The activity was organized thanks to the management of the Interdisciplinary Center for Latin American Studies (CIEL).

Through a round table that took place at the Department of Music of the University of La Serena, followed by a musical meeting called “Intercultural Dialogues” at the Municipal Theater of La Serena, the initiative focused on the “Latin American Musical Heritage” was carried out. ”, carried out with the collaboration of academics Lina Barrientos, Mario Arenas, Gustavo Araya and Raúl “Talo” Pinto.

Both activities had the outstanding participation of José Pérez de Arce, an important musician, composer, museographer and ethnomusicologist, who in these instances was able to make his career known, present his work with indigenous music on the album “Son-ido”, and also to refer to his research on the diversity of archaeological instruments that have been found both in northern Chile and in the Coquimbo Region and tell how his interest in the area of ​​music and illustration developed.

The invitation of teacher Pérez de Arce was developed as a result of the cultural activities carried out by the CIEL, a unit made up of ULS teachers, who have developed a series of programs, among which the Rodolfo Kusch International Chair of Intercultural Education stands out.

Based on this, the academics valued the visit of the expert together with the knowledge delivered. The Director of CIEL and the Dept. of Education of the state campus, Dr. Jaime Montes Miranda, said: “we considered that it was the perfect opportunity to bring him and have him tell us about his experiences, and thus benefit the music students. Therefore, when we have the economic resources, we try to take advantage of all opportunities, since we are carrying out a permanent cultural activity.”

For her part, Lina Barrientos, musicologist and ethnomusicologist at the Department of Music, highlighted that “the students know him from the bibliography, so it was fantastic that he came and they could meet him in person and hear his own story, his version directly.” this referring to the subject of Musical Ethnography, where students learned about music in native cultures.

The guest speaker was grateful to be part of the event: “it is a great honor, I am very happy to be here because it is a very unique opportunity that allows me to establish a contact that is super interesting for me, for the fact of knowing and exchange ideas about how one can do science, arts and thus advance along different lines and compare,” he stated, in reference to the feedback generated in this experience.

Along the same lines, the student of Pedagogy in Musical Education, Víctor Silva, indicated that “it is valuable in the sense that it opens our eyes to many things, although the academy gives you many tools, it also gives you margins from which you cannot get out, then with these types of activities one realizes that it is possible to get out of them”.