November: Saturday 27 – 8PM
December: Saturdays 4/ 11/ 18 – 8PM

Information: auditorio@proa.org / (011) 4104-1001
Admission: $30

Photograph: Raimundo Luis Fortuna Chagas

Beatriz Pichi Malen, one of the most privileged voices of Mapuche music, will give 4 exclusive concerts at Proa’ s Auditorium on Saturdays during November and December. This well-known performer recovers and performs a capella a varied repertory of the lost oral heritage of her people.
The concert, almost deprived of technological assistance, reveals different Mapuche compositions: sacred, profane and popular chants and songs of sorrow and pain, all evoking the symbols of this culture.

Pichi Malen accompanies her songs with brief explanations and stories in a captivating, almost ritual, concert that reveals the strength and subtleness of traditional Mapuche music.

Descendant of cacique Ignacio Coliqueo, Pichi Malen is devoted to the search and diffusion of her ancestors’ culture, which she accomplishes through these recitals, recordings and editions of Mapuche songbooks.

In her extensive artistic career, she has had several presentations in Latin American European and North American cities. She edited two records and her songs are included in important international ethnic music compilations. In 2002, she performed a series of memorable concerts at Fundación Proa.

+ info: http://www.pichimalen.com/

Tags: Beatriz Pichi Malen, Mapuche music, Music