Ilan Chester

Ilan Chester; born July 30, 1952 as Ilan Czenstochowski Schaechter; (Polish: [t͡ʂɛnstɔˈxɔfski] ^ⓘ, Spanish: [t͡ʃenstoˈxawski]) is a Venezuelan singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, and music producer of Israeli origin. Active since the 1970s, he has released over thirty albums and is considered one of the most influential figures in Venezuelan pop music. His work blends pop and rock with Venezuelan folk traditions and spiritual influences. He won a Latin Grammy Award in 2010 for the six-CD anthology Tesoros de la Música Venezolana ("Treasures of Venezuelan Music") and received a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.