Mariano Uña Ramos (27 May 1933 – 23 May 2014) was an Argentine musician. Uña Ramos was born in Humahuaca, Argentina, near the border with

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. He was a renowned Andean musician and composer, a virtuoso of the

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. He died in 2014 in

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Discography

* ''El Arte de la Quena Vol. 1'' (1971) * ''El Arte de la Quena Vol. 2'' (1971) * ''Quena'' (1972) * ''Quena de los Andes'' (1975) * ''Un roseau plein de musique'' (1976) * ''Hermanos al Sol'' (1976) * ''Haru No Umi'' (1977) * ''Initiation à la kena'' (1978) * ''Poupée de porcelaine'' (1978) * ''Le Pont de bois'' (1979) * ''La Vallée des coquelicots'' (1982) * ''Uña Ramos y sus amigos: Canciones y danzas de música Argentina'' (1985) * ''La Princesse de la mer'' (1986) * ''Una flauta en la noche Vol. 1'' (1994) (Arton records) * ''Una flauta en la noche Vol. 2'' (1995) (Arton records) * ''Le Souffle du roseau'' (1996) * ''Live in France 2004'' (2004) * ''Uña Ramos en la Filarmonica de Berlin'' (2007)

Collaborations

* ''Urubamba'' (1974) with Urubamba * '' Symphonie Celtique'' (1980) by

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* ''La pianta del tè'' (1988) by

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DVD

* 2008 - ''En Vivo en Kehl Alemania 1994'' / ''Live in Kehl Germany 1994''

References

1933 births People from Jujuy Province Argentine musicians Andean music 2014 deaths {{Argentina-musician-stub