Cristina del Valle (born 1 August 1960) is a Spanish singer and activist.

Biography

Cristina del Valle was born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. In 1980, she went to

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to study

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and since 1978, she has worked in several social action groups, NGOs (Ayora, Solidarios, Apram, and others) and

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-wing political parties which worked in support of human rights, for the Sahrawi people or against

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. As a singer, she started with the band Vodebil, but she released her first solo-album in 1989, ''Cris''. In 1991, after meeting her sentimental partner Alberto Comesaña, the couple decided to launch the musical duo Amistades Peligrosas, which grew to great success. The group split in 1996, but returned in 2003 with the album ''La larga espera''. She has also collaborated in several musical projects like ''Tatuaje'', where she played ''

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Hevia José Ángel Hevia Velasco, known professionally as Hevia (born October 11, 1967 in Villaviciosa, Asturias), is a Spanish bagpiper – specifically, an Asturian gaita player. He commonly performs with his sister, María José, on drums. I ...

was as well her sentimental partner.

Prizes

*Mujer del año 1998, Valdés (Asturias) *Premio Comadre de oro de ntroxu1999 *Premio Vaqueira, 1999 *Premio Flor de Manzana, Villaviciosa (Asturias) *Premio Racimo de oro 1999,

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*Premio Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) "Mujer 99” *Premio Luarca 1999 *Premio T de Tarde a la Tolerancia 2000 *Premio radio Gorbea 2001 *Premio Nosotras 2001

Discography

Solo career

*''Cris'', 1989 *''Siempre te metes en líos'',1990 *''El Dios de las Pequeñas cosas'', 1999 *''Apuntes generales del mundo'', 2001 *''Tiempos Rotos'' 2009

With Alberto Comesaña in Amistades Peligrosas

*''Relatos de una intriga'', 1991 *''La última Tentación'', 1993 *''La Profecía'', 1995 *''Nueva Era'', 1997 *''La larga espera'', 2003 *''Recopilatorio Amistades Peligrosas'' *''El arte de amar'' (2013)

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Musicians from Oviedo Living people Spanish women singers 1960 births {{Spain-singer-stub