Fernando Moya

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Fernando Moya - Biographical Summary

About the Artist:
Fernando Moya is a native of Quito, Ecuador, and master musician of indigenous instruments from the Andean Mountains in South America. Fernando has performed with the highly acclaimed Andean music ensemble Andes Manta on major stages in the U.S., including Carnegie Hall, and instructed music and performed with the Center for Andean Music in New York. As a Cultural Artist in Residence with the Kentucky Theater Project, Fernando preserves and presents the rich multicultural heritage of ethnic and folkloric music, songs, and traditions of South America through public concerts, school educational programs and demonstrations, and community festivals. Fernando is available for booking through the Kentucky Theater Project.

About the Art:
Present day Andean folk music is the product of centuries of cultural and ethnic intermixing. The arrival of the first Spaniards to the Andean highlands in the early 16th century signaled the end for the ancient Inca civilization and many facets of their culture. The Spanish sailed to the Americas to conquer the natives by converting them to Catholicism and introducing Spanish language and customs, including musical elements, rhythms, and instruments. They brought with them African slaves who also toted their traditions, rhythms, and instruments. Confronted with a repressive colonial system, the Andean highlander searched for new ways of expression through blending the vastly different Spanish, African, and Inca Cultures. Today the highland music of Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, northeastern Chile and northwestern Argentina forms the backbone of Andean folk music and reflects the multiethnic and multicultural character of the region. The mainstay of Andean music is played through the haunting sounds of the indigenous panpipes and flutes. Combined with string and percussion instruments introduced by Spaniards and Africans, the music weaves together melodies that speak of ages gone by.

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