The Villalobos Brothers declared: “Our mission is to change the negative cliché of immigrants in the U.S.”
After studying music at prestigious international institutions, the Mexican-born violin trio Hermanos Villalobos seeks to educate and raise the name of Latinos in the U.S. through their talent.
The Villalobos family is aware of the power of music and words. They decided to unite to offer their audience messages focused primarily on erasing stigmas associated with immigration.
Under this concept, the violin trio created the “Villalobos Brothers” project in 2005, to sing and compose by fusing classical music with the folklore of their native Veracruz, Mexico.
“It is truly a privilege to be able to put words on something that is already as beautiful as music. The moment you add lyrics to the music, it becomes something compelling because you are communicating on several levels: on a musical level, which is a universal language and with a particular message, which can be about love, brotherhood, social justice, change,” Ernesto Villalobos, the eldest of the brothers, told the Voice of America.
The Villalobos Brothers have traveled the world carrying their message of unity, with the immigration issue as one of their pillars because, as they say, it is something they have had to live with.
This trio of Mexican violinists is visiting the metropolitan area of Washington to offer a unique recital on Saturday, October 26 at the Hylton Performing Arts in Manassas, Virginia, but at the same time share their talent and their teachings with young students and people interested in the power of music and their fusion work.
“We are citizens of the world”
“From a very young age, we have constantly experienced immigration. We lived in Mexico until we were 18 and since then each one of us has been an immigrant in other countries,” says Alberto Villalobos, another of the brothers.
The Villalobos left Veracruz, Mexico, in search of new horizons and musical knowledge. That is how Ernesto traveled to the United States thanks to a scholarship to study for his master’s degree in New York. His brothers Alberto did the same in Belgium and Luis in Germany.
Source: La Voz de America
