Sandra Mihanovich (born April 24, 1957) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

singer, musician, and composer of

Rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

Blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

, and Tango rhythms.

Biography

She was born in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the daughter of Iván Mihanovich, a

polo Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ...

player of Croatian descent, and

Mónica Cahen D'Anvers Mónica Cahen D'Anvers (born November 7, 1934) is an Argentine journalist and TV news host. The daughter of French aristocrat Comte Gilbert George Louis Cahen D'Anvers and María Elina Láinez Peralta de Alvear, she completed her studies at Camb ...

, a journalist and TV anchorperson. She inherited from her paternal grandfather her passion for jazz music. After completing high school (Northlands School, Olivos, Buenos Aires), she studied music at the Universidad Católica Argentina and, since March 1976, also theater at the Conservatorio de Arte Dramático. She is the niece of composer Sergio Mihanovich. Her singing début was at "La Ciudad" pub on May 20, 1976. While working the pub circuit, she met fellow musician and composers

Alejandro Lerner Alejandro Federico Lerner (born June 8, 1957) is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has written and sung countless songs including several hits, and his fame and recognition spread all over South America. Through his career, Lerner ...

, Marilina Ross, Celeste Carballo,

Horacio Fontova Horacio González Fontova (30 October 1946 – 20 April 2020) was an Argentine actor, singer-songwriter and comedian. He was born in Buenos Aires. He was known for his roles in '' The Plague'' (1992), '' Aballay'' (2011) and ''Underdogs'' (2 ...

and Ruben Rada, whose songs she went on to include in her repertoire. She met her first producer, Ricardo Kleinman, after a show at the Universidad de Belgrano. In October 1982, she became the first female soloist holding a show at Obras, widely known as the Argentine "Rock Cathedral". In 1986 she won the "Antorcha de Plata" at the

Viña del Mar Viña del Mar (; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located within the Valparaíso Region, and it is Chile's fourth largest city w ...

Song Festival in Chile. The Legislative Chamber of Buenos Aires named her "Distinguished Personality of the Culture of the City" to honor her 30-year career. As an actress, she starred in the ''Vulnerables'' television series (1999), about a self-healing therapy group, and other movies and TV programs.

Discography

* 1977: ''Pienso en vos'' ("Thinking of you") * 1982: ''

Puerto Pollensa Puerto, a Spanish word meaning ''seaport'', may refer to: Places *El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain *Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines *Puerto Colombia, Colombia *Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela *Puerto Galera, Orient ...

'' ("Port Pollensa") * 1983: ''Hagamos el amor'' (''Let's Make Love'') * 1984: ''Soy lo que soy'' (" I Am What I Am") * 1984: ''Sandra en Shams'' ("Sandra at Shams") * 1985: ''Como la primera vez'' ("Like the First Time") * 1986: ''Sandra en el paraíso'' ("Sandra in Paradise") * 1988: ''Somos mucho más que dos'' ("We Are Much More Than Two"), with Celeste Carballo * 1990: '' Mujer contra mujer'' ("Woman Against Woman"), with Celeste Carballo * 1991: ''Si somos gente'' ("If We Are People") * 1992: ''Todo brilla'' (''Everything Shines'') * 1994: ''Cambio de planes'' ("Change of Plans") * 1998: ''Manuelita, la tortuga de Pehuajó'' ("Manuelita, The Turtle from Pehuajó") * 2000: ''Todo tiene un lugar'' ("Everything Has a Place") * 2003: ''Sin tu amor'' ("Without Your Love") * 2004: ''Inolvidables RCA: 20 Grandes Exitos'' (compilation) * 2007: ''Creciendo' ("Growing Up") * 2009: ''Honrar la vida'' ("Honoring Life") * 2012: ''Vuelvo a estar con vos'' ("Once Again With You")

References

External links

*
Official Site

Official Site Facebook
* 1957 births Living people Argentine composers 20th-century Argentine women singers Argentine people of Croatian descent Argentine people of French descent Lesbian musicians Argentine LGBT musicians Rock en Español musicians Singers from Buenos Aires Argentine women record producers 20th-century LGBT people 21st-century LGBT people 21st-century Argentine women singers LGBT people in Latin music Women in Latin music Argentine women composers {{Argentina-composer-stub