{{no footnotes, date=January 2010 The Parra family is a

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an family known for its many artists. Members of the Parra family are noted contributors to

an culture with almost every member being a distinguished national artist. The family is not related to the Parra brothers, members of the Chilean rock fusion group

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. ...

Family members

First generation

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 ...

(1914-2018) - Physicist and self-styled "anti-poet" * Hilda Parra (1914-1975) - Folklorist artist, toured with Violeta as "Las Hermanas Parra" *

Violeta Parra Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal an ...

(1917-1967) - Folklore singer and composer * Eduardo "Lalo" Parra (1918-2009) - Folklore singer and musician *

Roberto Parra Roberto Parra Mateo (born 6 April 1976 in Socuéllamos, Ciudad Real) is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the forem ...

(1921-1995) - Folklore musician * Lautaro Parra (1928-2013) - Folklore musician * Óscar Parra (1931-2016) - Clown

Second generation

Isabel Parra Violeta Isabel Cereceda Parra (born 29 September 1939), better known as Isabel Parra, is a famous Chilean singer-songwriter and interpreter of Latin American musical folklore. Early years Parra was born in Chile in 1939 and began her career in ...

(b. 1939) - Folklore music singer * Catalina Parra (b. 1940) - Visual artist * Ángel Parra (1943 - 2017) - Musician * Clarita Parra (b. 1948) - Folklore musician * Colombina Parra (b. 1970) * Juan de Dios Parra (b. 1972) * Nano Parra - Folklore Musician * Nicanor Jr Parra (Baez) Folklore musician

Third generation

* Cristóbal "Tololo" Ugarte (b. 1992) - Artist, Architect * Tita Parra (b. 1956) - Folklore music singer *

Ángel Parra Jr. Ángel Cereceda Orrego, also known as Ángel Parra Orrego or just Ángel Parra Jr. (May 22, 1966), is a Chilean musician and producer. A prominent guitarist, member of the rock band Los Tres for 25 years, and leader of his jazz group Ángel Parr ...

(b. 1966) - former member of rock group

Los Tres Los Tres also known as The Tr3s or The 3, is a Chilean rock band. The band was formed in 1987 in Concepción by Álvaro Henríquez, Roberto Lindl, Francisco Molina and later Ángel Parra Jr. joined. They are one of the most influential rock ...

Javiera Parra Javiera Cereceda Orrego (born 19 May 1968), better known as Javiera Parra, is a Chilean musician and singer born in Santiago. She is the lead singer of rock band '' Javiera y Los Imposibles''. A third generation member of Chile's Parra family, kno ...

(b. 1968) - Musician; member of Chilean pop/rock band ''

Javiera y Los Imposibles Javiera y Los Imposibles is Chilean pop band led by Javiera Parra, granddaughter of Chilean folk musician Violeta Parra. The band was formed when Álvaro Henríquez from Los Tres Los Tres also known as The Tr3s or The 3, is a Chilean rock ...

'' * Pedro Soler Parra (b. 1960) - Artist * Isabel Soler Parra (b. 1962) -Artist * Juan Andres Soler Parra (b. 1963) - Artist; member of the American Sommelier Society

Fourth generation

* Antar Parra (1985-2010) - Guitarist * Mariana Parra (b. 1991) - Artist * Felipe Parra (b.1991) - Engineer, Guitarist

References

Los Parra y descendencia

External links

Family tree on rodovid.org
Chilean folk singers