A great influence...

"El Maestro" Jaime Torres : the world's foremost performer on the charango, a small stringed instrument created by the Andean "Pueblos Originarios" of South America.At a young age took lessons from Bolivian musician Mauro Nuñez, he's first record, called Virtuosismo En Charango, was released in 1964, followed by 1965's Charango and 1967's Aplausos Para Un Charango. That same year Jaime Torres started touring Europe for the first time, moving to the U.S. in 1970 to perform in New York, Washington, and Los Angeles. In 1974 the instrumentalist, along with his band, participated in the opening show for the worldwide soccer championship in Germany. A year later, Jaime Torres organized a local instrumentalists encounter, repeating that same experience with children in 1980. In 1988 the musician composed the music for the Oscar nominated movie La Deuda Interna.Jaime Torres music is an inside view of the traditional music and rituals (including a ritual to Pachamama, Mother Earth) of the Quebrada of Humauaca (Jujuy), a mountainous region of northern Argentina that was the southernmost part of the Inca empire.