05/15/2015
www.migueltristan.com
www.kingbearproductions.com
Miguel Tristan featuring the bolivian "Charanguitar", a custom made instrument built by maestro Freddie Cruz.
Inspired in the bolivian Charango and the clasical guitar, the charanguitar is a hybrid instrument capable of a wide range of melodic and harmonic accents and both can be played simultaneusly.
By playing the Charanguitar, Tristan Hopes to take this bolivian treasure to new audiences showing the richness of the andean culture and the new horizons that can be explored musically.
The first historic information on the charango was gathered by Vega going back to 1814, when a cleric from Tupiza documented that "the Indians used with much enthusiasm the guitarrillos around here in the Andes of Bolivia they called them Charangos". Turino mentions that he found carved sirens representing playing charangos in some Colonial churches in the highlands of Bolivia.
