Sandra Mihanovich (born April 24, 1957) is an

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singer, musician, and composer of Rock,

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, and

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rhythms.

Biography

She was born in the Recoleta neighbourhood of

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, the daughter of Iván Mihanovich, a

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player of Croatian descent, and Mónica Cahen D'Anvers, 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

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and, since March 1976, also theater at the Conservatorio de Arte Dramático. She is the niece of composer

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. Her singing début was at "La Ciudad" pub on May 20, 1976. While working the pub circuit, she met fellow musician and composers

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and

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, whose songs she went on to include in her repertoire. She met her first producer, Ricardo Kleinman, after a show at the

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. 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

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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'' ("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

* 1990: ''

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'' ("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

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