I am so happy to introduce George Sakellariou for the second time in my show. The first show we have was last year when I presented the Maestro Andres Segovia Documentary which was a great success and received some great compliments.

Let me tell a little about George Sakellariou, he began playing the guitar at an early age, he received his formal training from the Conservatoire of music in Athens after his training with honors, he was invited to further his studies with Maestro Andres Segovia.  After completion of his study he joined the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory and eventually became chairman of the Guitar department.

For me it gives me a distinct pleasure to have a musician of this caliber in the show to introduce his latest album.  I have the opportunity to listen to this album so I can produce the show and now I am ready to introduce this beautiful album to the Bay Area, national and international audience.

In this two hour show you are going to hear some great music and one hour introduction to George Sakellariou's new album.  Please do not miss the opportunity to hear this beautiful guitar music.  You are going to be surprised.  FYI,  KKUP.org archives our shows for 2 weeks, 24/7 so you can share the show with your friends around the world.

Muchas Gracias - Cristina

I am very happy to introduce Rupert Boyd and Laura Metcalf latest album to my KKUP audience and friends from around the world that listen to the ALACristina Show.  Rupert Boyd sent me a copy of his latest album a few weeks ago and I had the opportunity to listen to the music for a few days.  Now, I am ready to produce a great show for you and talk about their new album. I have selected some songs from the new album, personally they sound beautiful.

FYI, Rupert Boyd is a member of the ALACristina Guitar Club and he has been in the ALACristina Show a few times.  I am very happy to hear that he has been named “New Artist of the Month" in the April edition of Musical America (a very revered, and the oldest American magazine about classical music)!!.

The ALACristina International Show is having a Special Presentation May 24th at our KKUP 91.5FM studio in San Jose, California the "Capital of Silicon Valley" at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM California time.

In this live special presentation, I am introducing the Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd and American Cellist Laura Metcalf.  During this presentation you are going to listen to their latest album released March 25, 2022, “Songs of Love & Despair” for one hour.

I always love getting emails of artists introducing their new Album.  I was surprised when I received an email from Johannes introducing his latest Album “Bohemian Strings”. This album is getting released June 25th.  Here I am, a few hours later looking for the right moment to listen to the album and having my favorite cup of tea, I listened to the complete album for 52 minutes. In my opinion Johannes did such a great job putting this album together it has such a great flow of beautiful songs.

Now, ALACristina Show  is ready to present this album July 13th live from the studios of KKUP 91.5 FM  in San Jose, California the Capital of the Silicon Valley.  Let me tell you, Johannes is not new to the ALACristina Show, he has participated for years in my shows, he also was part of my biggest presentation event that took me three month to produce and tree month to execute Guitar Extravaganza 2017 in this event I introduce over 30 artist from different parts of the world.

Bohemian Strings is Johannes 11th studio album, this album was put together with musicians of diverse ethnic backgrounds, creating a unique listening experience, and this is a very colorful album. Now I am getting ready to prepare this exciting show for July 13.  I would  like to invite my audience to this exclusive presentation for one hour.  This show is an international show, if you are not available to be part of the show at the scheduled time; kkup.org keeps the show for two week in the KKUP Spinitron Calendar so you can listen to the show 24/7for two weeks at your convenience.  Hasta la vista mis amigos!

The guitar is such a beautiful instrument and is a worldwide favorite with enormous influence across the continents.  This musical instrument originated in Spain in the 16th century. Over the last few decades there has been so much interest in guitar music.  I discovered guitar music when I was seven years old. In my school years, we used to have school presentations during the year of flamenco singing and dancing.  I loved guitar music, if you are familiar with my show, there is always guitar music in my shows, and it’s a must.

On June 29th, 2021 at 6:45 PM – 8:00 PM in the KKUP 91.5 FM studios in a live show, I am introducing the music of the talented musician Classical Guitarist Michael Lucarelli for the first time in my show. The first time I heard his music was in Utube the song “Ave Maria’.  Since I liked the song so much, I invited him to my show, a few hours later he responded with a yes, and here we are co-producing a long distance show together for the first time which is going to air June 29.

Michael and I are very creative, let’s hope that we can co-produce a great show for the Bay Area audience together.  Let me tell you, I love to produce long distance shows with musicians from different parts of the world, it’s so exciting. I remembered the time when this idea was an impossibility but now technology is on my side.

I hope you can take a little time from your busy schedule to listen to the show with Michale Lucarelli and invite your friends so they can enjoy the presentation also.

Post date: May 15, 2021 

Esta canción “El Cóndor Pasa” me trae unos gratos recuerdos de Perú, en los tiempo que he tocado esta canción en mi programa siempre he recibidos bonitos comentarios acerca de esta canción, los comentarios eran positivos donde la gente expresaban el gran sentimiento que sentían por la cancion.  Aquí en el Área de Bahía la música de los Andes es popular aunque no es tan popular como las pasada décadas pero a la  gente sique entusiamada por la musica de los andes.

Daniel Alomia Robles el compositor de la cancion “El Condor Pasa” nació en 1871 – 1942 en Huánuco, Perú.  Es increíble pensar que la cancion “El Cóndor Pasa" fue estrenada el 19 de diciembre de 1913 en el Teatro Mazzi de Lima que fue su primera aparición  pública.  La canción originalmente era una pieza de zarzuela Peruana escrita en prosa y compuesta de un acto y dos cuadros basada en la música tradicional andina del Perú.  Se calcula que existen 4000 versiones y 300 letras alrededor del mundo. En Noviembre 2013 en el Teatro UNI de Lima se celebró el  primer centenario de la canción “El cóndor pasa.

Yo creo que la cancion “El Cóndor Pasa” consiguió fama internacional 1965, cuando el Estadounidense músico Paul Simon escucho por primera vez al grupo “los Incas” en el Théâtre de l'Est parisiens, se enamoró de la cancion y creo amistad con el grupo “Los Incas” para relacionarse más con la cancion.  

En el 1970, el dueto Simon & Garfunkel escribe el nombre de la cancion bajo el nombre “El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could) esta canción salió en su álbum “Bridge River Trouble Water” esta canción de la noche a la mañana se pone famosa, Simon fue incluido como el autor de las letras de la cancion en Ingles.  Esta cancion tiene un larga trayectoria e historia, en los años  setenta Simón y Garfunkel tenían fama internacional, yo creo que también ellos ayudaron a la popularidad de la canción, que hasta hoy en día la gente tiene un gran interés de tocar y cantar esta cancion en todo el mundo es algo increíble.