The Arakaendar Choir and Orchestra

Conducted by Ashley Solomon, pre-concert talk by Father Piotr Nawrot.

A great legacy of 7,000 musical scores was preserved for centuries by native musicians in the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, an area declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Polish musicologist Father Piotr Nawrot brought them to light and founded the International Festival of Renaissance and Baroque Music of Bolivia. He began a collaborative partnership with Ashley Solomon, Artistic Director of Florilegium in the UK, and the Arakaendar Choir debuted in 2006. 

Monday, March 2, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 6:00)

Co-sponsored by the IDB Executive Director for Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay, the Country Department Andean Group (CAN), and Southern Cone (CSS) and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Presented by the IDB Cultural Center in the Office of External Relations. 

Young people 8 years and older are welcome.  Free and open to the public,

Enrique V. Iglesias Auditorium, Inter-American Development Bank, 1330 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC, Metro Center. Photo ID required. 202.623.1410