Eva Ayllon at the Sydney Opera House - australia

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Eva Ayllon, performed at the Sydney Opera House on September 25. <br /><br />Her concert was the sort of event that takes you out of yourself and leaves you in a better place: <br /><br />Eva’s six-piece band — piano, cajon (“wooden box”, originally an upturned fruit box), bass, Spanish guitar, congas and backing vocals — took the stage. A momentary hush settled over the auditorium, then Eva herself appeared and the audience erupted with wild cheering, whistling and applause. <br /><br />Like a charismatic curandera (folk healer), she doused the already-charged atmosphere with torrents of positive energy. <br /><br />Eva’s 90-minute set was a glorious musical statement celebrating Peru’s egalitarian multicultural ideal of — many races and cultures, one shared destiny. <br /><br />The phrase “magnificent stage presence” hardly does justice to such an incandescent talent.