Violinist...
Series: «Farmers», Acrylic on canvas, 150 × 150 cm (59.06 × 59.06 in), 1985...
Don Lucas Reyes Guanco, a farmer from Mollar (
province of Tucumán), was invited by Josefina Racedo, director of CERPACU, to play his chacareras, gators and zambas from Tucumán with his violin. It is an instrument that is naturally used to interpret Argentine folklore by natural musicians, in this case from the hills of Tucumán, and also from the province of Santiago del Estero (
such as Sixto Palavecino). It was exciting, because when he went on stage and played his first chacarea he received an ovation from the public who confused him with Don Sixto. He turned out to be such a good musician that he thrilled his audience and from now on it was his first and only appearance in public, imagine his own emotion.
