Alejandro Zavala & Duo Cantares: Songs from Venezuela and South America

Aeljandro Zavala and Duo Cantares performs Songs from Venezuela.

Alejandro Zavala is a singer, composer, music producer and popular musician with a career spanning more than 30 years. Alejandro has made five albums of high artistic commitment that reflect his most important musical passions: Venezuelan tradition, vocal music and author songs.

He is the 2023 Winner of Pepsi Awards contest as the best Singer-songwriter with his recent production "Cantautor". In 2021 he was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award with his album "Vocal", in the Best Folk Album category.

Duo Cantares are Venezuelan singer Nathaly Gómez and Peruvian multi-instrumentalist and musicologist Camilo Pajuelo. Cantares was established in 2017 in Helsinki, inspired by a common passion for traditional music and the desire to promote it in the Nordic countries. Cantares contributes to strengthening the cultural bonds between the Spanish-speaking world and the Finnish audience.

Their repertoire includes their own versions of popular songs created by prominent composers, embracing a wide variety of Latin American genres and styles. Cantares had its first official concert in November 2017 at Leppävaara Church, Espoo. Since then, Cantares has been performing regularly not only in Finland but also in France, Spain and Peru, also cooperating with artists from other countries.

Currently, the duo is working on its first recording. Some songs that make up this album have been already promoted through major broadcast media from Venezuela and the United States for whose radio and TV networks the duo has also offered various interviews.