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Is a performing arts quartet that celebrates and expands the cultures of the
Americas through original music, poetry and multi-media art installations
As writer, Willy Lizarraga, puts it, Quijeremá “…manages to… render a whole constellation
of South American rhythms into a jazz idiom… how the cueca from Chile, tango
from Argentina, waltz at its most Latin, landó from Peru, joropo from Venezuela,
huaino from the Andes fuse into a musical continuum whose identity, no matter how
jazzy, always remains rooted in the deep South, not of the U.S. but of the Americas.”
Members of the ensemble play over thirty instruments, and have performed worldwide
and appeared on regional, national and international radio and television.
Quijeremá performs in theaters, festivals, museums, cultural centers and other venues. They also perform and conduct workshops for schools, libraries and other educationa
institutions. In addition to performance, Quijeremá specializes in scoring
music for film. |
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Founded in 2002,
Quijeremá is
Quique Cruz
(Chile: Strings, Winds & Percussion)
Jeremy Allen
(USA: Bass & Percussion)
Maria Fernanda Acuña
(Venezuela: Percussion &
Venezuelan Cuatro)
David Barrows
(USA: Saxophones, Winds & Percussion) |
