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Every musician, no matter where they're from, deserves a chance to come here to, especially from, as I said, like an often overshadowed place.

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And actually, more than that is like the musical heritage of Bolivia needs to be preserved, needs to be highlighted, needs to be a spotlight on it.

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If you ask somebody what musicians from Latin America you know, they'll never name a Bolivian musician. So I want that to change.

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Foundation for Bolivian Artists is a nonprofit organization that we just started. It's dedicated really to supporting classical musicians of Bolivian backgrounds specifically.

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Because I truly believe that Bolivia, the country, the people, is completely overlooked all the time.

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Our mission is to provide all these wonderful musicians with kind of like career changing opportunities for them to present themselves.

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Thanks to social media, I'm finding musicians left and right. This is why I didn't want to call it something else. It had to be something for Bolivians and I wanted them to know that.

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So the eligibility is really, you have to be of Bolivian background. So we want to give these participants an opportunity to come to New York City and we're going to give them an all expenses paid trip to come and play a recital debut in New York City this year.

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This year is in Merkin Hall. You know there are very few opportunities for specifically Bolivian musicians out there and they never come to me.

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You know maybe they're playing all over the world or maybe not but they're not playing here. So and our foundation is that source really dedicated to that.

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Join me in an exclusive conversation with the incredible Walter Aparicio, an esteemed classical pianist, educator and founder president of the Foundation for Bolivian Artists.

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During our conversation, you will explore Bolivia's beauty through Walter's insights, its unique geography, profound historical background, cultural richness, and legacy of arts and music.

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So join us this Tuesday, January 23 at 8 p.m. Eastern for an enchanting conversation with Walter Aparicio streaming on the Piano Pod's YouTube channel and available on your favorite podcast platforms.

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