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Paraguay's Cateura Orchestra to Perform in San Jose Alongside World Cup Festivities
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Paraguay's Cateura Orchestra to Perform in San Jose Alongside World Cup Festivities

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The Recycled Instruments Orchestra of Cateura will perform in San Jose, California, on June 21.
  • The performance coincides with the FIFA World Cup 2026, where the Paraguayan national team is based.
  • The concert is part of the "Make Music Day" event and marks the closing of the orchestra's U.S. tour.

The acclaimed Recycled Instruments Orchestra of Cateura is set to perform in San Jose, California, this Sunday, June 21. The Paraguayan ensemble will join the festivities surrounding the FIFA World Cup 2026, as the Paraguayan national team is currently based in the same city.

Their performance is part of the "Make Music Day" celebration, an event organized by the city's cultural affairs office that features music at various locations. For the Cateura orchestra, this concert signifies the conclusion of an extensive tour across the United States, which began in April.

During their tour, the orchestra participated in the premiere of the musical "Basura" (Trash) in Atlanta, Georgia. The musical, created by Gloria Estefan, Emily Estefan, and Karen Zacarías, draws inspiration from the orchestra's unique story. The orchestra members met with the cast of "Basura" during its premiere.

The Recycled Instruments Orchestra of Cateura will be part of 'Make Music Day,' which will take place this Sunday, June 21, in the city of San Jose, California, where the Paraguayan National Team is currently concentrated within the framework of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

— Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados de CateuraAnnouncing their participation in the 'Make Music Day' event in San Jose.

The "Make Music Day" event offers free access to over a hundred musical performances throughout San Jose. The Recycled Instruments Orchestra of Cateura's performance is scheduled from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Pioneer's Park amphitheater in the SoFa District.

Founded in 2006 in a community adjacent to Asunción's main landfill, the orchestra is renowned for creating musical instruments from discarded materials like cans, bottle caps, and forks, alongside recycled wood. Their journey gained global recognition through the documentary "Landfill Harmonic," and they have since performed worldwide, sharing stages with notable artists.

This presentation in San Jose will mark the closing of a tour that began in the United States in April and included the premiere of the musical 'Basura,' created by Gloria Estefan, Emily Estefan, and Karen Zacarías, based on the orchestra's story.

— Orquesta de CateuraHighlighting the significance of the San Jose performance as the end of their U.S. tour.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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