On Wednesday 19^th July Peruvian concert guitarist Jesús Castro Balbi performed at the Masquerade Hall. He presented mainly rarely played works by South American authors. His play had a tinge of Peru and Latin America. He was really looking forward to his performance, “I am really glad that I had the opportunity to perform in this beautiful town and at your music festival, which prides itself on the participation of leading musical artists. This concert was a part of the activities which are organized as part of the 95^th anniversary of Czech-Peruvian diplomatic relations. With the program I paid tribute to the Masquerade Hall at the chateau where I played. My wish was to transmit some of our Peruvian feelings and spontaneity to the Czech audience.” The audience first heard a suite by Johann Sebastian Bach. Next it was the turn of Matías Maestro, an author of the Post-Baroque period, with his two sonatas and a fandango. After the intermission Balbi presented music by his compatriots. In the second half of the evening the audience heard several minuets by Pedro Ximenes Abril-Tirado and an anonymous sonata of Peruvian origin. At the end of the program the guitarist played compositions of Afro-Peruvian origin with a combination of rhythms and emotions of the inhabitants of the African continent, which has created and preserved a very specific musical character from the colonial era to our time. “I appreciate this music very much and I really like it,” added Jesús Castro Balbi.