Latin American & Iberian Song: Recent Episodes
Patricia Caicedo
Hosted by soprano and musicologist Patricia Caicedo, the ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ is a program to discover composers, poets, songs, and everything about the world of Latin American and Spanish songs. ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป. ๐ดConducido por la soprano y musicรณloga Patricia Caicedo, el ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ es un programa semanal para descubrir compositores, poetas, canciones y todo sobre el mundo de la canciรณn artรญstica latinoamericana e ibรฉrica. El programa es multilingรผe con episodios en inglรฉs, espaรฑol, portuguรฉs y catalรกn.
What if one summer could change the way you see musicโand yourselfโforever?In this episode of Resonances, Patricia Caicedo reunites with participants of the 2025 Barcelona Festival of Songโincluding Eden Rosenbaum, Cassandra Brittany Leisher, Ana Socaci, Jaiden Wettstein, Katelyn Breen, Campbelle Stencel, Sofia Jaquez, Crystal Buck, Stella Roden, Amethyst Shanks, David Dies, and Robert Roccoโas they reflect on their artistic journeys, discoveries, and the deep bonds formed through eleven transformative days of making music together.
What happens when Federico Garcรญa Lorcaโs most sensual poems collide with a historic piano in the heart of Barcelona?
In this behind-the-scenes episode, soprano-musicologist Patricia Caicedo welcomes composer David Dies and tenor James Kryshak to reveal the fiery birth of El Divรกn del Tamaritโa brand-new song cycle premiering July 4, 2025 at the Biblioteca de Catalunya on Enric Granadosโ own piano.
๐ Listen in to discover: โข How Dies turns Lorcaโs โwhite fireโ and surreal images into razor-edged harmonies and soaring vocal lines. โข Why Kryshak calls the poems โpainfully urgentโ for todayโand how he sculpts every Spanish syllable for maximum impact. โข Caicedoโs mission to prove the United States is already a Spanish-speaking nation and to spotlight Iberian-Latin American art song at the Barcelona Festival of Song (July 3โ12, 2025). โข The teamworkโpianist Joel Papinoja, live poem recitations, and moreโthat transforms raw verse into living performance.
If you love poetry, vocal drama, or the electric moment when art is born, join usโon site or onlineโas Lorcaโs echoes reverberate through 21st-century Barcelona.
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What if I told you that one of Latin America's greatest composers of art song was born in a house that once belonged to a president... and died on the very day that would later be declared a global celebration of his legacy?
This is the story of Jaime Leรณnโa composer whose music connects continents, memories, and generations.
In this special episode of Resonances, we honor the life and music of Colombian composer, conductor, and pianist Jaime Leรณn, on the occasion of the International Day of Latin American and Iberian Art Songโcelebrated every May 11.
Join me, Patricia Caicedo, as I reflect on my personal relationship with Jaime Leรณn, his transnational identity, and the lasting impact of his art songs on the repertoire and on my own journey as a performer and scholar. You'll hear two beautiful selections from the album Mรกs Que Nunca, which I recorded with pianist Nikos Stavlas and which features Leรณnโs complete songs for voice and piano.
๐ง Listen to the album on Spotify: Mรกs Que Nunca โ Patricia Caicedo & Nikos Stavlas
๐ Explore Jaime Leรณnโs life and work: jaimeleon.net
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Welcome to the first episode of Resonances, formerly The Latin American and Iberian Art Song Podcast. In this short introductory episode, I explain why Iโve rebranded the podcast and what this new phase representsโa deeper, more integrated expression of who I am.
As a soprano, musicologist, and physician, I no longer want to separate the different parts of my identity. Resonances is a space where all of them meetโwhere music, culture, history, health, and language come together in conversation.
Youโll hear episodes in English, but also poems and songs in Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan. Iโll explore Latin American, Spanish, and Catalan art song not only as music, but as cultural memory, lived experience, and poetic expression.
If youโre someone who refuses to be defined by a single boxโwho sees music as part of life, not separate from itโthis podcast is for you.
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In this episode, we delve into Dr. Patricia Caicedo's thought-provoking article "Memory, Nostalgia, and Resistance: The Afro-Latin Art Song," exploring how the African diaspora in Latin America, impacted by the Atlantic slave trade, used music, language, and rituals as mechanisms of cultural preservation and resistance.
We discuss how Afro-Latin composers and poets embedded rhythmic, melodic, and idiomatic elements into art songs to keep their cultural identity alive while navigating the challenges of acculturation. These art songs served as a way to participate in avant-garde artistic movements and also as a tool for social mobility and political advocacy. Dr. Caicedo highlights how, despite their cultural contributions, the diaspora faced a "whitening" process that threatened to strip away their symbolic and artistic wealth once again.
Join us as we explore how these art songs became powerful expressions of resistance, memory, and identity, shedding light on the deep connection between music and social change in Latin America.
You can read the full article, published in Diagonal, an Ibero-American music review by the University of California, Riverside, by clicking [here].
Did you know that music, power, and national identity are entangled and constantly changing? In this Episode, Hermann Hudde and Patricia Caicedo talk about the political and cultural relations between the United States and Latin America and how these were staged at the Tanglewood festival led by Serge Koussevitzky in the 1940s. An opportunity to discover the role of music in what we know as cultural diplomacy.
Did you know that there was an important operatic activity in Brazil during the XVII and XVIII centuries? Did you know that there were opera houses in many Brazilian cities where European and local artists performed together, including mulatos, blacks, and women?
In the second season premiere, Patricia Caicedo talks to Dr. Rogerio Budasz, a Brazilian musicologist and the author of Opera in the Tropics: Music and Theater in Early Modern Brazil, a fascinating book that puts in evidence how music is a space where political, social, and religious power struggles are constantly negotiated.
In this episode, you will discover the amazing concerts and artists of the Barcelona Festival of Song 2021 and will learn how you can participate in them from anywhere in the world. At the BFOS you will find new Latin American and Iberian vocal repertoire, enjoy listening to beautiful music, and at the same time, support musicians by incorporating the XAVECoin, an environmentally conscious crypto coin designed to democratize access to music. The festival starts on July 8 and ends on July 17. To buy your tickets visithttps://www.barcelonafestivalofsong.com/concerts
Barcelona Festival of Song Summer program of history & interpretation of Latin American & Iberian art song Mundoarts Publications Your source of hard to find Latin American & Iberian scores, books, classes & resources. Center Iberian & Latin American Music Research & performance of Iberian & Latin American Music at the University of California Riverside. Support the show (https://www.patriciacaicedo.com/podcast)
In this episode, Patricia talks with Carol McDavit and Flavio Melo, experts in Brazilian art song and the authors of a new Brazilian Art Song Anthology published by Mundoarts, a true gem that provides all the diction resources and historical background to introduce classical singers into this vast world.
Barcelona Festival of Song
Summer program of history & interpretation of Latin American & Iberian art song
Mundoarts Publications
Your source of hard to find Latin American & Iberian scores, books, classes & resources.
Center Iberian & Latin American Music
Research & performance of Iberian & Latin American Music at the University of California Riverside.
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Have you ever sung an art song in Spanish, Catalan or Portuguese? How do you identify a Latin American art song? Have you had problems distinguishing between Latin American folk songs or art songs? In this episode, Patricia Caicedo will help you solve your doubts and invite you to participate in the upcoming celebration of the International day of Latin American and Iberian Art Song on May 11th. To celebrate this important day, she invites singers from all over the world to participate in a singing challenge. To do it, you have to send a video performing an art song in Spanish, Catalan, or Portuguese before May 4th. Although this is not a competition, participants will receive many rewards, including half scholarship to participate in the Barcelona Festival of Song 2021 and many other prizes. To help singers to choose their repertoire, Patricia talks about the exciting subject of Performance practice. This concept will allow singers to identify when they are performing an art song or a folk song. You will hear many beautiful musical examples. To participate in the singing challenge, go to https://www.mundoarts.com/latinsongday
Barcelona Festival of Song Summer program of history & interpretation of Latin American & Iberian art song Mundoarts Publications Your source of hard to find Latin American & Iberian scores, books, classes & resources. Center Iberian & Latin American Music Research & performance of Iberian & Latin American Music at the University of California Riverside. Support the show (https://www.patriciacaicedo.com/podcast)
In this episode, you will discover the extraordinary life and music of Jaime Leon, a conductor, a composer, and a pianist, and the author of some of the most beautiful art songs in Spanish written in the XX century. If you are interested in obtaining the scores of Jaime Leonยดs songs visit www.mundoarts.com
Barcelona Festival of Song Summer program of history & interpretation of Latin American & Iberian art song Mundoarts Publications Your source of hard to find Latin American & Iberian scores, books, classes & resources. Center Iberian & Latin American Music Research & performance of Iberian & Latin American Music at the University of California Riverside. Support the show (https://www.patriciacaicedo.com/podcast)
En el primer episodio en espaรฑol, la soprano y musicรณloga Patricia Caicedo explica la misiรณn de programa, nos cuenta cรณmo se interesรณ por el repertorio de canciรณn artรญstica latinoamericana, comparte algunas canciones y nos prepara para los prรณximos programas. Para conocer mรกs sobre Patricia y seguirla en las redes sociales visita www.patriciacaicedo.com Si eres cantante lรญrico y quieres aprender la historia e interpretaciรณn del repertorio de canciรณn artรญstica latinoamericana e ibรฉrica visita la web del Barcelona Festival of Song. Si estas interesado en partituras y recursos para dar vida al repertorio vocal ibรฉrico y latinomericano visita www.mundoarts.com . Sรญguenos en las redes sociales!
