Folklore Extravaganza - Variety Performers
Our Latin Festival 2023 welcomed a variety of folklore performers coming from all around all parts of Latin America, such as Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, and Venezuela.
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The ImbayakunasThe Imbayakunas' music allows the listener to escape on an exotic voyage to a South American traditional Native community. Our musical intention is to share the rich sounds of the Andean regions. In Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia traditional music is the privileged expression of 20 million Quechua and 4 million Aymaras.
Our music ranges from the traditional sounds of Yarabi, San Juan, Albasos, Tinkus, Huaynos, Tobas, Taquiraris and Sayas to the more contemporary sounds of Cumbias, Bombas, Rumbas and Ballads. We play traditional Andean Native music with an infusion of Latin and European sounds. |
Our traditional instruments are the pan flutes, rondador, charango, drum, ronrroco and cajas. We also use newer instruments like the guitar, violin, bandolin and bass. The mixing of these sounds allows us to expand our art.
The Imbayakunas music group have won two Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards in Canada, for being the BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST in 2014 and 2017.
The Imbayakunas music group have won two Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards in Canada, for being the BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST in 2014 and 2017.
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Marta Elena
Marta Elena, Excellence Award winner for her outstanding performance at the 5th Annual Vaughan Latin Festival (celebration of Latin culture and community), was born
into a musical family in Havana, Cuba. Not all 'salseros' have been male artists; in the history of Salsa, there is some exception to that rule; and Marta Elena is one of the names of that exception. Singer, Composer, Percussionist and Band leader Marta Elena belongs to a younger generation of Cuban musicians who are happy to honour the island nation's Afro-Latin musical roots while looking for new ways to express the music that courses through the vein of the country. |
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Juan Diego de Sedas
uan De Sedas is a renowned Audio Engineer & Accordion Maestro in Latin and North America and is by no means new to the world of Latin Music. Having recorded his first solo album at the age of 4 and signed by Sony Music Central America at the age of 9, his knowledge and passion have become stronger and more profound over the years.
Juan is a voting member of the Latin Grammys and is one of the few engineers that has reached the Top Latin Billboard with credits for mixing, mastering engineer, and accordion player on the same song. |
His work has garnered millions of views online and he has had the honor of working with legends like Shakira, Pitbull, El Chaval, Joe Veras, Elvis Crespo, Farruko, Jesse Cook, David Bisbal, Gente de Zona, and many others. He has also collaborated and worked for new talents like Jessie Reyez, La Ross Maria, and Ala Jaza.
Juan has a trained ear and an outstanding recognition of key tone, qualities that have helped him become a unique and highly sought-after engineer and accordion player for various tours accross Canada and Central America
Juan has a trained ear and an outstanding recognition of key tone, qualities that have helped him become a unique and highly sought-after engineer and accordion player for various tours accross Canada and Central America
