Tuna Femenina de Maastricht

About Tuna Femenina de Maastricht

The tuna tradition goes back hundreds of years, when the first universities were founded in Spain. Here young students who had to find creative ways to cover their expenses, began to group together and play traditional music for money. This phenomenon spread throughout the universities of Spain, and later was swept to neighbouring Portugal. In the last century, many other Spanish speaking countries in Latin America have seen the comeback of this Middle Ages student tradition, ranging from Universities in Chile, Peru, Columbia all the way up to Mexico.

Our group was founded in 2018 by a group of students from Maastricht University. They came across la Tuna Universitaria de Maastricht, which has been around for over 30 years, and fell in love with their music and cheerfulness. They started joining their rehearsals until the idea of forming their own Tuna Femenina was too strong to resist. La Tuna de Maastricht became our padrinos and then our andares (first steps) started.

Our Tuna has been incredibly international from the very start, from Spanish and Portuguese members, to, of course Dutch ones, but also Belgians, Hungarians, Venezuelans, Uruguayans, and so many more.

We come together to play music, learn new instruments, dance our hearts out with the panderetas and capas, and enjoy each other’s company.

Keywords

• Live Music
• Performances
• Spanish Folk Music

Address

• Headquarters

  MaastrichtLimburg, Netherlands