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Especialização em Cultura e Música Latino-Americana

UFP - Universidade de Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo

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Aug

3 Ed. Noite Chamamé 2026

Polo de Cultura, Erechim

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Aug

alejandro Brittes e Oquestra Orquestra de Câmara da Unisc

Alejandro Brittes e Oquestra Orquestra de Câmara da Unisc, Santa Cruz Do Sul

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Accordionist, composer, and researcher, internationally recognized as one of the leading figures in contemporary Chamamé, Alejandro Brittes has developed a unique trajectory that integrates composition and research, revealing the cultural heritage of a region shared by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay through Chamamé. His music places the genre in dialogue with Baroque music and unveils the cultural depth of a tradition recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. With sophisticated original creation, his works move between the popular universe and concert music, expanding the possibilities of the genre and projecting his music into new artistic and cultural contexts.

Chamamé is the language through which Alejandro Brittes shares the history and culture of this territory. Born from the historical encounter between the Baroque music taught in the Jesuit Missions of South America and the ancestral music of the Guarani, the genre carries a unique cultural heritage. From this tradition, Alejandro reveals its origins and transforms this investigation into works that connect memory, identity, and reinvention.

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Alejandro Brittes unveils the mysteries of Chamamé.

"Meet the symbolic and historical elements of the rhythm"

Alejandro Brittes talks about Chamamé and its symbolic and historical elements.

Interview at the Library of Congress of the United States.

Interview for Douglas D. Peach Folklife Specialist, Research and Programs at the Library of Congress - United States.

What the media says:

"The main exponent of contemporary Chamamé."
— The Boston Globe

"An accordionist who reveals the spirit of the south."
— Library of Congress (USA)

"His music is like a river: it connects everything that is memory and emotion."
— Revista Sul

"The melodic richness, harmonic sophistication, and cultural depth present in 'Mi Cielo' place Alejandro Brittes in the lineage of great South American composers, such as Piazzolla."
— Albert Montañez Sanchez, Producer of Artistic Programs - Stanford Live.

"Almost everything in (L)ESTE is surprising. Alejandro Brittes projects his work beyond the usual and expected standards."
— Juarez Fonseca, journalist and music critic

"Alejandro Brittes presents a new aesthetic language for Chamamé."
Angel Romero – Portal Músicas do Mundo

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The Origin of Chamamé

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González System

Alejandro Brittes

And baroque orchestra

400 Years of the Missions

A historic celebration marking 400 years of a cultural legacy that shaped the identity of a vast region of South America.

Alejandro Brittes is one of the artists who translates this history, performing concerts in emblematic spaces such as the São Miguel Ruins, the Angelopolitana Cathedral, and the Simões Lopes Neto Theater, opening the Official calendar and revealing Chamamé as an expression of this territory's legacy, identity, and reinvention.

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