Completing the second part of the in-person course taught in conjunction with the Open University of Recoleta Musical interpretation and sound identity in Inti Illimani, the fifth, sixth and seventh sessions were held, with a high and active attendance of students.
These new sessions had the active participation of the nine members of the group,
David Azán, Christián “Búho” González, Efrén Viera, Daniel Cantillana, Jorge and Marcelo Coulon, César Jara, Camilo Lema and Juan Flores. In each of them, the students were able to review the historical background of each of the instruments reviewed, their presence in Latin America either as original instruments from the continent or their adaptations to those from other latitudes, and how the set has added or worked each of them in their different compositions.
The string instrument sessions were addressed by César Jara and Juan Flores, as well as the wind sessions by Efrén Viera and Christián González; and in the final session the bowed string instruments (violin and double bass) were reviewed by Daniel Cantillana and Camilo Lema. In each of these sessions, David Azán and the brothers Jorge and Marcelo Coulon have contributed both to the interpretation of the songs that have been used as an example for each particular sound, and to the historical review of the sound in the group and of the main links and creators that have contributed to the creative work of Inti Illimani, in its more than 55 years of existence.
A differentiating aspect that was addressed in the seventh session was a well-founded reflection delivered by Jorge Coulon on the idea of a popular song and/or on a song with social content, as well as an explanation of how the group has understood the arrangement of songs that They were created by other authors. In that sense, Coulon pointed out that the group has always approached these creations based on respect for the original composition, in the sense that the author expressed. This was complemented by Daniel Cantillana, who explained the arrangement work that the group did with songs by Patricio Manns.
For the students, the development of the course has been a very enriching experience and they have expressed it in the delivery of their work, which took place at the end of the seventh session.
