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LiberArte Welcomes Bolivian Artist Amado Espinoza as Artist-in-Residence

December 1, 2025

Amado Espinoza, LiberArte artist-in-residence

LiberArte Inc. is proud to announce Amado Espinoza as its artist-in-residence, with support from New Music USA's Organization Fund.

Amado Espinoza is a Bolivian multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator, and native instrument builder whose work bridges ancestral traditions and contemporary expression. He is the recipient of the Folk Alliance International 2022 Spirit of Folk Award, a 2019 Lighton Foundation International Artist Grant, and the 2017 Charlotte St. Foundation Performing Arts Fellowship. Espinoza has opened TEDxKC, performed at Carnegie Hall with Ensemble Iberica, and taught a masterclass at Berklee College of Music.

His residency with LiberArte continues the organization's commitment to amplifying multilingual voices, rooting new and experimental sound in community, healing, and justice.