Horacio Salinas Álvarez (born 8 July 1951 in

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) is a Chilean guitarist and composer. He is cofounder and musical director of the Chilean group

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Histórico. He has a huge repertory of compositions that involves

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, world music,

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and many Latin American styles and

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s. In 1973, his group was touring in Europe when

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seized power in

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, after which they had to stay in exile for years. He has played with many international musicians notably the Australian classical guitarist

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Discography

Solo

*La música de Horacio Salinas (1986 - Alerce) *Trazos de cielo sur (1992 - Autoedición) *Música para cine, vol. 1 (1997 - EMI Odeon) *Remos en el agua (2003 - Warner Music)

As director of Inti-Illimani

*Si Somos Americanos - 1969 *Voz para el camino - 1969 *Por la CUT - 1969 *A la Revolución Mexicana - 1969 *Inti-Illimani - 1969 *Inti-Illimani - 1970 *Canto al Programa - 1970 *Autores Chilenos - 1971 *Canto para una Semilla - 1972 *Canto de Pueblos Andinos, Vol. 1 - 1973 *Viva Chile! - 1973 *La Nueva Canción Chilena (Inti-Illimani 2) - 1974 *Canto de Pueblos Andinos (Inti-Illimani 3) - 1975 *Hacia La Libertad (Inti-Illimani 4) - 1975 *Canto de Pueblos Andinos, Vol. 2 (Inti-Illimani 5) - 1976 *Chile Resistencia (Inti-Illimani 6) - 1977 *Canto per una Seme - 1978 *Canto para una Semilla - 1978 *Canción para Matar una Culebra - 1979 *Jag Vill Tacka Livet (Gracias a la Vida) - 1980 (con Arja Saijonmaa) *En Directo - 1980 *Palimpsesto - 1981 *The Flight of the Condor - 1982 *Con la Razón y la Fuerza - 1982 (con Patricio Manns) *Imaginación - 1984 *Sing to me the Dream - 1984 (con Holly Near) *Return of the Condor - 1984 *La Muerte no Va Conmigo - 1985 (con Patricio Manns) *De Canto y Baile - 1986 *Fragmentos de un Sueño - 1987 (con John Williams y Paco Peña) *Leyenda - 1990 (con John Williams y Paco Peña) *Andadas - 1992 *Arriesgare la Piel - 1996 *Lejanía - 1998 *Amar de Nuevo - 1999 *Sinfónico - 1999 *La Rosa de los Vientos - 1999 *Inti-illimani Interpreta a Víctor Jara - 2000 *Antología en Vivo - 2000 *Inti-Quila. Música en la Memoria. Juntos en Chile - 2005 Inti-Illimani Histórico *Antología en vivo - 2006 Inti-Illimani Histórico * *Tributo a Inti-Illimani Histórico. A la Salud de la Música - 2009 (Obra Colectiva) Inti-Illimani Histórico

References

1951 births Living people People from Lautaro Chilean guitarists Chilean male guitarists Latin American folk singers Nueva canción musicians Chilean composers Chilean male composers {{Chile-musician-stub