Listening to Illapu’s songs is like hearing the whisper of the wind from the Andes…as they create music with songs about love, life, justice and social issues….
ILLAPU was founded in 1971 by four
brothers from Antofagasta in northern Chile. As freedom advocates they became
well-known for their cultivated rendering of Andean folklore and Bolivian
rhythms, a fusion that later developed into the Nueva Canción
movement. ILLAPU produce folkloric, explorative music with songs
about love, life, justice and current social issues. They have.
ILLAPU have played throughout Latin
America, Europe, Australia, Asia, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Olympia Theatre
in Paris and the Sydney Opera House. In March 2013 they return to
Australia for their sixth tour headlining WOMADELAIDE with concerts on both the
opening and closing nights. ILLAPU will visit Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
playing in Sydney for one night only on Friday 1 March Sydney’s Lyric
Theatre.
In 1976 ILLAPU released what was to
become a huge radio hit in both Argentina and Chile, and subsequently rose to
fame for their guitar-based songs featuring strong vocals, pan flutes and
enrapturing rhythms.
Exiled
from their beloved Chile by the Pinochet Dictatorship, they lived in France and
Mexico until their return in 1988 where they were cheered by throngs of fans,
and performed to over 100,000 people. Since then, Illapu have continued to
produce folkloric explorative music with songs about love, life and justice and
have played all over the world from Latin America, Europe, Australia, Asia, New
York to Paris.
“Their
voices are wonderful without exception, with perfect harmony they give us words
of love… these musicians give themselves to the music with endless happiness”… La
Depeche
ILLAPU
return to Australia for their sixth tour in March 2013 headlining Womadelaide
and performing in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
TOUR
DATES:
Sydney, Lyric
Theatre
Friday 1 March
Tickets:
$89 (Concessions available)
Bookings:
Ticketmaster
Melbourne,
Dallas Brooks Hall
Saturday 2 March
Tickets:
$89 (Concessions available)
Bookings:
Ticketek
Brisbane,
Tivoli Theatre
Thursday 7 March
Tickets:
$89 (Concessions available)
Bookings:
Ticketek
Womadelaide
Friday 8 to Monday 11 March
