Recital accompanied by music, by J.M. Coetzee and Valerie Miles

Closing event: readings of Mariano Melgar

Arequipa 2026, Sunday 8 November 2026

A festival closing event to commemorate Arequipa's most representative poet. An evening that will fuse tradition with modernity, featuring both the poems of Mariano Melgar and contemporary Yaraví composers. J. M. Coetzee and Valerie Miles will recite some of the poems they have translated for the bilingual Spanish-English edition, Mariano Melgar: poesía de amor y rebelión, accompanied by traditional melodies, featuring the voice of María Antonieta Dávalos, representative of the musical legacy of Los Dávalos, and music by Pedro Rodríguez.