Music, workshop and joy at Serenia care home

On April 19, 2026, the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation organised a workshop and concert at Serenia Care Home in Bouillon, led by the Celmaca Duo, composed by Patricia Hernández Van Cauwenberge and Osvaldo Hernández Nápoles, two musicians who have collaborated with the IYMF for many years.

Their repertoire focuses on traditional South American music, bringing warmth, rhythm, and cultural richness to the residents through an engaging musical experience.

In the framework of the Inside project, a series of concerts have been implemented in Serenia since 2024, as a means to bring the arts and collective cohesion to the care home, supported by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

A short workshop was offered to a group of 10 inhabitants of the care home, where they were shown how to use some traditional south American percussions by the two musicians, who then performed a concert of folk and traditional south American music to the residents, their families and the staff of the care home.

The audience was particularly moved by the songs interpreted by Osvaldo and Patricia, which made them travel with joy to other cultural spheres that many of them discovered for first time in their life.

Join Our Newsletter