March 6, 2023, 10:28 AM
March 6, 2023, 10:28 AM
In Urubichá, a locality located in the Guarayos province northeast of the department of Santa Cruz, they are famous for their talent for music and for their ability to make instruments.
In it Artistic Training Institute “Urubichá Choir and Orchestra” they know how important and valuable it is to train human resources dedicated to luthiery.
However, As stated by its rector Adelina Anori, They face several challenges, such as a lack of equipment and tools. Students and teachers, for example, have to go to the carpentry shops in the area.
“The great difficulty we have is that we do not have adequate machinery; thus, it takes us to make the instruments, because we have to go out and look for someone to cut the wood for us and pay for this service”, points out Anori.
Violins are currently produced at the institute, but the commitment is to become a factory for cellos, violas and other stringed instruments.
“For the Institute it is very important to produce instruments, because that way we would not have to buy in other places. We can even sell our instruments nationally and internationally. We have to strengthen this program. Having the machinery makes it easier for us to teach and produce,” he said.
Violins are produced at the institute
Currently, the Institute has a lutherie training program, which lasts six semesters and has 15 students. Another similar number specializes in wood carving. In total there are 30 young people dedicated to the carpentry area. “We are working on a project so that they become races at a medium and higher technical level,” he said.
For Anori the support of APAC It is essential… “He always opens his doors and helps us”. This Monday, March 6, Father Piotr Nawrot, Ana Luisa Arce, Eduardo Fernández de Córdoba and Percy Áñez Castedo, members of the cultural association, will make the official delivery of equipmentinstruments valued at more than Bs 21,000.
It is a donation made by the volunteer Annie Copponex, a Bolivian who for four decades has been raising funds in London for the musicians of the Chiquitos Missions.
