Encuentros/Encounters is an annual celebration of the Iberian and Latin American musical heritage through the presentation of original research and high-quality performance in a particular area of interest. Begun in 2005, these events have brought to UCR leading scholars and performers in a wide variety of areas:
2023
Encontro Português
2019
Cuba: An Island of Culture, a World of Music
2018
The Music of Valencia, Spain: From the Middle Ages to Modernity
2017
Spaniards, Natives, Africans, and Gypsies: Transatlantic Malagueñas and Zapateados in Music, Song, and Dance
2016
Flamenco and the Articulation of Identity
2015
Encuentro Colombiano
2014
Sounding Communities: Music and the Abrahamic Religions in Medieval Iberia
2013
Tango: Argentine Music and Dance, Argentine Identity
2012
Los Romero: The Saga of an Andalusian Family of Guitarists
2011
Music and Dictatorship in Franco’s Spain, 1936-1975
2010
Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Brazilian Music: 1600-Present
2009
Music and Musicians of the California Missions
2008
Recovering a Hispanic Nation: The Fine and Performing Arts in the Philippine Islands Before the Invasion of 1898
2007
The Mexican Son: Ethnic Roots and Transborder Communities
2006
Music and Politics in the Andes
2005
Music in the Time of Goya, and Goya in the Time of Granados