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Violeta Parra
Violeta Parra

Violeta Parra

SoundBorn October 4, 1917Died February 5, 1967 (age 49)San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile

Biography

Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena, a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music that would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile. Parra is acknowledged as "the Mother of Latin American folk".

Filmography

2017
Violeta más viva que nunca

as Herself (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Viola Chilensis

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1980
Canto Libre - den fria sången

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentSound
BirthdayOctober 4, 1917
Day of DeathFebruary 5, 1967
Place of BirthSan Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile
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