Barcelona Festival of Song Summer program of history & interpretation of Latin American & Iberian art song Mundoarts Publications Your source of hard to find Latin American & Iberian scores, books, classes & resources. Center Iberian & Latin American Music Research & performance of Iberian & Latin American Music at the University of California Riverside. Support the show (https://www.patriciacaicedo.com/podcast)
For classical singers, very often, the first contact with the Latin American art song comes throughout the songs of the Argentinian composer Carlos Guastavino. He was one of the most outstanding art song composers of the continent who wrote hundreds of art songs literally, setting to music some of the most prominent Argentinian, Latin American, and Spanish poets. His music goes straight to the heart. The combination of his neo-romantic style with the folkloric elements makes it unique. He had a gift for finding the music inherent to the poems.
Guastavino was a very reserved person. During his life, very few people could talk to him and get to know him. To talk about his life, personality, political views, values, and of course, about his music, in this episode Patricia talks with Dr. Silvina Luz Mansilla, a musicologist who met him and spent a lot of time with him and, the world's expert in his music.
Barcelona Festival of Song Summer program of history & interpretation of Latin American & Iberian art song Mundoarts Publications Your source of hard to find Latin American & Iberian scores, books, classes & resources. Center Iberian & Latin American Music Research & performance of Iberian & Latin American Music at the University of California Riverside. Support the show (https://www.patriciacaicedo.com/podcast)
How many Latin American and Spanish female composers do you know? How many of their songs do you have in your repertoire? Don't you think it's about time to start learning and performing their music? In this episode, you will discover more than 30 female composers and listen to some of their songs, let's start! In this episode you will listen to songs by Maria Grever, Babi de Oliveira, Lia Cimaglia & Celia Torra. The complete CD Miraba la noche el alma: Latin American and Iberian Art Songs by Women Composers is available on Spotify. To buy the Anthology of Latin American & Iberian Art Song Women Composers visit www.mundoarts.com
Barcelona Festival of Song Summer program of history & interpretation of Latin American & Iberian art song Mundoarts Publications Your source of hard to find Latin American & Iberian scores, books, classes & resources. Center Iberian & Latin American Music Research & performance of Iberian & Latin American Music at the University of California Riverside. Support the show (https://www.patriciacaicedo.com/podcast)
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐โ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒโ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ธ, ๐๐ต๐ผ, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐. For Regina, discovering the Brazilian Art Song at the Barcelona Festival of Song was the beginning of an exciting journey that brought her to obtain a Fulbright Scholarship, making long-lasting friends in different parts of the world, and developing a passion for studying and performing Brazilian music. In this episode, you will listen to her incredible story!
Barcelona Festival of Song Summer program of history & interpretation of Latin American & Iberian art song Mundoarts Publications Your source of hard to find Latin American & Iberian scores, books, classes & resources. Support the show (https://www.patriciacaicedo.com/podcast)
Have you ever felt love at first sight with a new repertoire and language? Have you lived an aesthetic experience so strong that it changed the course of your musical life? This is what happened to our guest, the tenor Isa Jess Munoz in 2010 when he participated in the Barcelona Festival of Song. Isai will share his story with us and present some of the songs of his new album Visca lร mor. To participate in the Barcelona Festival of Song visit www.barcelonafestivalofsong.com To buy sheet music and books of Latin American and Iberian art song go to www.mundoarts.com To learn about Patriciaยดs performances, research and activities visit www.patriciacaicedo.com
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Learning the Performance practice of the different repertoires is essential for musicians. Which things influence the performance of a song? Lenine Santos and Patricia Caicedo talk about different issues related to the Performance Practice of the Latin American and Iberian Art Song.
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One of the most renowned Spanish composers of the XX century, Joaquin Rodrigo, apart from composing his famous Concierto de Aranjuez, wrote hundreds of works, including many songs. His biographer, Dr. Walter Clark, will unveil for us some of the details of the fascinating life of a composer who overcame blindness to become worldwide known by his music.
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One of the most important Catalan living poets, Carles Duarte, often collaborates with artists from different media. We will learn some of the Catalan language history and hear the poet reciting some of his poems that are part of the two song cycles commissioned by the Barcelona Festival of Song. ย
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Composer Nicolรกs Gutierrez talks about his life and compositions. An exciting conversation about his compositional process, his vocal works, and many aspects of what it means to be a composer in the contemporary digital society. We will hear some of his songs.
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In this episode, Patricia talks with Eugenia Forteza an Argentinean mezzo-soprano. She is an entrepreneur and opera promoter. She is a former participant of the Barcelona Festival of Song.
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In this episode, Patricia talks to Dr. Walter Clark, a musicologist, and director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music of the University of California Riverside. They will talk about Albeniz, Granados, Joaquin Rodrigo, Moreno Torroba, and much more!
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Patricia talks with Dr. Lenine Santos, a Brazilian art song expert and a faculty member of the Barcelona Festival of Song. Dr. Santos will be a guest of the Podcast on the first Wednesday of each month. Together with Patricia, they will talk about different subjects related to the Latin American art song.
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In Episode Zero of the Video Podcast, the host, Patricia Caicedo introduces herself and explains the journey that she is inviting viewers to take.
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