Violeta Parra
October 4, 1917 (107 years old) in San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile
Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena, a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music that would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile. Parra is acknowledged as "the Mother of Latin American folk".
Known For
Credits
- 2017 ·Violeta más viva que nuncaas Herself (archive footage)
- 2003 ·Viola Chilensisas Self (archive footage)
- 1983 ·Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atadoas Self
- 1980 ·Canto Libre - den fria sångenas Self (archive footage)