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Spanish people wanted: 17.11.2009
HMS Monsterrat moored in Australia in 1959 full of Spanish workers seeking employment in the cane fields of Queensland. This marked the beggining of the "Operacion Canguro" migration program. Now, 50 years later, Myriadas Cultural Association in Barcelona is seeking out anyone who may have been on the Monsterrat, their descendants, or people who came from Spain in succesive boats. The stories will be displayed as part of an exhibition both in Spain and Australia. Researcher Lluïsa Vilalta spoke with La Tertulia.
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Fernando Ubiergo tours Australia: 12.11.2009
Fernando Ubiergo is one of the most successful singer-songwriters from Chile, with a career spanning more than 30 years. The winner of song contests such as Viña del Mar, Benidorm and OTI, is preparing to visit Australia for the first time. Ruben Fernandez for Temas brings you an in depth conversation about Ubiergo's life and work.
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Hola Mexico Film Festival: 10.11.2009
The Hola Mexico Film Festival returns to Australia for its fourth year to showcase the best popular and arthouse films from that country. Highlights will be the multi award-wining Sin Nombre, the selection of films from the “Golden Age” of Mexican cinema and the commemoration of 99 years of the Mexican Revolution. The festival kicks off to the tune of ¡Viva la Revolución! on 18 November in Sydney, and will be followed by dates in all major capital cities. Listen to all the details from festival director Samuel Douek, who spoke with La Tertulia.
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Made in Catalonia Film Festival 2009: 21.10.2009
In October 23-25 Melbourne will host the Made in Catalonia Film festival, a selection of films from the autonomous Spanish community. In this second edition, the festival will also take place for the first time in Brisbane and Sydney after receiving support from multiple organisations.
Sara Bosch y Peter Gerrand speak to about the background and visiono of this festival.
http://www.ccvictoria.cat/festival/
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Interview Oscar Herrero: 19.10.2009
Oscar Herrero is a well know flamenco guitar player who came to Australia to offer a concert on the Spring Early Music Festival. Oscar has gained extensive reputation not only for his concerts and presentations around the world, but also for being one of the pioneers on the teaching of flamenco guitar.
Camilo Gomez speaks with Oscar Herrero about his experiences as a musician and teacher in La Tertulia.
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Aterciopelados in Australia: 7.10.2009
They are one of the most influential bands in the rock scene in the world, with a unique style combining Colombia’s folk music with rock, punk, bossa and salsa.
Recognized with two Latin Grammy Awards in 2001 and 2007, Andrea Echeverri and Hector Buitrago, from Aterciopelados talk with Ruben Fernandez for Temas about their career, their political and environmental concerns when it comes to their song writing, and the current political reality in Colombia.
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Felipe Browne: 22.9.2009
Felipe Browne is a well-known Chilean pianist and composer who was recently in Australia as a guest of cultural and diplomatic institutions. Browne has given recitals in the most prestigious salons in the world and has recorded his performances of the classic piano greats such as Chopin. Felipe Browne spoke with Luis Gonzalez Serrano in La Tertulia.
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Surviving Guazapa: 14.9.2009
Surviving Guazapa is the first feature film about El Salvador’s civil war produced entirely by a local film crew. Its launch in the Central American country caused everything from a very heated debate to the most flattering piracy. Film director Roberto Dávila, spoke in La Tertulia.
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Per sé: 14.9.2009
Per se is an interpretation of Jean Genet’s play Haute Surveillance, and is being performed in one of Melbourne’s most unlikely performance spaces: an abandoned underground car park. Per se’s director, Ivan Sikic, reckons the space brought out certain emotions and physical reactions in his actors, which didn’t come out in other places.
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Yosvani Ramos: 1.9.2009
The Australian Ballet's principal dancer, Yosvani Ramos, came to Australia after touring extensively with such prestigious companies as the Paris Opera Ballet and the English National Ballet. Ramos popped by in La Tertulia to chat about his year and a half in Australia and the Australian Ballet's new production, Concord.
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