- Isabel Parra
Infobox musical artist
Name = Isabel Parra
Background = folk singer
Birth_name = Isabel Cereceda Parra
Born = 1939
Origin = Santiago, flagicon|ChileChile
Occupation =Vocalist ,Songwriter
Instrument =Spanish Guitar ,Charango ,Cuatro
Genre = Folk,Singer-Songwriter ,Andean music ,Latin music ,Chilean music
Years_active = 1959-Present
Label =Warner Music
Associated_acts =Víctor Jara ,Quilapayún ,
Inti-illimani ,Patricio Manns ,Illapu ,Ángel Parra ,Roberto Parra ,Sergio Ortega ,Margot Loyola ,Pablo Neruda ,Nicanor Parra
URL = [http://www.iparra.scd.cl// Official Website]Isabel Parra (born 1939) is a famous Chilean singer-songwriter and interpreter of
Latin American musicalfolklore .Isabel Parra was born in
Chile in 1939 and began her career in music at the age of 13 when she made her first recording with her world-renowned mother and folklorist,Violeta Parra . She has since interpreted and recorded the songs of some of the most famous Latin American folk singers. After the1973 Chilean coup d'état she lived in
September 11, 1973 Chilean coup d’etatexile inArgentina andFrance for many years. She returned to Chile when democracy returned to her country.Isabel Parra has toured extensively during her career and was a distinctive figure in the Nueva Cancion Chilena (New Chilean Song) movement. Isabel Parra is also the sister of the famous folk singer
Ángel Parra and the niece of the famous poetNicanor Parra .Discography
*Isabel Parra (1966)
*Isabel Parra, vol II (1968)
*Cantando por amor [Singing for love] {1969)
*Violeta Parra (1970)
*De aquí y de allá [From here from there] (1971)
*Canto para una semilla [Song for a Seed] (Inti-Illimani + Isabel Parra + Carmen Bunster) (1972)
*Isabel Parra y parte del Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC (Isabel Parra + GESI) (1972)
*Vientos del pueblo [Winds of the People] (conPatricio Castillo ) (1974)
*Isabel Parra deChile [Isabel Parra of Chile] (1976)
*Recital Club Vanguardia [Live at Club Vanguardia] (conPatricio Castillo ) (1976)
*Cantos de Violeta [Songs ofVioleta Parra ] (1977)
*Canto para una semilla (conInti-Illimani + Marés González; Texto:Violeta Parra ; Música:Luis Advis ) (1978)
*Canto per un seme (conInti-Illimani +Edmonda Aldini ) [Italian Edition] (1978)
*Isabel Parra enCuba [Isabel Parra inCuba ] (1978)
*Acerca de quien soy y no soy [Regarding who I am and whom I am not] (1979)
*Tu voluntad más fuerte que el destierro [Your will is stronger than exile] (1983)
*Chant pour une semence (conInti-Illimani +Francesca Solleville ) [French Edition] (1985)
*Enlaces [Links] (1987)
*Lámpara melodiosa (Como dos ríos) (Melodic lamp [Like two rivers] ) (1994)
*Colores [Colours] (2000)
*Poemas [Poemas] (2002)
*Ni toda la tierra entera [Nor all the Earth complete] (CD del libro) (2003)External links
The Chilean Folk Songstress [http://www.users.bigpond.com/apertout/Parra.htm (Australian Interview - October 6, 1999)]
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