Tremün: celebrating indigenous roots
Friday, October 15th at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
On October 15th, Notes for Growth Foundation presented Tremün: Celebrating Indigenous Roots, our debut concert at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Tremün means "growth" in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche people.
Selected as NYC Arts #1 pick for events happening that week in New York City and beyond, Tremün brought together in celebration music by and inspired by indigenous peoples around the world including Perú, México, Jamaica, and Chile. We premiered nine new works by five Chilean composers, Patricio Molina, Ramón Catalán, Aina Sandoval, Carlos Zamora, and Sebastián Vergara. Patricio collaborated with Mapuche poets Roxana Miranda Rupailaf and María Lara Millapan to musicalize two of their poems.
Performers included NFG Ambassadors and internationally acclaimed musicians Sonya Headlam, soprano, and Alejandro Mendoza, violinist. The concert concluded with legendary Chilean opera singer Verónica Villarroel in a performance that is the first of its kind, in which Ms. Villarroel performed songs in Aymara.
In the Press
“These are excellent musicians without any doubt. Vibrant and engaging playing/singing, true intonation, and superior ensemble balance were all there. [...] Patricio Molina [...] knows his craft. He is the “real deal” in a world where many composers rely on gimmicks or obfuscations. Not only this, but he is also an excellent pianist and has a winsome personality, a true triple-threat! [...] At the end, the audience reacted with a loud and extended standing ovation. All the performers took the stage for a final bow.
I wish the Notes for Growth Foundation much luck and success in all that they bring to the world. Theirs is a noble mission.”
Tremün Artistic Director: Patricio F. Molina, PhD, DMA
Performers
Original compositions by
In Collaboration with the Mapuche Poets*
*The photographs of the poets were provided by Proyecto Diálogo
©Álvaro de la Fuente/ Proyecto Diálogo
Tremün was MCed by the acclaimed Chilean-American actor Marina Catalán
Tremün Concert Host Committee:
Alejandro Mendoza
Gabriela Sandoval Requena
Mallory Molina
Ramón Catalán
Patricio Molina
Behind the Scenes: The making of tremüm Documentary
Award-winning Chilean filmmaker Nicole Costa documented the making of Tremün: Celebrating Indigenous Roots Concert. Nicole worked closely with Mapuche artist and filmmaker Francisco Huichaqueo in producing this documentary. Francisco generously provided footage from his film “Spirit Women.” Also, he authorized to project his visual arts in a special recording of the new compositions to be featured at Tremün at Opera America in New York City.
About the poster design
Illustration by Nestor del Prado, AD/3D Artist
The poster design was inspired by Mapuche constellations: Pünonchoike and Ütrüblükai.
Pünonchoike is the footprint of the rhea, or choike, and corresponds to the Southern Star Constellation.
Ütrüblükai is the bolas and correspond to two of the stars in the Centaurus constellation.
The two constellations together were interpreted by the Mapuche as a hunting scene, in which the choike would run away forever in the sky from the hunters’ bolas.
Also, the Pünonchoike constellation is linked to climate. The Mapuche use its color and brightness to forecast the weather.
Source: “Wenapamu: Astronomía y Cosmología Mapuche.” Gabriela Pozo Menares and Margarita Canio Llanquinao. Santiago, Ocho Libros Editores, 2014.
Tremün: celebrating indigenous roots
October 15, 2021 at 8pm in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Tickets at $30 orchestra / $15 balcony available on Carnegie Hall’s website
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