Estíbaliz Uranga Amézaga (9 December 1952 in
Bilbao
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...
, Basque Country, Spain) is a Spanish singer, best known as a member of the folk group
Mocedades
Mocedades () is a Spanish singing group from the Basque Country, who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with the hit song "Eres tú". Since June 2014, ''Mocedades'' has been the name of two bands: one with Izaskun Uran ...
, as part of the duo
Sergio y Estíbaliz and nowadays as a member of the group
El Consorcio.
In the late 1960s, she initially teamed up with her two sisters
Amaya and
Izaskun to form ''Las hermanas Uranga'' ("The Uranga sisters"), which developed with the inclusion of further siblings and friends into the group ''Voces y Guitarras'' ("Voices and Guitars"). By 1969, they were discovered by producer Juan Carlos Calderón, who took them on and renamed them to ''Mocedades'' ("Youth").
Estíbaliz left Mocedades after three albums in 1972 to form with fellow Mocedades singer Sergio Blanco the duo ''Sergio y Estíbaliz''.
Sergio y Estíbaliz took part in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 22 March 1975 in the in Stockholm, Sweden and presented by Karin Falck. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (SR ...
and reached 10th place with their greatest hit "
Tú volverás", released in English as ''You'll Return''. In the same year Estíbaliz and Sergio married. Until 1993 the duo had numerous successes in Spain and Latin America.
In 1993, Estíbaliz and Sergio formed with other former members of Mocedades the group El Consorcio, which until 2008 produced 12 albums.
External links
El Consorcio website
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1952 births
Basque-language singers
Basque singers
Living people
Spanish women singers