Wednesday 2 May 2012

Osvaldo Hernandez: Pre-columbian music at IAF2012!


Osvaldo Hernandez, a renowned percussionist and multi-instrumentalist, will perform pre-columbian music with his three-man band at the Indigenous Awareness Festival on Friday 1st June. Pre-Columbian music, which dates back to indigenous civilizations before European influence, consists of primitive instruments which reflect the sound of nature 

Check out the video below and be taken by the sounds that our ancestors used to convey with their instruments:

About Osvaldo Hernandez
At the early age of 19, Osvaldo Hernandez Napoles was was already travelling throughout Mexico, then Latin America, in search of traditional music instruments, which he quickly learned to play. HIs collection reflects the tumultuous history of his continent. 

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