Performances
Performance Run Time: Approximately 60 - 70 minutes, no intermission.
LADAMA is a pioneering force in the music industry's female collectives. With a decade of groundbreaking innovation, Lara Klaus (Brazil), Daniela Serna (Colombia), and Mafer Bandola (Venezuela) lead the project by blending Latin American influences to craft a rich, dynamic sonic experience. Their music, driven by instruments like the bandola llanera, tambor alegre, pandeiro, and more, showcases their prowess as instrumentalists, composers, producers, and music mediators. Through original compositions in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, they weave together rhythm, percussion, and traditional melodies, infusing them with a contemporary flair. Experience their captivating journey through music that resonates with wild, tender, and diverse energy.
Klaus, Serna and Bandola share a common dream of building communities through sound and empowering women and youth through music. LADAMA delivers an utterly unique experience as they flow from the electric to the acoustic, from Spanish to English and Portuguese, and from the high plains of Venezuela to the Colombian coast. Their art proves that borders are meaningless, transporting us to a future where the world communicates across continents and cultures through sound and story.
"LADAMA takes on traditional genres with confidence and vigor without being constrained by their conventions. The result is a vivid montage of music of the Americas with irresistible spirit and universal appeal.” — NPR
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