Violeta Parra

Sound

October 4, 1917 (Age 108) - February 5, 1967

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".

Actor Details

Birthday

October 4, 1917 (Age 108)

Place of Birth

San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile

Known For

Sound

Movies

Violeta más viva que nunca

Herself (archive footage)

2017

7.1

Viola Chilensis

Self (archive footage)

2003

7.2

Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado

Self

1983

Canto Libre - den fria sången