BLEMF23 | TEMBEMBE ENSAMBLE CONTINUO UN FANDANGO BARROCO

BLEMF23 | TEMBEMBE ENSAMBLE CONTINUO UN FANDANGO BARROCO Bloomington Early Music Festival 2023 Early Music Crossroads Arabia, Iberia & Latin America | May 21-28, 2023 | Visit to learn more about Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Program notes: visit Pre-concert Discussion with Tembembe co-founders Eloy Cruz and Enrique Barona, and BLEM board member and director of the Latin American Music Center at IU, Javier F. León: Exploring layers of overlap between Hispanic baroque guitar music and traditional Mexican songs, this concert program showcases how and why baroque and traditional expressions are two faces of the same musical coin, distant in time yet close in spirit. Widely celebrated for their festive performances of music, singing, and dance, Tembembe Ensamble Continuo has performed extensively in Mexico, the Americas, and across Europ