- Sixto Palavecino
Sixto Doroteo Palavecino (
March 31 1915 , Barrancas, Salavina,Santiago del Estero ,Argentina ) is apoet ,musician andsinger of Argentine folk music, who has played theviolin since he was 10 years-old.Palavecino has been influential as a player, a compiler of folk traditions, and in sustaining the Santiago Quechua language through his music and the radio program "Alero Quechua Santiagueño" which he presented for many years with his son Rubén.
Palavecino has enjoyed wide recognition from colleagues and audiences throughout Argentina since the 1980s. In the years before that, he also worked as a
barber to make ends meet.Discography
[http://www.aleroquichua.org.ar/sitio/musica1.php Mensaje quichua]
[http://www.aleroquichua.org.ar/sitio/musica4.php Colección aniversario]
External links
* [http://www.aleroquichua.org.ar/sitio/sixto.php Biography at aleroquichua.org.ar]
* [http://www.mipago.com.ar/biografias/sixto_palavecino.htm Biography at mipago.com.ar]
* [http://usuarios.arnet.com.ar/yanasu/atila03.htm Biography]
* [http://www.teletel.com.ar/gsantillan/biografy/don_sixto.htm Biography]
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