Inti-Illimani

Inti-Illimani (pronounced "een'tee ee'yee-mah'nee") is a musical group from Chile, formed in 1967. They are perhaps the best internationally known members of the nueva canción movement. Their name means 'Sun of the Illimani' in Aymara. Illimani is the name of a mountain in the Bolivian Andes.

History

The group was formed by students at Universidad Técnica del Estado at Santiago, Chile in 1967. In 1973 as they were on tour abroad, Pinochet came to power. Having heard of the numerous extra-judicial killings of many fellow artists by Chile's army, they took up residence in Italy. They continued their efforts supporting Chilean democracy internationally; samizdat copies of their work continued to be widely distributed in Chile. In September 1988, days after they were no longer banned from Chile, they began touring Chile again. They helped organize the voting down of the referendum that would have re-elected Pinochet. Recently, they were actually supported by Chile as representatives of Chilean culture.

In the past the group was musically led by Horacio Salinas and politically led by Jorge Coulon. However, in 2001 there was a controversial split of the group, which started when three key members left the group (José Seves, Horacio Durán and Horacio Salinas). They were replaced by Manuel Meriño (from Entrama), Cristián González and Juan Flores. Due to the importance of departed members, many called into question the ability of the remainder to carry on the Inti-Illimani name. Meanwhile, the three departed members started their own group they call Inti-Histórico. From 2005 there are two groups:

* Inti-illimani (Coulon brothers).
* Inti-Histórico (José Seves, Horacio Durán and Horacio Salinas) and

Membership

In August 1967 Inti-Illimani's earliest membership consisted of:
*Max Berrú
*Jorge Coulon
*Luis Espinoza
*Horacio Durán
*Oscar Guzmán
*Ciro Retamal
*Pedro Yáñez

In 1968 Inti-Illimani's membership consisted of:
*Max Berrú
*Jorge Coulon
*Horacio Durán
*Ernesto Perez de Arce
*Horacio Salinas

Current line-up of the "Inti-Illimani":
*Jorge Coulon
*Christian González
*Daniel Cantillana
*Juan Flores
*Efren Viera
*Marcelo Coulon
*Manuel Meriño
*César Jara

Current line-up of the "Inti-Histórico":
*Horacio Salinas
*Horacio Durán
*José Seves
*Jorge Ball
*Fernando Julio
*Camilo Salinas
*Danilo Donoso

Other members in the history of the group:

*Ernesto Pérez de Arce
*Homero Altamirano
*José Miguel Camus
*Renato Freyggang
*Pedro Villagra

Discography

*"Si Somos Americanos" (1969)
*"Voz para el camino" (1969)
*"Por la CUT" (1969)
*"A la Revolucion Mexicana" (1969)
*"Inti-Illimani" (1969)
*"Inti-Illimani" (1970)
*"Canto al Programa" (1970)
*"Charagua/El Aparecido" (1971)
*"Autores Chilenos" (1971)
*"Nuestro Mexico, Febrero 23/Dolencias" (1972)
*"Canto para una Semilla" (1972)
*"Quebrada de Humahuaca/Taita Salasaca" (1972)
*"Canto de Pueblos Andions, Vol. 1" (1973)
*"Viva Chile! (1973)
*"La Nueva Cancion Chilena (Inti-Illimani 2)" (1974)
*"Canto de Pueblos Andinos (Inti-Illimani 3)" (1975)
*"Hacia La Libertad (Inti-Illimani 4)" (1975)
*"Canto de Pueblos Andinos, Vol. 2 (Inti-Illimani 5)" (1976)
*"Chile Resistencia (Inti-Illimani 6)" (1977)
*"Canto per una Seme" (1978)
*"Canto para una Semilla" (1978)
*"Cancion para Matar una Culebra" (1979)
*"Jag Vill Tacka Livet (Gracias a la Vida)" (1980)
*"En Directo" (1980)
*"Palimpsesto" (1981)
*"The Flight of the Condor" (1982)
*"Con la Razon y la Fuerza" (1982)
*"Imaginacion" (1984)
*"Sing to me the Dream" (1984)
*"Return of the Condor" (1984)
*"La Muerte no Va Conmigo" (1985)
*"De Canto y Baile" (1986)
*"Fragmentos de un Sueño" (1987)
*"Leyenda" (1990)
*"Andadas" (1992)
*"Arriesgare la Piel" (1996)
*"Grandes Exitos" (1997)
*"Lejania" (1998)
*"Amar de Nuevo" (1999)
*"Sinfonico" (1999)
*"La Rosa de los Vientos" (1999)
*"Inti-illimani Interpreta a Victor Jara" (2000)
*"Antologia en Vivo" (2001)
*"Lugares Comunes" New Inti-Illimani (2003)
*"Viva Italia"Inti-Illimani (2004)
*"Pequeño Mundo" Inti-Illimani (2006)
*"Antología en vivo" Inti-Hstórico (2006)
*"Esencial" Inti-Histórico (2006)

External links

* [http://www.inti-illimani.com/ Official Website Inti-Illimani] (in English)
* [http://www.inti-illimani.cl/ Official Website Inti-Illimani] (in Spanish)
* [http://www.intiillimani.org/ Official Website Historical Inti]