for Brazilian democracy,” said AS/COA's Brian Winter to The Guardian.

“It undermines the message that Cuba is a broadly authoritarian country," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to The Washington Post.

Latinoamérica ha dejado en evidencia la voluntad de relacionarse de manera más amplia con Rusia y China, dijo Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA a Associated Press.

"É importante resistir ao desejo de…retratar as revelações da Lava Jato, como nada mais que um sonho febril", diz Brian Winter da AS/COA na BBC News.

Using instruments made from the materials indigenous to Guatemala, Joaquín Orellana "articulates a radically expansive and humane approach to avant-garde composition," writes Johanna Fateman. 

“It’s fundamental for the United States and Mexico to get their relationship right — and both sides know that,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to Politico.