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Pasatono Orquesta: “21st Century Oaxacan Music”

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Pasatono Orquesta performs on the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage.

The modern mixteca group Pasatono Orquesta performed compositions from its new album, Maroma, on the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage on December 20.

The Mexican group’s music director, Rubén Luengas Pérez, spoke with Hola Cultura about the band’s embrace of la musica mixteca‘s rich history, as well as its tradition of incorporating many musical forms into an evolving sound mosaic unique to the mountains of western Oaxaca.

Watch the Interview