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an family known for its many artists. Members of the Parra family are noted contributors to
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...
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. ...
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Family members


First generation

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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 a ...
(1917-1967) - Folklore singer and composer * Eduardo "Lalo" Parra (1918-2009) - Folklore singer and musician * Roberto Parra (1921-1995) - Folklore musician * Lautaro Parra (1928-2013) - Folklore musician * Óscar Parra (1931-2016) - Clown


Second generation

* Isabel Parra (b. 1939) - Folklore music singer * Catalina Parra (b. 1940) - Visual artist * Ángel Parra (1943 - 2017) - Musician * Clarita Parra (b. 1948) - Folklore musician *
Colombina Parra Colombina Violeta Parra Tuca (born 1970) is a Chilean musician and singer. She was part of the Chilean grunge/alternative rock scene in the 1990s. Her band, Ex, were well known in Latin America when their first album came out with singles like ...
(b. 1970) * Juan de Dios Parra (b. 1972) *
Nano Parra Nano, Nano-, NANO or NaNo may refer to: People * Nano (singer) (born 1988), Japanese-American J-pop singer * Nano Omar (born 1986), Swedish singer * Nano Riantiarno (born 1949), Indonesian director * Agnese Nano (born 1965), Italian actress * Fa ...
- Folklore Musician * Nicanor Jr Parra (Baez) Folklore musician


Third generation

* Cristóbal "Tololo" Ugarte (b. 1992) - Artist, Architect *
Tita Parra Tita may refer to: People Given name and nickname * Tita (Lord Byron) (1798-1874), full name Giovanni Battista Falcieri, personal servant of Lord Byron * Tita Bărbulescu (1936-2021), Romanian folk singer * Tita Rădulescu (1904-unknown), Romani ...
(b. 1956) - Folklore music singer * Ángel Parra Jr. (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 roc ...
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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 ...
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Pedro Soler Parra Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...
(b. 1960) - Artist *
Isabel Soler Parra Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popul ...
(b. 1962) -Artist *
Juan Andres Soler Parra ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanis ...
(b. 1963) - Artist; member of the American Sommelier Society


Fourth generation

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Antar Parra Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) is an independent, national non-government, not-for-profit, community-based organisation founded in 1997 which advocates for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in A ...
(1985-2010) - Guitarist * Mariana Parra (b. 1991) - Artist * Felipe Parra (b.1991) - Engineer, Guitarist


See also

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Music of Chile Chilean music refers to all kinds of music developed in Chile, or by Chileans in other countries, from the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors to the modern day. It also includes the native pre-Columbian music from what is today Chilean terri ...


References


Los Parra y descendencia


External links


Family tree on rodovid.org
Chilean folk singers