Fundamental figure of Chilean music, or "Figura fundamental de la música chilena", is an award presented annually by the Sociedad Chilena de Autores e Intérpretes Musicales (SCD), recognizing Chilean artists who have had important influence and legacy in the country's musical history. The selection is made by the organization's board of directors. Past recipients of the honor are: * 1987 José Goles * 1988 Luis Aguirre Pinto * 1989 Francisco Flores del Campo * 1990

Vicente Bianchi Vicente Bianchi Alarcón (January 27, 1920 – September 24, 2018) was a Chilean composer, pianist, conductor, and orchestra and choir director. He received the Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales de Chile in 2016. He is remembered for composing mu ...

* 1991 Donato Román y

Ester Soré Ester Soré (born Marta Yupanqui Donoso, 27 May 1915 – 6 September 1996) was the main singer of Chilean melodies of the 20th century. She recorded for the first time, the successful one "Chile Lindo" ''("Pretty Chile")'', of Clara Solovera, ...

* 1992 Valentín Trujillo * 1993

Margot Loyola Margot Loyola Palacios (September 15, 1918 – August 3, 2015) was a musician, folk singer and researcher of the folklore of Chile and Latin America in general. Loyola was active as a musician and musical ethnographer/anthropologist for many dec ...

* 1994 Gabriela Pizarro * 1995 Antonio Prieto * 1996 Dúo Rey-Silva * 1997

Los Jaivas Los Jaivas is a Chilean musical group who perform in folk, rock, psychedelic, and progressive rock styles formed in 1963 in Viña Del Mar, Chile. They are considered one of the most important and influential artists of all time in Latin America. ...

* 1998 Hernán "Nano" Núñez * 1999

Sonia y Myriam Sonia y Miriam was a Chilean singing duo of sisters Myriam Ester von Schrebler García (May 22, 1930, Valparaíso, Chile - December 23, 2006, Madrid, Spain) and Sonia von Schrebler García (April 9, 1929, Santiago, Chile - September 14, 2018). Th ...

* 2000

Fernando Rosas Fernando José Mendes Rosas (born 18 April 1946, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese historian, professor, and politician. Early life and education Rosas was born on 18 April 1946. He studied at Pedro Nunes secondary school, and in 1961, he joined ...

* 2001

Luis Advis Luis Advis Vitaglich (10 February 1935 – 9 September 2004)http://www.lanacion.cl/p4_lanacion/site ''Falleció Luis Advis, compositor de la "Cantata Santa María de Iquique"'' was a Chilean professor of philosophy, and a noted composer of traditi ...

* 2002

Los Ángeles Negros Los Ángeles Negros ( en, The Black Angels) are a Chilean pop ballad band formed in San Carlos de Chile in 1968. The band's best-known line-up consisted of singer Germaín de la Fuente, guitarist Mario Gutiérrez, keyboardist Jorge González, ...

* 2003

Isabel Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popul ...

y Ángel Parra * 2004

Patricio Manns Iván Patricio Eugenio Manns de Folliot (3 August 1937 – 25 September 2021) was a Chilean singer, composer, author, poet, novelist, essayist, play writer and journalist. He is known for his 1965 song " Arriba en la Cordillera". Life and car ...

* 2005

Lucho Gatica Luis Enrique Gatica Silva (11 August 1928 – 13 November 2018),
''The New York Times''. Retriev ...

* 2006

Buddy Richard Ricardo Roberto Toro Lavín, also known as Buddy Richard (September 21, 1943, Graneros) is a Chilean singer-songwriter known for his ballads. He began performing as part of the " Nueva ola" ("New wave"). He first recorded in 1962, recording his ...

* 2007 Silvia Infantas * 2008

Los Huasos Quincheros ''Los Huasos Quincheros'' (also known as ''Los Quincheros'') are a popular Chilean folk musical group, first formed in 1937. It currently consists of the musicians Antonio Antoncich, Jose Vicente Leon and Rafael Prieto.

* 2009 Palmenia Pizarro * 2010 Tito Fernández * 2011

Cecilia Pantoja Mireya Cecilia Ramona Pantoja Levi (21 October 1943 – 24 July 2023), better known simply as Cecilia or Cecilia la Incomparable, was a Chilean singer-songwriter, and a member of the '' nueva ola'' music movement. Pantoja was considered by som ...

* 2012 Calatambo Albarracín * 2013 Fernando García * 2014 Roberto Lecaros * 2015

Gastón Guzmán Gastón Guzmán Huerta (August 26, 1932 – January 12, 2016), a Mexican mycologist and anthropologist, was an authority on the genus ''Psilocybe''. Career He was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, in 1932. His interest in mycology began in 1955 when as ...

* 2016 Willy Bascuñán * 2017

Quilapayún Quilapayún () are a folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential ambassadors of the ''Nueva Canción Chilena'' movement and genre. Formed during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with the revolution th ...

* 2018 Jorge González. * 2019

Carmen Barros Carmen Aída Barros Alfonso (born 7 January 1925) is a Chilean actress and singer of jazz, popular music, and opera. In addition, she is a professor of acting perception, diction, and vocal projection, and a theater and opera director. She is know ...

* 2020

Eduardo Gatti Eduardo Gatti Benoit (born 1949) is a Chilean singer-songwriter in the tradition of Nueva Canción and Nueva Trova Nueva Trova (, "new trova") is a movement in Cuban music that emerged around 1967/68 after the Cuban Revolution of 1959 ...

In 2017, as part of the organization's 30th anniversary celebration, the SCD published a book ''Fundamentales de la Música Chilena'' reviewing the contributions of each of the honorees.

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