Maestro Luis Alfredo Gavilano

This weekend, the College was honored with a visit by musician and composer Luis Alfredo Gavilano, who gave a talk about the Bolivian composer/artist Alfredo Dominguez.


Photo: Luis Alfredo Gavilano, during a concert at Rincón Munaypata (photo by Hye-Jung Park)

Alfredo Dominguez, an amazing self-taught Bolivian artist, is known mostly for his original music for the guitar, with many recordings and public performances, but also for painting and poetry. Maestro Luis Alfredo played some of his music to demonstrate the creativity of Dominguez and his representations of Bolivia.

Young people here, as everywhere, are drawn to popular music, even American pop -- you can often hear Justin Bieber and Jennifer Lopez coming from our students' dormitories. It was great to see them fascinated by a Bolivian artist that reflects so much of their history, of the past of their mothers and fathers.

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Here is a biography of Luis Alfredo Gavilano, and some of his music. Here is a biography of Alfredo Dominguez (in Spanish).