Violeta Isabel Cereceda Parra (born 29 September 1939), better known as Isabel Parra, is a famous Chilean singer-songwriter and interpreter of
Latin American
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musical
folklore
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.
Early years
Parra was born in Chile in 1939 and began her career in music at the age of 13 when she made her first recording with her world-renowned mother, the folklorist
Violeta Parra. She has since interpreted and recorded the songs of some of the most famous Latin American folk singers.
Career
After the
11 September 1973 Chilean coup d'état she lived in exile in Argentina and France for many years. She returned to Chile when democracy returned to her country.
Parra has toured extensively during her career and was a distinctive figure in the
Nueva Canción Chilena (New Chilean Song) movement. Isabel Parra is also the sister of the famous folk singer
Ángel Parra and the niece of the famous poet
Nicanor Parra
Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September 1914 – 23 January 2018) was a Chilean poet and physicist. He was considered one of the most influential Chilean poets of the Spanish language in the 20th century, often compared with Pablo Neruda. P ...
.
Discography
*''Isabel Parra'' (1966)
*''Isabel Parra, vol II'' (1968)
*''Cantando por amor''
inging for love(1969)
*''Violeta Parra'' (1970)
*''De aquí y de allá ''
rom here from there(with
Patricio Castillo) (1971)
*''Canto para una semilla''
ong for a Seed(
Inti-Illimani + Isabel Parra +
Carmen Bunster) (1972)
*''Isabel Parra y parte del Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC'' (Isabel Parra + GESI +
Patricio Castillo) (1972)
*''Vientos del pueblo''
inds of the People(con
Patricio Castillo) (1974)
*''Isabel Parra de Chile ''
sabel Parra of Chile
Sabel may refer to:
* ''Sabel'' (TV series), a Philippine soap opera
* Sabel (surname), a Germanic surname
* ''Sabel'' (film), a 2004 Philippine film
* Antonette Ruth Sabel (1894-1974), music educator
See also
* Sable (disambiguation)
A sable ...
(1976)
*''Recital Club Vanguardia''
ive at Club Vanguardia(with
Patricio Castillo) (1976)
*''Cantos de Violeta'' (Songs of
Violeta Parra) (1977)
*''Canto para una semilla'' (con Inti-Illimani + Marés González; Texto:
Violeta Parra; Música:
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 traditio ...
) (1978)
*''Canto per un seme'' (with Inti-Illimani +
Edmonda Aldini) Italian Edition (1978)
*''Isabel Parra en Cuba'' (with
Patricio Castillo (1978)
*''Acerca de quien soy y no soy'' (Regarding who I am and whom I am not) (1979)
*''Tu voluntad más fuerte que el destierro'' (Your will is stronger than exile) (1983)
*''Chant pour une semence'' (con Inti-Illimani +
Francesca Solleville
Francesca Solleville (born 2 March 1932, Périgueux) is a French singer. She lives in Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine). She is the granddaughter of the founder of the . She is married to the painter Louis .
Biography
Francesca Solleville was born in ...
) French Edition (1985)
*''Enlaces'' (Links) (1987)
*''Lámpara melodiosa (Como dos ríos)'' (Melodic lamp
ike two rivers (1994)
*''Colores'' (Colours) (2000)
*''Poemas'' (Poemas) (2002)
*''Ni toda la tierra entera'' (Nor all the Earth complete) (CD del libro) (2003)
See also
*
Parra family
References
External links
The Chilean Folk Songstres
(Australian Interview – October 6, 1999)
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1939 births
20th-century Chilean women singers
Chilean folk singers
Living people
People from Santiago
Isabel Parra
Nueva canción musicians
Women in Latin music