Mil Guitarras para Víctor Jara

On Saturday, September 17 at 2:00 p.m. join renowned San Antonio singer-songwriters Tish Hinojosa and Lourdes Pérez and others to sing the songs of the great Chilean songwriter Víctor Jara. Víctor’s songs of love, friendship, social justice, and peace are still sung throughout the world over forty years after his assassination during the 1973 coup that overthrew the democratically-elected government of Dr. Salvador Allende.

Mil Guitarras para Víctor Jara is held annually in Santiago, Chile. You can view a video of it here: https://youtu.be/Le0yHGo_ha4. This year we will hold our own Mil Guitarras event right here in San Antonio to honor Víctor’s memory AND to encourage the U.S. government to extradite his assassin–who lives openly in south Florida–to face justice in Chile.

This is a participatory activity that anyone can attend on September 17. If you’d like to sing along in the official “choir” with Tish and Lourdes, you may come to a couple of rehearsals before the event to practice the songs. This year, we’ll be singing songs from his album Pongo en tus manos abiertas, which you can listen to online at https://youtu.be/7stPp7P_ZoY.

If you’re interested in participating in Mil Guitarras para Víctor Jara, send an email to dspener@trinity.edu.