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INKARI performs
nationally and has also performed internationally over the past 10 years.
They are widely recognized and respected among fellow musicians and audiences
wherever they go. The musicians of Inkari possess extensive backgrounds
in music, production, composition, dance, and education. INKARI is comprised of the following talent: HUGO NAVARRO is from Huancavelica in Peru. She has been playing music since 1970 when she formed an instrumental and vocal duo with her sister, performing in schools in Lima and other districts of Peru. During musical performance tours of the interior of the country she was exposed to the traditional dances of her Andean pueblo culture, and has studied dance ever since. Navarro has spent many years touring as a guitarist, singer and dancer before joining Proyeccion Inkari (as they are known in Peru). She has taught music and dance at cultural workshops in her home country and has recorded on two albums there. With Inkari she focuses on her specialties of guitar and voice, as well as adding some dance to the performances. JOHNNY NAVARRO is also from the village of Huancavelica. He has performed and studied music in both Peru and Panama before joining Inkari. His musical experience includes teaching the zampoñas to children in cultural workshops as part of the extension program at the university in Panama City. With Inkari he plays all wind instruments and percussion. CARLO FRANCIA is from Lima, the capital of Peru. He has studied music since he was very young, with an early interest in the wind instruments. He has received musical instruction from the famous Peruvian Andean Grupo Yaguar and Fortaleza del Peru. Francia has toured Peru with Proyeccion Inkari, participating in various cultural and musical events. As a member of Inkari touring the United States he specializes in the percussive instruments as well as the occasional winds. JIMMI NUÑEZ |