Víctor Heredia (born 24 January 1947, in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

) is an

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singer songwriter.

Biography

He was born in the neighborhood of Monserrat, in the city of

, though he grew up in

Paso del Rey Paso del Rey is a city located 35.5 km west of Buenos Aires, in Moreno, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Paso del Rey (''King's Ford'') takes its name from the estancia (ranch) owned by Senator Amancio Jacinto Alcorta: ''Estancia Paso del ...

, a city in the

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area of

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. His paternal family is of French origin, whereas his maternal grandmother was of Capayán indigenous origin, born in the

Calchaquí Valleys The Calchaquí Valley ( es, Valles Calchaquíes) is an area in the northwestern region of Argentina which crosses the provinces of Catamarca, Tucumán, Jujuy and Salta. It is best known for its contrast of colors and its unique geography that r ...

, in the province of Catamarca.Vitale, Cristian
Victor Heredia vuelve a hacer "Taki Ongoy", veinte años después.
Trovacub, 2006. When he was young, he won the newcomer's prize in the

Cosquín Festival The Cosquín Folk Festival (not to be confused with the Cosquín Rock festival) is one of the most important folk music festivals of Argentina, and most important in Latin America. It lasts nine days and takes place in the second half of January ...

. Many of his songs address what he sees as the social problems in Latin American and various human rights issues. In 1972 the singer turned into the first Argentine entrant in the

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of the

OTI Festival OTI Festival ( es, Festival OTI de la Canción, pt, Festival OTI da Canção), often known simply as La OTI, was an international song competition, organised annually between 1972 and 2000 by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) ...

which was held in

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. His song "Sabes que estamos aquí América (You know we are here America) ended last in a tie with other four entrants, his talent didn't go unnoticed. He has recorded with various artists, such as Joan Manuel Serrat,

Mercedes Sosa Haydée Mercedes Sosa (; 9 July 1935
at BrainyHistory.com – 4 October 2009), sometimes known as ' ...

, León Gieco, Milton Nascimento, el Cuarteto Zupay he Zupay Quartet Silvio Rodríguez, and Pablo Milanés, amongst others. He was banned during the military Argentine dictatorship, which started in 1976. This dictatorship left an estimated 30,000 (7,000 documented and identified by name
) Dirty War, missing persons including his sister, Maria Cristina. Heredia collaborates closely with organizations that denounce the crimes of the dictatorship, such as the ''

Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an Argentine human rights association formed in response to the National Reorganization Process, the military dictatorship by Jorge Rafael Videla, with the goal of finding the ''desaparecidos'', initially, an ...

'' and the ''

Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo ( es, italic=no, Asociación Civil Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo) is a human rights organization with the goal of finding the children stolen and illegally adopted during the 1976–1983 Argentine military dicta ...

'', and also with organizations of

indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

. His works include ''Todavía Cantamos'' ("Still We Sing"), ''Sobreviviendo'' ("Surviving"), ''El viejo Matías'' ("The old man Matías"), ''Dulce Daniela'' ("Sweet Daniela"), and ''Razón de vivir'' ("Reason to live"). His albums include

Taki Ongoy In 1986, Victor Heredia (Argentine singer-songwriter) composed ''Taki Ongoy'', a conceptual work that recalls Taki Unquy, the political-religious millenarian movement against the invasion of the Spanish culture in South America (1560-1572). Son ...

, a conceptual work composed in 1986 in homage to

, an indigenous movement that arose in the sixteenth century (1560–1572) in opposition to the Spanish invasion.

Prizes

* Winner of the

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in 1994.

Discography

* ''Shouting Hopes'', 1968 (''Gritando Esperanzas'') * ''Víctor Heredia'', 1969 * ''The Old man Matías'', 1970 (''El Viejo Matías'') * ''Where I come from'', 1971 (''De Donde Soy'') * ''Reasons'', 1973 (Razones) * Víctor Heredia Sings Works by Pablo Neruda, 1974 * Drink from my Water Jug, 1975 (''Bebe En Mi Cántaro'') * Paso Del Rey, 1976 (''Paso Del Rey'') * When I Say Woman, 1977 (''Cuando Yo Digo Mujer'') * That Beautiful Song, 1978 * Already You Can See It, The Day is Dawning, 1981 * Opened doors, 1982 * Recital, 1982 * Víctor Heredia Canta Paul Neruda (new version), 1983 * Those Little Lead Toy Soldiers, 1983 * I Only Want to Live, 1984 * Courage!, 1985 *

, 1986 * A Day of Grace, 1987 * Memory, 1988 * Letter From A Shipwrecked person, 1991 * Meanwhile, 1992 * Syndrome Of Love, 1994 * Víctor Heredia Live from The Back-room, 1995 * Of Love and Of Blood, 1996 * Footprints(or Marks), 1998 * RCA Club – Víctor Heredia, 1998 * Live Heredia 1 and 2, 2000 * Then, 2001 * Phoenix, 2003 * Tenderly Friends, 2005 * Citizen, 2008

References

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