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Inti Illimani
Led by Horacio Salinas, Inti Illimani created a blend of Chilean, Classical, Baroque and Flamenco music. Around 1986 Paco Pena and John Williams joined the group for a series of recordings and a world tour. I was lucky enough to see them at the Sydney Opera House. As well as guitar, the group features harp, flute, piccolo, saxophones and traditional instruments: pandereta ... drums bombo ... a drum made from a tree trunk kena, zampona, randador ... pipes tiple ... Colombian 12 string guitar charango ... a very small guitar with the soundbox made from an armadillo The group was exiled by Pinochet's government in 1973 and relocated to Rome. In recent years they have returned to live in Chile.  |
 Inti Illimani means Sun God in Aymara, a language of the Andean Highlands.   CLICK
HERE TO LOOK AT RECORDINGS BY INTI ILLIMANI |
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