Cycle of conferences "The song, our portrait".

On this occasion, brilliant musicologists, both Paraguayan and foreign, talk about their research, from different angles, on Paraguayan song.

Paraguayan identity and Guarani identity in the Paraguayan song

DISERTANTES:

Simone Krüger Bridge and Timoteo Watkins
She is chair of the Graduate Research Committee of the Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He is Paraguayan and professor of musicology at Texas Christian University, USA. In the first part, Krüger Bridge will reflect on the importance of the Guarani connection to Paraguayan identity. Later, Watkins will apply the discussions to a series of Paraguayan songs to examine the connection of Paraguayan identity to its mythical Guarani origin. Presented by Itaú Bank, with the sponsorship of the Itaú Foundation and the support of Toyotoshi S.A., Americas Society and BKM Berkemeyer.

Looking for a Paraguayan voice

DISERTANTES:

Romy Martínez and Alfredo Colman
Romy is a multilingual singer, teacher and ethnomusicologist, she will be leading this talk together with Alfredo Colmán, the first Paraguayan to obtain a Master's degree in Musicology and a PhD in Ethnomusicology. Both will address the way in which the Guarani language is present in the different elements of Paraguayan popular song. Presented by Itaú Bank, with the sponsorship of the Itaú Foundation and the support of Toyotoshi S.A., Americas Society and BKM Berkemeyer.

The Paraguayan Polka: Reimagining Tradition in Creative Music Practice by Matt Dicken

DISERTANTES:

Matt Dicken
Matt is a lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Bath Spa University, UK, and also works as a guitar teacher at Bath Spa University and Badminton School in Bristol. His lecture explores how young people in Paraguay identify with the polka as a musical influence and with particular interest in how the polka is being experienced and recreated in the 21st century, reflecting on his position as a researcher through the personal experience of arranging and performing traditional Paraguayan music from the perspective of a foreigner. Presented by Itaú Bank, with the sponsorship of the Itaú Foundation and the support of Toyotoshi S.A., Americas Society and BKM Berkemeyer.

Stereotypes about the figure of women in works by Teodoro S. Mongelós

DISERTANTES:

Elisa Lezcano Verón
Elisa holds a Bachelor's degree in Music and a Master's degree in Latin American Interdisciplinary Studies from the Federal University of Latin American Integration of Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. She teaches in the Bachelor's Degree in Music at the Universidad Nacional del Este, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú, Universidad Nacional de Villarrica and the Conservatorio de Música "Sofía Mendoza" at the Universidad Nacional de Pilar. Her lecture analyzes, through the historical-social study and the poetic discourse, the presence of these possible stereotypes towards the figure of women. Based on a systematization proposed by the researcher Gaya Makaran, she seeks to better identify the panorama in which the musicians and composers of the 20th century developed, taking into account that there was a predominant nationalist influence at that time. *Nde resa kuarahy'âme - Lizza Bogado - Piano: Oscar Cardozo Ocampo. Presented by Itaú Bank, with the sponsorship of the Itaú Foundation and the support of Toyotoshi S.A., Americas Society and BKM Berkemeyer.

The Nuevo Cancionero and the female resistance during the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay

DISERTANTES:

Miguel Antar and Nicolás Ramírez Salaberry
Nicolás Ramírez Salaberry is a professor at the Faculty of Music of FADA-UNA, holds a master's degree in Musicology-Ethnomusicology and together with Miguel Antar, musician and researcher, who holds a master's degree and a doctorate in the Department of Music of the Faculty of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo will be in charge of the last lecture of this cycle. Both will address the socio-historical context of the Nuevo Cancionero movement, its festivals and the use of home recordings as a tool for dissemination and resistance. They will also talk about the career of Celsa Ramírez Rodas, Paraguayan harpist persecuted during Alfredo Stroessner's military dictatorship. Presented by Itaú Bank, with the sponsorship of the Itaú Foundation and the support of Toyotoshi S.A., Americas Society and BKM Berkemeyer.
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