Recycled Orchestra of Cateura

September 23, 7:00pm

This concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.

The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, directed by Favio Chávez, is made up of low-income young people who live in the Bañado Sur community located around the Cateura Landfill in Asunción, Paraguay. The distinctive feature of the group is the interpretation of musical works with recycled instruments made from garbage rescued from the landfill.

The Orchestra was the subject of the award-winning documentary, Landfill Harmonic released in 2016.