Living room

Modern Latin Guitar Voyage from Bogota to Havana

Noe Valley, SF, SF

Sat, April 18, 2026, at 7:00 PM, PDT

: Bring your own drinks
: Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks provided
: Dogs and cats live here
Wheelchair access: Not wheelchair accessible
: Some stairs may be present in the space
: Kid-friendly event

This is a groupmuse

A live concert in a living room, backyard, or another intimate space. They're casual and friendly, hosted by community members.

Host

Lisa E. Superhost

A program of new Latin-American guitar music (1986-2023) --
Works by brilliant Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, enigmatic Colombian Teto Ocampo and our soloist, Daniel Reyes Llinas of Colombia

Five Etudes - Daniel Reyes Llinás
Variations sur un théme de Django Reinhardt - Leo Brouwer
Bambuco Yanacona - Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo
Gallina Pollimodal - Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo

Daniel Reyes Llinás is a Colombian composer, guitarist, and producer who derives inspiration from rhythmic and melodic angularity. He weaves atonal architectures with vibrant lyricism creating a fascinating juxtaposition. He masterfully blends the cerebral, structured nature of modern classical or avant-garde music with intense emotional expression of his Latin American roots.

He began playing guitar at age nine while attending the Agustinian school in his native Bogotá, Colombia and went on to study classical guitar with Jaime Arias Obregón and Carlos Rocca Lynn at Bogota's Universidad de los Andes.

He has taken part in masterclasses and residencies with Leo Brouwer, Eduardo Fernández, Manuel Barrueco, the Entrequatre Guitar Quartet, Nik Bärtsch, Medeski Martin & Wood, Butch Morris, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Robert Fripp, and David Torn.

Daniel has performed at venues across Europe and the Americas. His music has been featured in theater, film, and dance. With guitarist and composer Cesar Quevedo Barrero, he forms Selva Espiral, a duo exploring “paleo-futurismo,” a musical language combining ancestral traditions from Colombia with experimental guitar techniques.

What's the music?

Daniel Reyes Llinás Guitar

Five Etudes - Daniel Reyes Llinás
Variations sur un théme de Django Reinhardt - Leo Brouwer
Bambuco Yanacona - Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo
Gallina Pollimodal - Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo

Where does this music come from?

Five Etudes — Daniel Reyes Llinás
Colombian composer and guitarist Daniel Reyes Llinás bridges classical technique with the rhythmic and melodic vocabulary of Latin American folk traditions. His Etudes function as both compositional studies and expressive works, drawing on the rich legacy of the South American guitar while engaging with the European étude tradition. Each piece presents a distinct technical and musical journey, revealing Llinás's command of idiomatic guitar writing rooted in Latin-American and contemporary musical sensibility.

Variations sur un thème de Django Reinhardt — Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer, Cuba's most celebrated composer-guitarist, has long occupied a singular position in contemporary music — equally at home in avant-garde concert halls and the popular idiom. Written as a tribute to the legendary Belgian-Romani jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, these variations move between the cool swing of 1930s Parisian jazz and Brouwer's own sophisticated harmonic language. The work reflects both a deep admiration for Reinhardt's revolutionary approach to the guitar and Brouwer's gift for absorbing popular styles into serious compositional craft.

Bambuco Yanacona — Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo
The bambuco is Colombia's national dance and musical form — a complex, syncopated genre born from the confluence of Indigenous, African, and Spanish traditions. Ocampo's Bambuco Yanacona invokes the Yanacona people of the Colombian Massif, one of the Andean indigenous communities for whom the bambuco carries deep cultural meaning. The work honors this heritage while translating it into the intimate language of the solo guitar.

Gallina Pollimodal — Ernesto "Teto" Ocampo
A more playful and contemporary work, Gallina Pollimodal showcases Ocampo's wit and his fluency across musical styles, in this case using a "Puya" rhythm. The title references polymodality — the use of multiple scales or modes simultaneously — applied here with characteristic humor and lightness. Ocampo, a leading voice in the Colombian folk renaissance, demonstrates in this piece his ability to fuse intellectual rigor with charm and accessibility.

Location

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