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Several mestizo-bands in Ecuador made use of indigenous musical elements in rock music since the 1990s. Rocola Bacalao integrated Andean rhythms and made in their song-texts references to emblematic rural towns, such as Pujilí in Cotopaxi. Sal y Mileto and Casería de Lagartos coined the genre of new Ecuadorian Rock. Nevertheless, in the 1980s ...
Se va con algo mío in: Beatriz Parra, Noche lírica en Canal 2, record no. 2, IFESA Lp-206-B. Guayaquil, 1973. Danzante del destino. Victor 45 rpm PB9027. Sweden, 1977. Grandes temas de Música Ecuatoriana; Gerardo Guevara, El Espantapájaros other works by: Sixto María Durán, Benítez & Valencia, etc Piano, Marcelo Ortiz. Souvenir de l ...
"Salve, Oh Patria!" (English: "Hail, Oh Fatherland!") is the national anthem of Ecuador.The lyrics were written in 1865 by poet Juan León Mera, under request of the Ecuadorian Senate; the music was composed by Antonio Neumane.
Quito Fest is a yearly, free of charge music festival. It takes place in Quito, Ecuador. Ecuadorian and international bands participate in the festival. During the first years, it took place in the Parque La Carolina but since 2005 it takes place in the Parque Itchimbía as the attendance is larger each year. In 2008, 80,000 persons attended ...
View from atop the Itchimbía hill. In the background (upper part of the photo) is Cruz Loma, a southeastern sidehill of Pichincha Volcano to which the TelefériQo leads. In the foreground (lower left part of the photo) is the hill of San Juan neighborhood with the cathedral known as Basílica del Voto Nacional, a few hundred meters away from Itchimbía.
Chávez was born in Quito and studied at the National Conservatorio Nacional de Música de Quito, where in 1952 he became professor of guitar and composition. [2]In 1962, Bonilla founded the first guitar department at the National Conservatory of Music in Quito, Ecuador.
Pichincha is a stratovolcano in Ecuador. The capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The two highest peaks of the mountain are Wawa Pichincha ( Kichwa wawa child, baby / small, [ 3 ] Spanish spelling Guagua Pichincha ) (4,784 metres (15,696 ft)) and Ruku Pichincha (Kichwa ruku old person, [ 3 ] Spanish Rucu Pichincha ) (4,698 metres ...
Plaza de la Independencia. Independence Square (Spanish: Plaza de la Independencia, or colloquially as Plaza Grande) is the principal and central public square of Quito, Ecuador. This is the central square of the city and one of the symbols of the executive power of the nation.