The ensemble Urubamba, founded by Jorge Milchberg in parallel with the group Los Incas, was born in 1973 as part of a multi-year collaboration with Paul Simon.
While European audiences appreciated Los Incas for the traditional roots of Andean music through a more ethnomusicological approach, South American audiences were much more receptive to a new form of expression that moved away from pure tradition.
This allowed Jorge to fully express his potential and to develop his own style and creative vision — which today are recognized and taught in the popular music schools of Buenos Aires.
Urubamba is now being reborn in Buenos Aires, with original members of the group, under the direction of Olivier Milchberg:
