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Alejandro y María Laura: Peruvian Duo of Contemporary Songwriters
January 18, 2015 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
$10 – $15
Alejandro y María Laura is a Peruvian duo consisting of singer-songwriters Alejandro Rivas and María Laura Bustamanate. In 2011 they released heir first album “Paracaídas,” produced by Matías Cella. Their second record, “Fiesta para los muertos,” came out in late 2013.
Alejandro and María Laura started making music together in 2009 – collaborating on each other’s original songs, and doing cover versions of songs from various genres. Back in Lima, at the end of 2010 the duo collaborated on the exhibition “En Pausa,” the final thesis project for María Laura’s Performing Arts degree, where they experimented with composing songs in reaction to various stimuli. This process yielded such original songs as “Abre los ojos,” “Quiero estar sola,” and “Estos días.” At the beginning of 2011, Mabela Martinez (the host of local TV and radio program “Sonidos del Mundo”) put the duo in touch with Matías Cella, producer of notable South American artists such as Jorge Drexler and Kevin Johansen. Matías produced the duo’s first record, “Paracaídas”, which was released in October 2011.
In 2013, they released the music video for “Puedo estar sin ti”, a song which later received regular radio airplay in Peru. They also started work on their second album, “Fiesta para los muertos,” featuring collaborations with Susana Baca, Kevin Johansen and Javier Barría. The duo celebrated the release of the record with a concert at the Mario Vargas Llosa theater (in Peru’s National Library).In 2014, they were invited to Brazil by Paulinho Moska (a well-known Brazilian singer, songwriter and actor) and wrote a song for the HBO Latino program “Encuentros en Brasil”. Later that year, they were invited to perform at a number of festivals including “Indies del Sur” (Argentina), Festival Yavería (Colombia), FICIB (Colombia), and the 33rd Encuentro del Canto Popular (San Francisco, CA).
Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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