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Inca
Son, since its earliest beginnings in
the streets of Harvard Square
(Cambridge, Massachusetts), has been a
band with a mission: to preserve and
instill appreciation for their cultural
legacy through the international
language of music and dance.
Dressed as either their Inca forebears,
with feathers and gold earrings, or in
the resplendent wool ponchos still worn
in the Andes Mountains, Inca Son is, in
the words of Boston Pops conductor Keith
Lockhart, 襠indispensable cultural
ambassadors of this nearly lost South
American folk tradition. Their music is
of the highest caliber.p; They are
one of the few bearers of the Inca
musical legacy. With equally vibrant
music, characterized by the distinctive
sounds of the haunting pan-flutes or the
lively charango (Andean ten-stringed guitar),
Inca Son crosses barriers of language,
culture, race, and age. It is a band
with a truly universal appeal. Inca Son
is now recognized as one of the world͊ best world Traditional Music groups.
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Selected Achievements, Honors &
Performances
2011
- "HISPANIC
PRIDE AWARD, Boston
PROCLAMATION OF
ARTISTIC MERIT, Peruvian
Consulate, Hartford, CT
"Salute to Machu Picchu,"
National Geographic Museum,
Washington, DC
2010
- Headliners, "MAKIYKUMANTA
- Peru: Arts and Cultural Legacy,"
Smithsonian National Museum of
the American Indian, Washington,
D.C.
2009
- "Gold
Star Award,"
Massachusetts Cultural Council
2008
- Los
Angeles Music Award,
"Best Traditional World Artist"
2007
- Winner of Independent Music Award, "Best World Traditional Song"
- Champions of Arts Education
Award for "Distinguished
Arts Educator of Music" to Cesar
Villalobos
2006
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Epcot Center, Disney World, Florida
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Sanders Theater concert at Harvard University in
Cambridge, MA
2005
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National Geographic Museum's "Peru: Indigenous and Viceregal", attended by
Peruvian First Lady
- Gala concert for Peruvian Ambassadors,
United States Capitol,
Washington D.C.
2004
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Concert tours throughout Italy
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"Outstanding Latino Group" winner at Teatro del Verme in Milan, Italy
- Smithsonian's National Museum of the
American Indian-Opening
parade.
2003
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Headliners, Kennedy Center
in Washington D.C.
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Prestigious "Order of the Sun"
awarded to Cesar Villalobos L
from the Peruvian government in
tribute to Inca Son's
distinguished career.
2002
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Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah
2001
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Chicago's Grant Park Orchestra
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Kennedy Center쯳pan> 30th Anniversary in Washington, D.C
2000
- Performed with
Keith Lockhart & the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
- also
Collaborated on the Boston Pops
Latin album
1999
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Winner Boston Music Awards "Outstanding World Music Act"
1998
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The Pyramid, Memphis, TN-Headliners at the world's largest Peruvian Exhibition
"Ancestors of the Incas"
1997
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"Best World Music Group",
Boston Phoenix Music Poll
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International Folk Arts Festival
in Moscow, Russia
for the city's 850th
Anniversary
1996
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Festival Mondial de Folklore de Drummondville in Quebec, Canada;
- was also
awarded "Certificate of Distinction" at the Festival Mondial de Folklore
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Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA, Official entertainment
1995
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"Cultural Ambassador of Peru",
Honorary title bestowed on Cesar Villalobos L. by the
National Press of Peru (ANAP)
1994
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World Cup Soccer, Official entertainment
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President Bill Clinton was present at the National Governors튉 Conference performance
1992
- "Year of the Indigenous People" at the
United Nations
in New York
1991
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PBS Series-collaborated on the musical score for "Columbus
and the Age of Discovery"
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President Jimmy Carter was present at the Human Rights Awards
performance.
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