- Hernaldo Zúñiga
Infobox musical artist
Name = Hernaldo Zúñiga
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Hernaldo Zúñiga Gutiérrez
Born = birth date and age|1955|6|2Masaya ,Nicaragua
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Genre =Ballad Trova
Instrument =Voice Guitar
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Occupation =Singer ,Songwriter ,Musician , Producer
Years_active = 1974 - present
Label =Zafiro ,Warner Mexico ,Universal Music Mexico (current)
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URL = [http://www.hernaldozuniga.com www.hernaldozuniga.com]Hernaldo Zúñiga (
June 2 ,1955 ) is aNicaragua n singer and music composer. He was born inMasaya .Biography
Hernaldo Zúñiga sprouted in the sinus of a family of great political commitment. He was named the same as his father. Hernaldo has three sisters: Marcela, Martha and Paola; and two brothers: Aníbal and Armando.
He studied in
Jesuit andSalesian colleges.Later, while adolescent, he lived, for academic reasons, in the
United States of America , where he studied philosophy. After this, still young and following the familiar tradition, he started to study Laws in Nicargua, but due to the 1972 earthquake that destroyedManagua , he traveled toChile to continue his university career at theUniversidad de Chile , in Santiago.In
Madrid ,Spain , where he moved for his artistic career, he met Lorenza Ascarraga, and married her in1988 . They had three children.At present, he lives in
Mexico , where he performs before live audiences and writes music.Artistic career
At 17 years old, he composed his first song, "Ventanillas" (Little Windows), the same with he participates, during his first year of Laws, in February,
1974 , in theXV Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar . The song turned into a genuine anthem for the Chilean youth, being born this way, the career of this singer-songwriter of the Spanish language.Also in 1974, this time in October, obtains the seventh place in the third edition of the Festival de la OTI, celebrated in
Acapulco , Mexico, singing the song "Gaviota" (Gull), which meant the first participation of Nicaragua in this Festival.The same year, he recorded his first album: "Del Arco Iris, Una Canción" (From The Rainbow, A Song). In spite of the scarce personal support of Hernaldo, for the small margin of free time that his academic obligations were allowing him, each of his songs turn into round successes both into selling and into diffusion.
Again he competes in the amphitheatre of
Quinta Vergara in1977 on having taken part in theXVIII Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar , obtaining the second place for Nicaragua with the song "Cancionero" (Song Book). Then he keeps on doing concerts with big popular response, transforming his love for the music into his project of life, which consolidated in 1977 when the label Zafiro of Spain joint him to his cast. The same year, he settles in the Mediterranean town of Calad'o in Majorca (Balearic Islands), where he composed the material of what is going to be his first European album.In
1978 releases "Cancionero" (Song Book), professionally starting his musical career; the production was directed byJuan Carlos Calderón . The album has excellent reception both of the critique and of the public, is edited inFrance with the same resonance achieved in Spain.It is an enriching and dramatic epoch, the sandinista popular insurrection that in Nicaragua demolishes to the Somoza's dictatorship and the democratic Spanish transition mark and mold him.
Between December,
1979 and January,1980 , he recorded a new work by the hand of the composer and producerManuel Alejandro , this disc gave him the definitive recognition to his career, it was multiplatinum in the majority of the Latin-American countries and classics were born as "Procuro Olvidarte" (I Try To Forget You), "Ven con el Alma Desnuda" (Come With The Naked Soul), "Un Pasajero" (A Passenger), "Insoportablemente Bella" (Unbearably Beautiful) or "Ese Beso que Me Has Dado" (That Kiss Yhat You Have Given Me). These songs turned him into an interpreter of international orbit, removing it stylistically from his origins.In
1982 records the album "A Tanto Fuego" (On So Much Fire) inLondon ,Germany and Madrid; "Mentira" (Lie), by the Chilean Buddy Richard, re-edits the previous success. Two years later "Siglo XX" (XXth Century) appears.In the year
1986 , "¿Cómo Te Va Mi Amor?" (How goes you, my love?), song of his in Pandora's voices, turns into affectionate continental anthem. Manuel Mijares also turns into success the Hernaldo's composition "Siempre" (Always).Angela Carrasco ,Jeannette ,Sergio and Estíbaliz andYuri between others, endorses success of his compositions.At this time he is immersed in a sabbatical period of reflection and continuos displacements across
Europe , as soon as he broke the ties with the label Zafiro.Two years later, already residing in
Mexico , he releases "Qué Increíble Es La Distancia" (What Incredible Is The Distance), album that projects songs of success such as: "Mira Arriba" (Look Above), "Una Vez Al Mes" (Once A Month), "Tengo Unos Celos Que Matan" (I Have A Few Jealousy That Kill) or "Te Llevaré" (I Will Take You).The ripeness as interpreter and composer begins to be solid. An indefinite retirement of exhibition to the public is autoimposed. He explores, studies and works at new songs, which lead him to similar records to those of his beginnings, now, enriched with the acquired knowledge. In
1992 appears "Después De Todos Estos Años" (After All These Years), that gathers the beginning of a newly released stage of personal and artistic plenitude. Hernaldo produces, prepares arrangements and composes the repertoire of this album.In London and with the help of Chucho Merchán, he manages to obtain a sound that distinguishes him since then. "No Tengo + Patria Que Tu Corazón" (I Have No + Homeland Than Your Heart), "¿A Dónde?" (To Where?), "Al Otro Lado Del Mundo" (At The Other Side Of The World) and "Eres Todo Menos Azar" (You Are Everything Less Random) are songs that soon draw into his public.
