Verónica Osffier Pérez Jaime (born 1988) is a

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n musician, singer, and songwriter, who performs under the name Vero Pérez.

Early life and education

Pérez was born in

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, Bolivia on 4 February 1988. She went to school at the Franco Boliviano College in La Paz, and attended the Bolivian Catholic University.

Musical career

Pérez's debut album ''Cadáver Exquisito'' (Spanish for "Exquisite Corpse") was released in 2020. The tracks on ''Cadáver Exquisito'' are poems by nine Bolivian poets set to music and sung by Pérez; the poets are

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, Adela Zamudio, ,

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, Julio Barriga, , Paola Senseve, and Jessica Freudenthal. To celebrate World Poetry Day in 2024 Pérez performed the album at the and Espacio Kúu Inti in La Paz, backed by a

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. Pérez again performed the album backed by a symphony orchestra in two shows on 2 and 3 November 2024, as part of the

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celebrations in La Paz. Pérez told ''

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'' that the idea of performing the album with orchestral backing came about because she felt that on its initial release during the

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, the album did not have "sufficiently interesting space." Pérez has been a member of Bolivian

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band Efecto Mandarina since 2011, and has also recorded two albums with Bolivian guitarist Jorge Villanueva. In 2020 she recorded a version of the anti-

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" written by Vivir Quintana, backed by five other Bolivian singers. Pérez has performed with the Miami Symphony Orchestra, and her music featured in the 2020 television series ''

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Discography

Albums

*''Cadáver Exquisito'' (2020) ;With Jorge Villanueva *''Rendez Vous'' *''Saudade''

References

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