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LOS GAITEROS DE SAN JACINTO
LATIN GRAMMY BEST FOLK ALBUM 2007: UN FUEGO DE SANGRE PURA
 
 
CONFIRMED DATES NORTHAMERICAN SUMMER TOUR 2012:
 
MIAMI JUNE 29th, NEW YORK JUNE 30th, JULY 1st, MILLENIUM PARK CHICAGO JULY 2nd, MONTREAL JULY 3th, SUNFEST LONDON JULY 5th to 8th, MONTREAL JULY 9th, GOLDEN BC JULY 11, VANCOUVER FOLK MUSIC FEST JULY 13rd to 15th.
 
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 LOS GAITEROS DE SAN JACINTO LIVE!-FEAT. GABRIEL TORREGROSA PLAYING CUMBIAS WITH THE FLUTE OF MILLO !

 
 

PRÓXIMAMENTE ANUNCIAREMOS FECHAS DE CONCIERTOS EN BOGOTÁ, CALI, PASTO, MANIZALES, CARTAGENA, BARRAQNUILLA...............................
 
JUAN ¨CHUCHITA¨ FERNÁNDEZ-LEAD VOCAL ON TOUR

 
There are different oral and written versions of when Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto was formed,but most agree that the group, as it is recognized today, had come into existence by the 1930s.

In the mid 1950s, they undertook their first tour throughout Colombia, under the leadershipof folklorists Manuel and Delia Zapata Olivella. In 1958, they toured internationally to China and Japan, and to Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and other European countries.
 
In 1968, they won the Olympic Cultural Medal in Mexico. Their touring, the exceptional quality of their musicians across generations, and the fact that they are one of the few gaita ensembles whose music has been commercially produced have made them the most important musical group of gaitas in Colombia.
 
The founder and initial leader of the Gaiteros de San Jacinto was Miguel Antonio “Toño” Fernández (1912–1988).
 
Today, the elders of the group are Joaquín Nicolás Hernández (male long gaita and maraca), Manuel Antonio“Toño” García (female long gaita), and Juancho “Chuchita”Fernández (voice), who trace their direct lineage and heritage to the founding members.
 
The other members of the group are Damian Bossio (female long gaita), Gabriel Torregrosa (short gaita and pito atravesao,) wilson Fontalvo (percussion), Alberto Posada (percussion), and  John Fuentes (percussion).
 
The fact that the group has persisted and includes several generations of musicians speaks to the vitality ofthis tradition. Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto are a musical icon in San Jacinto and Bogotá and a reference point for other gaita musicians throughout Colombia.
 
Through their own new compositions and through teaching young musicians, they are a crucial link between traditional gaita music and its contemporary renewal. Thanks in great part to them, gaita music has become one of the most influential traditional musics in contemporary Colombian popular music today.
 
 
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AUDIO TRACK: SABOR A PUYA
 

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