Violeta Parra

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parra and the second or maternal family name is Sandoval.

Violeta Parra
Background information
Born
Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval

(1917-10-04)4 October 1917
San Fabián de Alico or
San Carlos, Chile
Died5 February 1967(1967-02-05) (aged 49)
Santiago, Chile
GenresFolk, experimental, nueva canción, cueca
OccupationsSinger-songwriter, Visual arts
InstrumentsVocals, Guitar, Charango, Cuatro, Percussion, Harp
Years active1939–1967
LabelsEMI-Odeon
Alerce
Warner Music Group
(all posthumous)
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20000621221302/http://www.violetaparra.scd.cl/index.htm/
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Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (Spanish pronunciation: [bjoˈleta ˈpara]; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music that would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile.

Her birthdate (4 October) was chosen as "Chilean Musicians' Day." In 2011, Andrés Wood directed a biopic about her, titled Violeta Went to Heaven (Spanish: Violeta se fue a los cielos).

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