Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Belle Vientos concert

On Friday, November 17th, we welcomed Belle Vientos to the Zenrinkan for a concert. They are a "folklore" group, which means they they play traditional (folk) music. They play mostly traditional music from Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina. Their name, Belle Vientos, means "beautiful wind" in Spanish (belle = beautiful, vientos = wind).

For this concert, 2 members of Belle Vientos, Armando and Miki, came from Akita to Morioka. Armando played many kinds of guitars, and Miki played the zampoƱa and other kinds of panpipes, as well as the drum.


The music was great! It was a lot of fun to listen to them play, sing, and even dance a bit. They brought lots of interesting instruments with them, such as a guitar-like instrument made from the shell of an armadillo and some panpipes that are about 150cm long!


We hope everyone enjoyed the concert! For anyone who missed the concert, there are some samples of their music available on their web site.