PFC DIAMANTE
Diamante, Argentina
60 students
8 staff
Since 2017
Inaugurated in 2017, this new music program is located in the city of Diamante, 350km (220 miles) north-west of Buenos Aires and hosted at the premises of the Marconi theatre, a 100 years old building in the city, heritage of the Diamante’s Italian Society.
Although the city is a seedbed for musicians, it didn’t have a space or a center where traditional music is being taught for free and dedicated to transmit the rich musical knowledge of the region. The program is open 3 days a week for children and teenagers between 7 and 18 years old and focuses on instruments such as guitar, percussion, accordion and singing lessons as well as traditional musical genders such as chamamé, chamarrita and guarania among others.
Beyond the music program happening on a regular base, we are working on developing a series of music workshops as well as engaging the youth of Diamante in our multimedia team in order to share the evolution of the music program and include multimedia production as part of our Curriculum.
VIDEO OVERVIEW
Life in the community
Diamante is located on the banks of the Paraná River, in the Province of Entre Ríos, 45 kilometers south of the Capital city of the Province and a few minutes from the Pre-Delta National Park. It has 20,000 inhabitants and is known as a cradle of traditional musicians.
It is in Diamante where the `Festival de jineteada y folklore´ (Taming and Folklore festival) -the second most important event at a national level- has taken place for the last 50 years.
Traditional music
Music Theory
Recording sessions
Entre Ríos, Argentina
STAFF ON THE GROUND
FEATURED STORIES
El Amanecer – PFC Diamante/ Tocando en Red
The PFC Diamante team and Tocando en Red just released this beautiful video of the Song “El Amanecer”, a song by Mexican composers Ramón Gutiérrez Hernández and Laura Rebolloso Cuellar. The video was recorded “live outside” across different locations in
First harmonica lesson in Diamante, Argentina.
Martin Chemes teaches students from the PFC Diamante Music Program how to play the harmonica. Thank you Lee Oskar for donating these harmonicas!