In
1994 , he initiates an intense series of acoustic concerts in places of medium capacity, process that ends on an antological disc, recorded live in the prestigious "Teatro de la Ciudad" in the capital city of Mexico: "Básico D.F." (Basic D.F.), with it, he achieve that new generations discover his repertoire and voice.He signs contract of exclusivity with Universal Music Mexico. "Triángulo De Musgo" (Triangle Of Moss) is the title of the album that initiates his journey in his new record house. The production, arrangements and the songs are Hernaldo's responsibility, the album was recorded in London, Madrid and
Los Angeles ."Nómada" (Nomad) is the name of his most recent production, released in May,
2007 .On May 16,
2008 , The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP ) awarded Hernaldo for the song "¿Cómo Te Va Mi Amor?" highlighting it as the 2007 Best Regional Song by the version of the regional Mexican group "Los Horoscopos de Durango ", which sold more than a million copies during 2007.Hernaldo has his own record label: "Zungu Music"
Main Discography
*Del Arco Iris, Una Canción (From the rainbow, a song) (1974)
*Cancionero (Song book) (1978)
*Hernaldo, El Original (Hernaldo, The original) (1980)
*A Tanto Fuego (On so much fire) (1982)
*Siglo XX (20th Century) (1984)
*Qué Increíble es la Distancia (What incredible is the distance) (1988)
*Después de Todos Estos Años (After all these years) (1992)
*Triángulo de Musgo (Triangle of moss) (2001)
*Nómada (Nomad) (2007)Live Albums
*Básico D.F. (Basic D.F.) (1994)
*Ciudad Acústica (Acoustic city) (2002)Compilations of Successes
*Grandes Éxitos (Greatest hits) (2001)
*El Origen (The origin) (2001) (Special edition for Nicaragua)
*Mi Historia (My history) (2002)
*Los Grandes Éxitos de... Hernaldo (Greatest hits of... Hernaldo)Colaborations
*Eterna Navidad (Eternal Christmas) (1986), as part of "La Hermandad" (The Brotherhood) in a Christmas special along with: Tatiana, Manuel Mijares, Daniela Romo, Arianna, Pandora, Denise De Kalafe, Óscar Athie y Yuri.
Songs Composed For Other Artists
*Pandora
**"¿Cómo Te Va Mi Amor?" (How goes you, my love?)
**"Sólo Él Y Yo" (Only he and I)
**"Todavía" (Still)
**"Amor, Amor" (Love, love)
**"Abusas De Mí" (You abuse me)
**"Alguien Llena Mi Lugar" (Someone fills my place)
**"No Me Queda Nada" (Nothing remains)
*Manuel Mijares
**"Siempre" (Always)
**"Al Caminar" (When walking)
**"Volveré A Nacer" (I'll be born again)
**"Montón De Verano" (Heap of summer)
*Ángela Carrasco
**"El Tiempo Nos Pesa" (Time weighs us)
*Yuri
**"Perdona" (Forgive)
*Sergio y Estíbaliz
**"Te Quiero Y Ya" (I love you and already)
*Jeanette
**"¿Qué Puedo Hacer?" (What can I do?)
*Franco
**"Preguntándome" (Asking me)
*Fernanda
**"Era Mejor" (It was better)
*Los Dandys
**"Volverás Por Mí" (You'll be back for me)
*Charlie Massó
**"Hemos Madurado" (We have matured)
*Gloria y Noemí Gil
**"Es Tan Difícil Quererte" (It's so hard to love you)
*Fandango
**"Dame Aquel Martillo" (Give me that hammer) (Lee Hays-Pete Seeger-Adapt. Hernaldo Zúñiga)
*Sonia Rivas
**"Ayer Sin Conversar" (Yesterday without conversing)
*Hernán Ursetti
**"Flor de Temporada" (Flower of season)
**"Te Haré El Amor" (I'll make love to you)Links and References
* [http://www.portalatino.com/lanzamientos/hz/index.htm Hernaldo Zúñiga's Official Page]
* [http://hernaldo-zuniga.blogspot.com Blog dedicated to Hernaldo Zúñiga]
* [http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/Hernaldo_zuniga/ Yahoo Group "Qué Increíble Es La Distancia" dedicated to Hernaldo Zúñiga]
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hernaldo+zu%C3%B1iga&search_type=/Videos Hernaldo's Musical videos at Youtube]
* [http://www.ayerhoy.com/ayerhoy/hernaldo.cfm AyerHoy.com "Cada día un perfil de un artista del ayer"]
*Gisella Canales Ewest. [http://www.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2007/julio/11/noticias/revista/ "La Prensa - Revista, Artistas del Año"] .
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