Machupicchu:
Light of the Andes
“More than 40 years of artistic career, outreach and love for culture and art. After Machupicchu, Light of the Andes, I have been working on my new musical project: ‘Apus Tutelares: Ausangate and Salcantay’.”
Machupicchu Light of the Andes
Machupicchu, Light of the Andes, is a project inspired by the sounds and influences of South America and by great quena masters from around the world, including Facio Santillán, Uña Ramos & Raymond Thevenot.
It is a compilation of songs that marked more than 40 years of my artistic career. This album is a tribute to and a vindication of the natural, historical and cultural Sanctuary of Machu Picchu.
Through this artistic and musical production we invite you to reflect on the true value of this sacred place in these times of deep and great change.
There is no better moment than now to reinvent tourism in Peru and Machu Picchu! That is how we will protect this priceless legacy for future generations.
Biography
Raúl Castelo Hermoza is a musician, performer, composer & multifaceted artist. He was born in Cusco, in the Santiago neighborhood, on June 4, 1959.
TRADITIONAL MUSIC and ANCESTRAL HUAYNOS were his musical influences as a child.
At the age of ten he began a romance that lasts to this day with the magical Andean wind instrument called the “quena”.
From a very young age he performed small welcome shows at the Hotel Savoy in Cusco, which launched him and connected him with the art and culture of the flourishing city of Cusco and with the group Metáfora, touring all of Peru, South America & South Africa:
- Tenochtitlán (Mexico)
- Universidad Libre de Bogotá (Colombia)
- Universidad de Tucumán (Argentina)
- Rio de Janeiro, Florianópolis, São Paulo, Campinas (Brazil).
- Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town (South Africa)
- He has also visited countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Jordan (Petra) & Egypt, sharing his art and culture.
Artistic Production
- Three LPs with the renowned singer Pablucha Venero.
- Groups: Sol del Cusco (Lucio Amaut)
Grupo Metáfora (1977 – 2010) - Featured on the song: Vilcanota (Armando Guevara Ochoa & Abel Rosas Aragón)
- Educational video on Andean instruments – Sesame Street (Plaza Sésamo) (1980)
Martín Chambi and Arenas de Nazca (BBC) - Martín Chambi and Arenas de Nazca (BBC)
- Auqui (Darwín Camacho)
- Machupicchu – Light of the Andes
His great inspirations
Andean culture, his family and his mother Angélica.
Raúl is a passionate professional tour guide, recognized worldwide by The Lonely Planet, Wanderlust & the Morrison Awards,
Fodor’s and TripAdvisor, among other publications and specialists.
These days Raúl enjoys pursuing his two passions:
Tourism, through his family company called Toptur Perú.
Music, with projects like this one, which will help fund a new album called Apus Tutelares: Salcantay & Ausangate,
on which Raúl is working with outstanding, talented Cusco musicians such as guitarist Ronal Contreras. Or through
“Corabosque”, which promotes the protection of hummingbirds, frogs & queuña forests in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
If you would like to contribute to these projects, click here (this link is pending).
Acknowledgements
Paolo Castelo Centeno – Audiovisual production
Ozner Rios: Guitar
Ronald Contreras Zegarra: Guitar (Chukikuq)
Teo Rios, Hijo del Sol: Charango
You can listen to the Album
“You can listen to my music on all platforms, such as YouTube, Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music, Amazon Music, etc.”
Spotify
“Listen to Machupicchu, Light of the Andes, on one of the most important music platforms of our time”
Youtube
“On YouTube, the most widely used video platform on the internet, you will find Raúl Castelo’s music”
