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GUESTS: Jorge Coulon and Daniel Cantillana, both musicians with Inti Illimani, Freya Rojo, Programmer with KPFK Shows Nuestra Voz and Enfoque Latino

Acclaimed Chilean folkloric group, Inti Illimani, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a brand new album and an intercontinental tour that brings them to Pasadena this Saturday. Formed in 1967 by a group of engineering students at the Technical University of Santiago, Inti Illimani has captivated audiences’ worldwide with its masterful blend of various Latin American musical genres. During the late Sixties, Inti Illimani quickly became one of the most prominent bands in the New Chilean Song Movement. Lending their musical abilities to the successful presidential campaign of Salvador Allende, the group members became political exiles after General Pinochet orchestrated a military coup against Allende’s government in 1973. It wasn’t until 1990, that the group permanently resettled in their homeland. In recent years the has come to include many new and younger members. As a cross generational group, Inti Illimani’s latest album, Pequeño Mundo, pays homage to the group’s past while forging ahead with new musical innovations. Jorge Coulon, the last active founding member, has said of Pequeño Mundo, that it “is the perfect album to celebrate forty years.”

Inti Illimani will be playing at Beckman Auditorium, on October 7th, at 8pm information visit www.caltech.edu.

For more information, including concert dates, visit www.inti-illimani.com.