"Inca Son"
"Inca Son"
INCA SON plays music from the Andes of Peru, and of all Latin America. The group performs traditional songs, which the musicians rearrange to create a unique style, as well as original compositions. Several of the songs from their last three recordings – including "Ascope, Tierra del Amanecer," "Cholita Tania," "El Abuelito," and "Inti Libertad" by Cesar Villalobos – are hits in Peru. The instruments that are used, with the exception of the stringed instruments, are made by the musicians themselves.
INCA SON launched The Year of the World Indigenous People at the United Nations in New York in December of 1992. In 1993 & 1995 the Boston Music Awards nominated the group for its outstanding accomplishments. In 1994 INCA SON provided the official entertainment for1994 World Cup Soccer events. In 1995 the National Press Advisors of Peru (ANAP) bestowed the honorary title of "Cultural Ambassador" to the director of the group. In 1996 INCA SON was part of the official entertainment for the Olympics in Atlanta, and received the Certificate of Distinction for its outstanding performance at the "Festival Mondial de Folklore, Drummondville," Quebec. And, for the last five years INCA SON has been elected "The Best Andean Band of New England" by the Harvard Square Business Association.
The group has shared the stage with many professional performers, including Tito Puente, and has performed at International Festivals in all the United States, in Canada, Europe and Peru; at fund-raisers for non-profit organizations such as Oxfam America, Amnesty International, the Genesis Foundation, Walk for AIDS, Earth Day, WGBH, etc.; at Symphony Hall for the National Governors' Conference, attended by President Bill Clinton; at the Human Rights Awards, attended by former President Jimmy Carter; at Boston's Hatch Shell for the Quintencenial Powwow since European colonization; at numerous museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston; and at Carnegie Hall, the World Trade Center & the Lincoln Center in NY. INCA SON also contributed music for the PBS program Columbus and the Age of Discovery, a series which aired worldwide. On a regular basis, the group plays for festivals, museums, universities, schools, theaters, restaurants, private parties, and, in the streets – a great medium for public exposure.
INCA SON presents full-scale stage productions; lecture/performances for schools; directs student workshops and/or provides musical training. The company has available: a professional sound equipment; a variety of uniforms, including an extraordinary collection of Inca attire; stage props, and a source of native dancers who perform dances of the Andes and/or of the coast of Peru (Afro-Peruvian).
