{"id":29842,"date":"2021-08-19T16:22:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=29842"},"modified":"2021-08-19T16:57:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:57:46","slug":"kune-quartet-to-bring-international-sounds-to-cultural-centre-in-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/kune-quartet-to-bring-international-sounds-to-cultural-centre-in-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Kun\u00e9 quartet to bring international sounds to Cultural Centre in the Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aurora families will be able to discover the music of Latin America, Africa and the African Diaspora at Town Park this Saturday as the Aurora Cultural Centre hosts Kun\u00e9, Canada\u2019s Global Orchestra, for a one-hour show for all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An initiative of Toronto\u2019s Royal Conservatory of Music, Kun\u00e9, which means \u201ctogether\u201d in Esperanto, was developed to explore and celebrate Canada\u2019s cultural diversity through music and connect everyone, regardless of background, with the universal language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large group made up of 11 Toronto residents who are immigrants from all parts of the world, Kun\u00e9 has whittled the ensemble down to a quartet for their Aurora show, part of the Cultural Centre\u2019s Kaleidoscope Family Series, to meet COVID protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith our Kun\u00e9 Quartet, we try to recreate the same experience that is Kun\u00e9 because we\u2019re all about expressing what the experience of living in Toronto is like,\u201d explains musician Matias Recharte, who came to Canada from Peru. \u201cIt\u2019s so diverse with so many people from all over the world, we just have to work together, live side by side, we all have to study together and just experience life together. There is this curiosity about people, what they\u2019re like, their language, culture, stories, everything. There is lots we can learn from each other and there is also lots we can teach each other. Kun\u00e9 is really about that experience of having musicians from all over the world, who play instruments that don\u2019t always play together, have different histories, and try to put them together in conversation in a way that is respectful, curious and playful and to try and bring together those sounds in a way that feels natural and not forced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Kun\u00e9 came together, they were a group of musicians from different cultures who had never met before. But, united by a love for music, the relationship between them blossomed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe thing that binds us, apart from our love of music, is the fact we are all immigrants and we all have the experience of leaving one home behind and creating a new home in Toronto,\u201d he says. \u201cThat experience unites us and out of that experience is we also create this music and creating this music is also about the same experience. We take our [culturally-specific] instruments, present them to our friends and try to create something together out of that, create a new music, a new sound like the way we create a new home, the way we create new families when we\u2019re here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we bring a smaller version, like this quartet, we try to recreate that but at the same time\u2026 what Kun\u00e9 is about: the conversation and dialogue. At the same time, because we\u2019re smaller and it\u2019s a more informal venue, there is more opportunity for interaction with kids, the audience, we can talk a little bit more about who we are, where we come from, we can spend a little more time exploring each instrument and showing you what they can do, what they sound like individually and collectively, and we can do more audience participation, engagement, and have them learn new things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just two months before the beginning of the global pandemic, Kun\u00e9 was on stage bringing their unique sounds to the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. They commissioned new symphonic arrangements of their work and developed a repertoire tailored specifically for symphonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was one of the last times they were able to have one-on-one interactions with their audience members and as they prepare to play Town Park next week, they are hoping the audience feels engaged and comfortable enough to ask questions and take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is about the energy you feel from people,\u201d he says. \u201cWe can always feel when the audience is engaged, when they are interested. Since this is going to be an outdoor gig in the sun it is easier to see the audience and there is less separation than in a normal theatre where the stage is lighted and the audience is in the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about Kun\u00e9: A Global Music Experience, including how to reserve your spot in front of the Town Park stage, visit auroraculturalcentre.ca\/event\/kune-a-global-musical-experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong>
Editor
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