AFROINDI | Poetic & Musical Performance | Afro-Peruvian & Indigenous Soundscapes
A powerful poetic and musical encounter where Afro-Peruvian voices meet Indigenous traditions from across Latin America, weaving rhythm, memory, and ancestral sound into a layered, transnational experience that bridges diaspora, identity, and living cultural expression.
Admission: $20 Cover charge Mezzanine
Featuring:
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Mónica Carrillo Zegarra / Vocals
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Juan Carlos Marín / Jarana
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Eric Kurimski / Guitar
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Georgina Saldaña / Vocals
About AFROINDI:
AFROINDI is a multidisciplinary performance project situated at the intersection of Afro-Peruvian poetics and Indigenous sonic traditions from the Andes and Mesoamerica. Conceived as a space of encounter, the work activates ancestral memory through the convergence of voice, rhythm, and embodied sound. Afro-Peruvian spoken word enters into dialogue with Afro-Mexican and Indigenous musical forms, generating a layered, transnational soundscape where diasporic identities are negotiated and reimagined in real time.
About Mónica Carrillo Zegarra:
Mónica Carrillo Zegarra is an Afro-Peruvian poet, composer, and cultural practitioner whose work engages the politics of memory, race, and representation. Author of Unicroma, her practice operates across literary, musical, and performative registers, situating Afro-descendant narratives within both academic and community-based contexts. Her collaborations with internationally recognized artists expand her work into global circuits, while maintaining a critical focus on Afro-Latin American epistemologies.
About Juan Carlos Marín:
Juan Carlos Marín is a musician and cultural organizer whose work centers on the transmission and reinterpretation of Son Jarocho as a diasporic practice. As leader of Los Guachinangos, he facilitates transnational collaborations that foreground collective music-making as a site of cultural continuity and exchange. His practice situates traditional forms within contemporary migratory contexts, emphasizing the role of music as a living archive.
About Eric Kurimski:
Eric Kurimski is a leading voice in contemporary Afro-Peruvian guitar, known for his distinctive fusion of jazz and Afro-Peruvian traditions. A seasoned performer on major stages including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, he has collaborated with iconic artists such as Eva Ayllón and developed a sound that bridges cultures with virtuosity and depth.
About Georgina Saldaña:
Georgina Saldaña is a vocalist, composer, and cultural producer whose work navigates the intersections of popular and traditional music from Oaxaca and the broader Latin American context. As co-founder of La China Sonidera, she contributes to the evolution of cumbia as a translocal genre, while her training in classical voice informs a versatile and interdisciplinary practice. Her work foregrounds voice as a site of cultural memory and transformation.