From 16 to July 19, Atapuerca (Burgos) hosts the second edition of international festival of percussions Atapercu'09, which brings together some of the most renowned percussionists on the world scene. Atapuerca, one of the most important archaeological sites, will vibrate with rhythms from different countries.

Artistic Director from Atapercu, Ernesto Schmied declares: “music is a vehicle for spiritual union and has always been a bridge between cultures. ATAPERCU intend to perpetuate this encounter with the music and its message of human coexistence. In a very short time ATAPERCU has already become a reference in the European music scene”.

Recognized by UNESCO and included among the flagship events of the International Decade for Culture of Peace and Nonviolence, ATAPERCU includes a program that highlights the unique performance by Jorge Drexler y Tambores, on July 17th. Drexler will present us with his personal view of Candombe rhythms, an Afro Uruguayan mixture of rhythmic elements almost unknown until the last decade. Drexler has a band of four percussionists and two sound processing artists that will interact live with the percussion and Drexler’s voice and guitar. This will be the only opportunity to listen this special project commissioned by ATAPERCU ’09.

During the four days ATAPERCU will feature concerts by artists from Spain, Morocco, USA, Switzerland, Japan, Uruguay and Brazil. Prohibited Beats is the name of the venue JOJO MAYER and his band NERVE will feature for the first time in Spain. The Spanish pianist Yolanda Alonso Vicario will recreate a performance of a concert given by Charles Darwin’s wife Emma Darwin in commemoration of the Darwin year. Speculum and Mara Aranda will bring the percussion sounds from the ancient Mediterranean cultures and the Ensemble Andalusí de Tetuán will feature a concert of traditional and classical music from the Maghreb. Juanjo Guillem and his ensemble Neopercusion will perform a programme that includes many new works among which a work by the Burgos born composer Javier Pérez de Arévalo will be premiered. During the entire festival FERNANDINHO MARCONI, a Brazilian percussion master, will teach a group of students the secrets of Brazilian percussion.

ATAPERCU has endorsed the WORLD MARCH FOR PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE (www.theworldmarch.org). The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 2009, the anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, declared the “International Day of Nonviolence” by the United Nations. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina) on January 2, 2010. The March will last 90 days, three long months of travel. It will pass through all climates and seasons, from the hot summer of the tropics and the deserts, to the winter of Siberia. The American and Asian stages will be the longest, both almost a month. A permanent base of a hundred people of different nationalities will complete the journey.

Photo: Jorge Drexler and Ernesto Schmied (Artistic Director from Atapercu)

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DATES: JULY 16, 17, 18 & 19 PLACE: ATAPUERCA (BURGOS)