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Renowned Venezuelan Flutist Huascar Barradas To Perform During Venezuelan Week
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 (Bernama) -- Internationally-known Venezuelan flutist
Huascar Barradas will perform for the first time here in conjunction with the
seventh Venezuelan Week starting April 16.
Barradas, a 2011 Latin Grammy nominee, with two other Venezuelan musicians,
Jorge Polanco and Elvis Martinez, will be performing at the Petronas
Philharmonic Hall on April 23, Venezuela embassy's charge d'affaires to
Malaysia, Luisa Elena Lopez Hernandez told a press conference, here, Tuesday.
She said Barradas would showcase Venezuelan neo-folklore music, and would
also conduct two workshops on Venezuelan music, with on April 19 and 25.
"It will be a great opportunity for Malaysians to understand the traditional
and contemporary harmony, ensemble performance and arrangement of Venezuelan
rhythms," she said.
Hernandez said there would also be a cultural performance between Venezuelan
and Malaysian cultural groups.
As part of the 14-day event, a Gastronomic Festival will also be held from
April 16 to 29 as well as a Venezuelan documentary screening and photography
exhibition from April 23 to 26.
-- BERNAMA