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May 2021
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La música andina de hoy (Andean Music of...

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After years of studying classical music overseas, a Peruvian composer returns home and decides to write an opera incorporating classical instruments as well as Andean ones like the zampoña and the quena — both types of flutes.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3gcZyMr.

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