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Our first World Music Concert for 2023 was a fantastic success! A capacity crowd packed the ManPAC foyer to enjoy the musical stylings of Stellar 5. An exciting new inter-cultural group that features a diverse line up of accomplished musicians from around the world.

Led by Argentinian guitarist, Hugo Alvarez, the global ensemble includes Italian singer, Roberto Balsamo, Chinese flautist Merlin Ma, Chinese yanqin/hammer dulcimer player, Stella Huang, and Reunionese percussionist, Muriel Hillion. Together, they travelled on an exciting creative journey across a range of genres that showcased the harmonic and rhythmic synergies of truly global music.

Thank, as always, to our supporters at Livelighter who make these free community events possible.

 

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