Violeta Parra
Sound
49 years oldSan Carlos, Ñuble Province, ChileBiography
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".
Personal Details
Also Known As
Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval
Movies (10)
Violeta más viva que nunca
as Herself (archive footage)
2017
7.1
Viola Chilensis
as Self (archive footage)
2003
7.2
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
as Self
1983
Canto Libre - den fria sången
as Self (archive footage)
1980
I Wish, I Wish I Had a Child
Music (Sound)
1974
7.2
Compañero Presidente
Music (Sound)
1971
Los artistas plásticos de Chile
Music (Sound)
1960
Trilla
Music (Sound)
1959
5.8
Mimbre
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1958
9.0
Andacollo
Music (Sound)
1958